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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-02-13

A sailor On Q coating vessel which
plies between Galveston and ports on
tho gulf hNs some vesy interesting spec
linens which he secured while ON the
coast Of Yucatan- Among them is &
large jar filed with enormous spiders.
which he says arc looked upon with
greatest fear by the Indians Of the CEN
trail portion of that country, and which
are undoubtedly the largest ever seen.
The body of the spider is fully five
inches in diameter and the legs are
short and thick. being especially adapted
to running and climbing. They are
about two inches long and are as big
around as an ordinary lead pencil The
animal is of grayish brown color. but
is most peculiarly marked by deep re i
bands, which cross its body, extending
clear around diagonally from shoulder
to hip. crossing each other at the mid He
of the back and the center of the belly
The ferceness Of the insect and the
marking on the back have induced tt
Indians to name it the Devils Soldier"
and they say that it Is undoubtedly the
worst foe 70 man In that whole country.
making it almost impossible for any o-c
to go into the interior, for it abounds ii
such numbers that no place is free fro,@
it, and its bite is certain death.
Only one instance is known TO Indians
where q man has been bitten and I'll !.
not die, and this man was wildly insa.c
ever afterward. The spider makes its
home among the rocks. and when any
thing approaches it rushes boldly o.
and makes an attack SO fercely that
is almost impossible to escape it. !;
runs with great rapility and climbs
sticks and trees as easily as if it were ca
the gzound.-Atlanta Constitution.
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Trying to Buy Back His Own BODY.

This queer story CONES from Massa-
chusc.ts: a rlan who lives III suburb
Of Lowell is seeking to have deed given
by him twenty years ago recovered. Tho
deed conveyed his body to u surgeon now
pIacticiny IL Great Falls. n. H.. for the
SUN of ten dollars and other considera-
lions. possession to be taken on bis death.
Since the deed was made the giver has
made a fortune in South America and
has decided that he would like Chris
tiaa burial. The deed provides that the
body shall bye dissected and the skeleton
articulated and presented to a medica!
university. The lawyers have decided
that the deed holds good and that the
only alternative is to buy off the doctor.
The giver Of the deed has made a big
offer, but it has been refused.-Hartford
Courant.
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Wealth and Gentlenexs.

To be all that she should be, to estab-
Esh complete concord, the environment
of the gentlewoman should suit her dis
position, though oftener than not the en-
viromnent is absent, and without harm
10 her quality. She should have ease Of
circumstance, opportunity for culture.
daily contact with objects Of beauty
But these are furnished and uninproved
by the possession Of mere wealth. Num-
gentleness, because they can command
limitless money, because they live in
luxury and are ever on parade Having
the shell, they think they have the KEY
mel also, unconscious that the shell alone
betrays their lamentable deficiency
Wealth, to be valuable or gratifed-
must be accompanied by an understand
ing of its Use. 1t IMPOSES obligation and
Lice apprehensiveness. Without these
il Is but a stimUlant to sel6Shness. d
hardener Of the heart. The wealthy
woman who depends solely on her wealth
cannot be other than veneered vulga-
ri2n- And how continually she mas
guerades as a gentlewoman, deceiving
10 one but herself. The scavenger in
the street can penetrate her domino
lac poor seamstress who passes her in
tn 4TcDue, 10 touch whose skirts she
would der4l contamination, I.IAy, though
stripped Of her birthright, be all the
llutocrat assumes to be.-Junius Henn
Browne In st. Louis Globe-Democrat
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Characteristics Of Hungarian Women.

The Hungarian woman likes to ca:
well. takes naturally to swimming. dane
Ing. gymnastics. and has not tie le:.>,
objection to being admired. Although
not specially inclined to sentimental Ell
fuslveneSs. in one sense Of the term. she
may, IN moments Of love and passion.
give profoundly stirring expression -
her emotions; she may clothe her senti-
ment in wo-'.s Of enrapturing naivete
drawn from the depths Of the national
temperament. If it does not find utter
ance in the all expressive "jai." whis-
pered in the acme Of ecstasy, accom-
panied by an inefably blissful glance
This il true of the so called girls of
the people no less than Of women of the
higher classes, for grace and beauty
know no difference between high AMI
low. and often bestow upon a poor.
barefooted. short skirted peasant girl
with her face in kerchief tied under
the chiul the same enchanting form. the
same magically attractive glance. az
upon her more favored sister. --Wilhelo
Singer in Harper's
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Soon after Fitz-Greene Haneck had
published his stirring Marco Boxxaris,"
he repeated the poem to Lady. an inti-
mate friend of his She expressed great
admiration of the beautiful lines, but
when he was in full enjoyment of what
he considered her perfect appreciation
she surprised him by the innocent query:
"Who was Marco Bozzaris?"
well" said Mr.. Halleck. respondent
~; whats the use of becoming martyrs
for liberty or of poets celebrating heroes
if ladies won't even inform themselves
about the events of the day"
The remembrance of another incident
connected with the poem never failed to
elicit a groan from its author.
At a certain dinner party at which he
was present, it was expected that each
man should sing song or make a speech.
Among the guests was a Dutch Jew.
whose English was execrable, and he
had been previously persuaded by joker
to commit the whole of Marco Bozzaris
to memory that he mi ght recite it for the
qualification Of the post and the'p ;
friends.
The day came and the Dutchman was
called upon 10 speak.
"ShcDtle,aaas," said ne rising. Il can
neither make de speech nor sing de song.
but VIII deliver Won grand poem
This he proceeded relentlessly to do,
and Halleck. when be heard his harno-
NOUS measures delivered in a mixture
of English and Dutch, was divided be-
tween tie temptation to laugh and cry.
y OutA's Companion.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-02-13

The refusal of the French to renew the
commercial treaty with Italy WIN 1t
was known that she had joined the al
lance OF the central powers stopped al
most all trade between the two nations.
which has since been keenly felt IN
Italy.
The duties, which were raised so high
on the French frontier, became an in
superable obstacle. Then the smugglers
began working. and the traders directly
concerned in their interests endeavored
by all ways and means to deceive the
French customs officers.
Soon it was noticed that the num-
Der Of eggs entering from Switzerland
had increased to wonderful quantity.
There was no doubt that this consider
able surplus was the same which came
previously through the Alps and was
now taking roundabout route through
Switzerland, with which country the
French keep small duties.
This was an article to be frustrated.
hut to let in the Swiss eggs and keep out
the Italian ones, their real place of ex-
port must be discovered. which was not
an easy matter, as both bore the Swiss
mark. Finally it was observed that the
eggs of Italian origin were somewhat
larger than those Of Swiss origin The
problem was therefore solved a ring
was made of the etrict size of Swiss
egg.
Then all the boxes were opened and
an egg taken from each Of them and
IGs6 M roo 10 -
pass through the ring the box was sent
back with this inscription thereon:
1.-THE Italian shipper Of these Italian
eggs must tell his Italian hens to make
smaller Italian eggs. as these are too
large to pass through the custom house
door."-Paris Cor Cleveland Leader.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-02-13
''Seeing Things" in the Darkness.

We knew Of little girl of lively i'm
agination who, on being pat TO bed.
would always insist on her elder sister
closing her eyes for her before leaving
the room. the little creature being pos
sessed. Of the fancy that with a kind
parting touch ON her lids there would
he less chance Of her seeing anything
in the darkness She would have found
o sympathizer with her fears in the old
naval officer who once told Mary Somer.
vile that he never opened his eyes in
the dark for fear OF seeing something.
Few indeed Of wise or simple are free
from this strange horror of darkness.
We find those of every temperament and
OF every capacity, not only poetic, but
practical, confess to it-from the great
philosopher like Sir David Brewster.
who owned himself susceptible to eerie
feelings when alone at night in house
supposed to be haunted. to the least
imaginative child,
'sThe things that day most minds, at
night doe most appeafe," says Spenser,
end this is especially true with regard
10 children, perhaps because they mind
things more. It should however be an
additional inducement to those who have
charge OF them to keep their days a.
free from pain as possible. -Argosy.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-02-13
To Prevent Counterfeitinr.

It is curious to observe at this day
the complicated geometrical patterns in
which some Of the ancient Roman seals
are designed. Enthusiastically for the pur-
pose Of defeating the ingenious counter
feiter. as tho engravers ct the bureau of
engraving and printing try by similar
means to multiply the forger's difficult
ties. The usefulness Of this art Is shown
by the fact that the coins of the civilized
world are canoes multiplied to any ex-
tent by dies.-Jewelers Weekly.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-02-13
She Wa Mistaken.

Maria" said Mr.. Jones. looking ten
derby at his wife. there is nous
"Oh. mercy goodness. where? Oh,
save me. Jeptha. save me-save your
Maria!" and the frightened woman
jumped on the sofa and screamed hys-
terically.
Good heavens, Maria. what is the
matter? l don't see anything! Where
is it,
"You said there was q mousel"
Il didn't say anything OF the kind.
said, or tried to say. there was mousse
lin delaine dress in Browns window
which was exactly like one you had
when we were married. I wish you
wouldn't interrupt me like that."-Do-
txoit Free Press.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-02-13
OmciaIs Eat Dinner in a Sewer.

Mayor Chaplin, Mayor Elect Body
City Works Commissioner Adams and
many other city and county officials IN
BROOKLYN took dinner recently II The H.,
Lew relief sewer. more than fifty teet
Under ground The subterranean fes-
INVITES were IN celebration Of the CON
EeCtlOn between the two sections of the
sewer, on which work has been in prog
ress for two years. The visitors de-
scended the shaft at Washington and
Greene avenues and walked through the
mammoth sewer, which was lighted
with candles and electric lamps u
point in Greene avenue, near Wander
bilt, and there they witnessed the proc
ess Of connecting the sections
They then passed from one section TO
the other, and at a point midway be-
tween the Washington avenue and Han
son place shafts dinner was served and
speeches made. Commissioner Adams
and the engineers were duly cOngratu-
lated OF the work. When the sewer Is
completed IN March. All opportunity viii
10 gwen TO the pubic u inspect It
Mayor Chaplin said:
81 think the puDiic should De allowed
10 come down here and make trip
through the sewer. 50 that they can SEE
what they are paying taxes for.
The sewer Is 1850 feet in length. Of
which J.l0O feet is tunnel. 1t il, - feet
IN diameter 1t will cost more than ST.
DOC, 0OO.-New York Sun.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-02-13

An ancient copper mine, which was
Arst worked 1,18S years ago, is about to
Be- reopened In Musashi, Japan. Old
Japanese manuscripts Of undoubted au-
fhenticity mention this name. Its gal.
teries and levels are in some cases Just
% Ehey were 700 years ago.-Yankee
Blade.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-02-13
LEMON ELIXIR.

For biliousnesa and COnstIi anon, lake
Lemon Elixir.
For indigestion and tout stomach take
Lemon Elixir.
For sick and nervous headach 9, take
Lemon Elixir.
For sleeplessness and nervousness, take
Lemon Elixir.
For loss of appetite and debility, take
Lemon Elixir.
For levers, chills and Malaria, take Lem
on Elixir.
DR.. Mozley's Lemon Elixir will not full
you in any Of the above named diseases,
ali OF which arise from torpid or diseast
liver. stomach, kidnevs or bowels.
Prepared only by DR.. II. Motley, At
lanta, Ca.
SOC. and 800 per bottle, at druggists.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-02-13
Lemon Hot Drops.

Cures all Coughs, Colds, Horseness, Sore
Throat, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Hemor-
rhage and all throat and lung diseases.
An elegant and reliable preparation.
25 cents at drugcists. prepared only by
DR.. Fl. Motley, Atlanta, Ga.
April 6m
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-02-13

You may cough and cough and cough
and cough and cough but VI will not. if
you take De Wits Cough and Consump-
ton Cure n. Lively.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-02-13

The speaker OF the British house OF
commons receives salary of $25.OOO IA
year, and when he retires he is raised t.
the peerage with an annual pension OF
$4,000
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-02-13

THE LEGEND OF THE LANTERN.
b Mr.. Olivia Lowell vi son.
Ii!.s ,i..,.....i.l, story viii IAN ihrou -il
several numbers. and will be illustrated
aith original photographers By vii.
Philip Hooper.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARY.
b. Ada Marie Peck.
To those who have read The Feiean
Mystery" by this author. we need say
notLiog, except that 1t is thought to be
better IF pos>ible) than any of her pre-
VlUuS efforts
ADVICE FROM EVERYWHERE.
BY Olivia Philips,
Embracing such subjects as THE Sick
ROOM Home Nursery" Children 5
Nursery" "Amusements for the Shut
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-02-13

A paperI devoted 10 agriculture and
horticulture is the best implement on
farm
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-02-13
Have a Number of Serial and
Stories.

ms. "A Minister'S Outing" "A Yul
Wei! Spent, etc. etc
AUGUSTA SALISBURY PRESCOTT,
well known from her writing for the gea'
New York papers. the World. AdvertsGl
etc, continues To write for us and duny|
.he year will furnish series of articz|
that will be we'll worth the price of III
magazine. entitled New Year Reo9l
tions.' An Aft~rno II Tea" Jenn!I
Going IL be Married, wedding Pei
ents, etc.
BELLE c. GREENE.
VII, Sc numerous sketches, The HAWK
Family. have made her famous in tsl
way. will give us some new feasuiu
which eve are, a>sureG) will be no.I
mirth-provoking than her previous z
forts.
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e will Begin two New Stories:

Washington have met with so ma
favor from our readers. The stoU B
located in the Capital, and as the =
tnore-s herself 'esides there it is had
real incidents. We predict for Ma
Lee waIm RECEIPT on from our SUIT
ers. who will be sure to find berry
winsome. and feel that the authores&
worked for them fairy web that
many beauties and real interest wov a
its meshes.
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With the January Number '

THE DISCIPLINE OF PAIN,
By Edgar Fawcett.
: story 3 NeH York life. written i'll
md mann :. His national
Icput.l.lo.l any time Il su4iantee of
an jntert sting novelette,.
MARJORIE LEE,
b -garet Spencer,
Whose bright ana attractive letters from
For the Latter Months we will
Short
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GODEY'S FOR 1892.
YOU NEED MAGAZINE IN YOUR FAMILY GET ONE TIA,
GIVES THE BEST SATISFACTION FOB THE MONEY

GODEY'S will save you in Dress Hints
ten times the cost in one year.
Cooley ; will gle you better idea
of how 10 dress and what materials to use
than anv similar publication.
Cooley ; will give you better reading
than r.2"t @: tic Ugh class $50 CT !c9I
magazines
GODEY'S will give YOU a choice of -
cut fateI 4a.tern> durln. the year. a.one
worth double the subscription price.
GODY'S will give the best illustrated
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-02-13

fashions, both in colors and black, Hl
lected from the Partisan and Bah
models.
GODEY'S will continue the Childrut
Corner, which has been SO favorabyn
ceived and enjoyed by our younger sal
cTs.
GODEY'S will give you in fact the bsk
Of everything within its covers lneas
Tag rs it does Literature, Fash on, Nm.
Engravings. Dress Hints, Home TaTh
Etiquette, ETC, etc.
, 1892-01-16

Copper mines were operated before the
Revolution near Pennington, N. j., by
an English company, and since hat time
h history of these deposits has been a
varied one. In 1886 a company was
formed with the intention of developing
the copper on the Rockafellow property.
Three English miners were engaged, and
in opening n of the pre-Revolutionary
shafts, about fifty feet below the surface,
they came across some mining tools,
such as wedges and picks and an oak
bucket, strongly bound with iron, OF
about two bushels capacity. They found
an irregular chamber about fifteen feet
square from which they believed copper
ore had been taken.
. This experiment was a failure, as were
the attempts Of numerous companies fol
the next thirty years. The best results
ever secured was TO produce copper at
the cost of one dollar a pound when it
was selling at eighteen cents in the mar.
ket. The trouble appears to be that the
copper exists only in small pockets and
not in sufficient quantities to pay for the
labor of getting it out.-Philadelphia
Ledger,
, 1892-01-16

LONDON, Jan. l5-The Princess of
Wales. after the funeral, is going to some
secluded spot in the south of Europe with
her daughter. Both are 10 delicate health
and their condition IS now a source of in
creased anxiety to the family. Prince
George, who is still weak from his attack
of typhoid fever, is also a cause Of anxiety.
Princess MnrY's future is undoubtedly a
subject Of deep national interest. AS a
precedent for her marriage to Prince
George an incident is recalled of the death
of the czarewitch in 1865 after his be-
trothal to the Princess Dagmar, now the
wife of his brother, the present car.
So profound and universal is the sym
patty over her loss it would be no sur
prise it parliament accorded her some
provision as maiden widow" If the
report be true that Prince George Is at
tached to the daughter of Prince Chris
tiau his known strong will makes the pro-
iect OF ar alliance with Princess Mary i'm
probable. In the family circle Prince
George has long been recognized as the
superior Of his brother 10 intellect, force
of character and open geniality of dis
position. From b~abyhood he has always
held his own against his brothers preten-
tions as the elder. The concurrent facts
with those around tho throne point to the
future popularity of Prince George If he
lives to become a king.
, 1892-01-16
A Derailed Sleeping Car Rolls
Down an Embankment.
In a Moment the Car is En-
veloped in Flames.
Human Beings Roasted, Some
Being Entirely Consumed.
Walls Of the Mangled and
Manned Fill the Air.
Hurled Down to Death.


MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. 10 "A SPECIAL
from Brainerd to the Journal says a
friebtful railroad accident occurred on the
~. p..;e. - ,uo~ - O.,
aon' 'osu' 'e'e. "'e' "a"
OF bralnerd at 4 O'Clock this morning.
The second section of No. 7 with the
Andrevs Onera comnanv on hoard LETT
w. 90 -. e CO
west superior at mioniRn' ior oiana
Forks. Near Jonesvllle the train struck
a broken rail. The engine and baggage
oar nassed over safely hut the sleepipg
o.r w.a d.r,;Iod .nd r.n some ao1 Ieet on
- I.
Inc rails "hen IL 'oppieu over oreakinR
loose from the train and went down an
embankmeut some five feet high.
In a moment all was confusion. the
T,o
,eepi ieaiA,n0 men per', i"e
Pullman Herbert Y. Scott,
was the first to get outside and when he
did so no fire was visible. but az soon as
-. uo,o hob - uho..,o 49,
."e "e'e o'oAe "oeiA'e 'uoee
inside flames shot out and In a very short
time the car was e~nveloped. Willing
hands OF the train soon liberated those
, 1892-01-16
duplicating Mrs. Worrem

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15.-DetectIve
Woods of Denver is in the city asserting
that he is employed by DR.. Graves
friends. He says he has thirty afidavits
from residents of tais CITY showing that
Graves dld not do the poisoning. While
not making direct charges. the afidavlts
iLsinuste that Mrs. Worrell, Mrs. Barn
apy's nurse, did the poisoning. She is
known to have purchased poison here,
stating she wanted 1t for rats. He saws
he has another affidavit from a servant at
the hotel where Mrs. Barnaby stopped 10
which the servant declares Mrs. Worrell
was heard to say she wished Mrs. Barnaby
would die. The only reason she stayed
WIN her was the hone that she would be
left money in Mrs. B~arnabY's will
, 1892-01-16
stocks and CHIrIe Markets.

New YoRK. Jan. l5.-The stock
market continued to show a diminishing
volume of business. Today's opening
was active and strong. The general de.
preston was kept up during the most Of
the forenoon. A slow rally followed, then
a depression again commenced, the close
being quiet and heavy. At the fore
most part there were small fractional
losses. Sugar, however, lost st.
Governments-Steady
Petroleum-Closed at 62t.
Copper-Steady. Lake, January, sll@
4. l2f.
L Lead-Quiet. Domestic, 81. 25@4. 80.
Tin-Steady. Straits. $19.85.
Money on call easy; closed offered at 2.
Bar Silver. 93.
Following are closing prices OF stocks:
U. 8. As registered, lI64, coupon, ll6t;
Is registered, 100 bid; Pacific 6s. l09;
Atchison, 43; Canada Pacific. est;
Canada Southern, 604; Central Pa
cifc. 1891; Burlington, 1918, Delaware
lI~ackawanna Il Western. 1891: Denver h
Rio Grande. preferred. 48: Erie, 32s
Kansas l. Texas. 1871. Lake Shore. l22,
Louisville X Nashville. SIT. Michigan
Central. los; Missouri Pacific. 62t; Nor
thern Pacific, 23t; preferred. 67ei
Northwestern, ll7t; preferred, l4l;
New York Central, 1l4t; Oregon
improvement, 27; Oregon Naviga'
ton, 81; Pacific Mail, 374; Reading.
404; Rio Grande Western. 37A; pre-.
ferrej, 70A; irsts. TIT; Terminal, l6s
Rock Island. 9lf; Milwaukee Il st
Paul. sos; St Paul & Omaha. 46t
Texas Pacific, l2t: Union Pacific. 48a
Oregon Short Line, BOT; U. s. Express
so; Fargo Express. 40; Western Union,
1871: American cotton oil. 35f; Lead
Trust 1913.
CHICAGO. Jan. misunderstanding,
5000. Market fairly active. steady to
strong. Extra steers on market, tor
prices, 81 90@5 90; others, SO. 55@4. 65;
stockers. 81 100000.
Sheep-Receipts. 5000. Market active
and steady. Native ewes, SO 25(a4 25;
mixed. "a 35(64.75; wethers, "a. 1850
6 80; Western, IS. 05(9 80.
, 1892-01-16

One of Sheridan's tales was Of ar
Irishman who met a Briton, Of the true
John Bull pattern, standing with folded
arms in a co~ntemplative mood, apparent.
ly meditating on the greatness of his
little island.
"Allow me to differ with yer ex
claimed the Gait.
But l have said nothing, sir" replied
John Bull.
"And a NAL may think a lie as well
as publish it," persisted the pugnacious
H~ibernian.
Perhaps you are looking for fghtY
queried the Briton.
"Allow me to compliment yez on the
quickness of your perception" said Pat.
rick, throwing down his coat, and then
they pitched in.-Washington Post.