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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
Electricity and Explosives.

No stronger evidence of the safety of
electric lighting installations can be
afforded than the fact that great many
explosives factories are now being lit by
electricity. 1t is obvious that in a building
where the preparation Of inflammable
Or highly explosive substances is carried
on very special care should be taken in
order to avoid even the smallest risk,
and powder manufacturers now find
that the electric light adds n consider
able percentage over gas to the chances
Of safe operation. While electricity in
creases the safety of this branch of in
dustry in one way it lessons it in an
other. There is great deal Of free cleo
tricity thrown off in various stages of
manufacture, and the disposition of this,
so far as it can be removed out of harm
way, is a serious question.
The charge of powder cake press
with ebonite plates may practically be
considered as an electric pile, and
large amount of friction or electric in
fuence from outside may cause a suffi-
cient electric charge to give off sparks.
Several undisputed cases Of this kind
have been known. Another source of
danger from friction occurs during the
glazing, rounding and sieving Of gun
powder. The powder is sub elected to
constant rubbing of its particles against
each other and during the glazing es-
pecially there is danger of electricity &C
cumulating.
Therefore precautions should be taken
in order to convey away any charge that
may accumulate in the glazing barrels
New York Telegram.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
Notice of Election.

ITO THE SHERIFF OP LEON COUNTY
l. State OF Florida. Know Ye that / John 7
Crawford, Secretary of State for the State Of Flor
ida, do hereby give notice that General EIection
Will De held IN Leon county, State of Florida. on
Tuesday next succeeding the First Monday in
October, A. d. 1892 the said Tuesday BEING n q
Fourth Day OF October. WV
For Governor of the State Of Florida
For one Justice ofthe Supreme Court of Florida.
For Secretary of State of the State of Florida.
For Comptroller of the State of Florida
For Treasurer OF the State of Florida.
For a Superintendent OF Public Instruction Of
the State OF Florida
For Commissioner Of Agriculture for the State
of Florida.
For two Members of the House of Renresents.
tives.
For County Judge
For Clerk of the Circuit Court.
For Sheriff.
For Tax Assessor.
For Tax Collector.
For County Treasurer
For County Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton.
For County Surveyor.
For Justice of the Peace in and for the follow.
ng Justice Districts, viz:
District No. One.
District No Two
District No Three
District No. Four.
District No. Five
District No. Six
District No. Seven
District No. Eight.
For Constable in and for the following Justice
Districts, viz:
District No. One.
District No Two
District No. Three
District No Four.
District No Five
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
TURF TOPICS,

Apoplexy is said to have caused the
death Of Sultan, 2:24
Wardwell, whose pacing record is
2:16l4 is doing fast work as trotter.
Nancy Hanks, 9:0j1[. is now queen of
the trotters, and Hal Pointer, 2:O5l1.
king Of the PAGERS.
The skeleton of Pale Alto. o:OS2/ is
to be placed by the side Of his sire's in
the Leland Stanford university.
Aii,I IONS le,,-i1t ie,.ue...-es was caused
by wrenchlng the muscles Of the ri.ht
hind leg on the inside above the hook.
Delmarch, Nancy Hanks and Martha
Wilkes have each trotted a mile in a.
race III 2:l2, which is the worlds record.
The Friendship On. W stallion Egg
thorne, 2:l21a, by Egbert, is being pre-
pared to take shy at the stallion record
The trotter Pedro L, 2:2o15, by Bas-
sett NJ, has been shifted to pacing
Pedro l. wore topples to make him trot
"There are as many faint hearted
drivers as -lere are faint hearted
horses" remarked a prominent trainer
recently.
Crit Davis, with Bonnie Wilmore, OF
the Harrodsburg (KyD track on July
81, 1889, won the only heat that Nancy
Hanks ever lost.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
The Localities of the Birds.

All our permanent residents among
the birds, both large and small, are COM
paratively limited in their ranges. The
crow is nearly as local as the wood
chuck. He goes farther from home in
quest Of food, but his territory is we'll
defined, both winter and summer. His
place of roosting remains the same year
after year. Once, while spending few
days at a mountain lake nearly sur
rounded by deep woods, my attention
was attracted each night, just at sun
down, by an osprey that always came
from the same direction, dipped into the
lake as he passed over it for d sip Of its
pure water and disappeared in the woods
beyond.
The routine of his life was probably
as marked as that Of any of ours. He
fshed the waters Of the Delaware all
day, probably never going beyond = Ger,
tain limit, and returned each night at
shutdown, as punctual as day laborer,
to his retreat in the forest TIE sip
water, too, from the lake he never failed
to take.
All the facts we possess in regard to
the habits of the song birds in this re.
spect point to the conclusion that the
same individuals return to the same 10,
calities year after year to nest and to
rear their young.-John Burroughs in
Century,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24

There lives, or did quite recently, near
Columbia, S. c., a woman afflicted in a
manner that makes ones flesh creep to
think of it. For more than the third of
century she has carried live snake
under the skin of one of her arms. How
the reptile first found Judgment in its
queer situation is as much of puzzle to
the old lady as it is to the hundreds who
have visited her for the purpose of view
ing the long welt where the unwelcome
creature lies encysted.
When the lady first noticed the bow
shaped ridge on her arm it was of about
the diameter Of pin, and less than two
inches in length. During the many
years that it has safely nestled in h-,
flesh it has grown from mere thread to
d snake foot long and as large as
lead pencil. The eyes Of the creature
are plainly visible through the skin, and
the scales can be felt by rubbing the
finger along the welt formed by it's body
Physicians pronounce it most re-
markable freak, and have endeavored
without success, to prevail upon the old
lady to have it removed. -Philadelpllia
Press
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
Why He Could Not Attend.

An amusing instance of the expedi-
ents resorted to by men summoned to
attend as common jurymen in order to
avoid serving in that capacity occurred
recently. One morning a little girl
whose eyes just peered above the desk
tmidly exclaimed:
please sir, father can't come; he can't
put on his boots"
The judge asked the nervous little
creature what was the matter with her
parent. She hesitated. Evidently she
had not been instructed further than the
statement she had made, and looking
straight into the judges eyes said:
well, sir, father don't wear boots;
he's got wooden legs. l wasn't told to
say anything else, sir; that's all."-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
The Meaning of Blnnders.

Examining into the matter of blum
ders, particularly in tracing the course
of the mistakes, we'll meant" in our
own lives, when we look back upon
them with the cooler understanding of
later years we are constrained to con-
fess that the mistake" must have been
intended to be there, as we'll as the cor
rect action, because the plan of our de-
velOpment has included both. Continu-
ing to study clearly and deeply we must
acknowledge that the mistakes and err
rors-nay, the very sins-when forsaken
and forgiven, have helped the soul up
ward; that all have worked together to
accomplish the result sought; that they
must have been put there and meant SO
to be, and SO that our "blunders" were
not blunders at all, but although we
sOwed and watered often amiss there
was always some increase given which
achieved the good we aimed at, but
failed to reach.
And deepest of all we see that the
divine love, which saw the end from the
beginning, bore with a tender compass
sion to look upon our struggles, our
weeping, our disheartened signs. All,
infinitely greater it is, but like to the
love we bear our own children, which is
SO deep and true that we endure to treat
them harshly, and with seeming cruelty
behold their tears, knowing surely that
one day they will comprehend all the
kindness.-Harper's Bazaar.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
STAGE GLlNTS.

British burlesquers are singing Gear
men Up to Date" IN Vienna.
The Charles Dickens dramatic syndi-
cate has been formed in London.
In his oratorio, Saul of Tarsus." DR..
Parry puts part Of his chorus behind
the scenes
Jennie Hill, the famous music hall
singer. has consumption and has gone
to Australia.
Harry Pepper, late of minstrel farce
comedy and varieties, expects to get
into oratorio this winter.
All Bahia" is about to 90 on the road
with 10 people and seven cars. They
will travel T. 900 miles.
Thomas W. Keene's ''supers" will be
correctly CARRIED when heplays Richard
III" and Louis NJ this season.
Augustus Heege, composer of lyon
Yonson," was real actor before he went
into varieties and is said to have PLAYED
Iago acceptably.
Paderewski has not played in Ger
many for eight years, for when he was
there the critics abused him awfully,
and he never wants to go back.
Ambrose Thomas is still feeble. but
he is still respected. At the examina-
tions i'll the conservatory Massenet ran
up to him as he entered and Rugged and
kissed him.
Verdi has come to the conclusion that
there is no need for him to stop now
that he has finished "Falstaff." His
health is good, and he wants to know
why he should. So he has begun work
on new opera.
The people WHO have been knighted
in England for writing or playing music
are Arthur Sullivan, George Grove,
Charles Halle, R. Stewart, H. Oakley.
G. Elvey, j. Stainer, ]. Barnby, w. G..
Cusins and Walter Parratt.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
CONFINEMENT IN NATURE.

would not change my joys for those
or emperors and kings.
What has my gentle friend, the rose,
Told them, If aught, do you suppose
The rose that tells me things?
What secrets have they had with treee7
What romps with grassy spears?
What know they Of the mysteries
OF butterflies and honey bees,
Who whisper in my ears?
What says the sunbeam unto them?
What tales have brooklets told?
Is there within their diadem
A single rival to the gem
The dewy daisies hold?
What sympathy have they with birds,
Whose songs are songs Of mine?
Do they e'er hear, as though in words
Twas lisped. the message Of the herds
OF grazing, lowing kline?
All, no! Give me no lofty throne,
But Just what Nature yields.
Let me but wander on, alone
If need be, SO that all my own
Are woods and dales and fields.
j. K. Bangs in Harper's Weekly
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
Parrots q Source OF Pleasure.

There was time when parrots were
regarded in India and elsewhere as
sacred, and anybody who dared to in
jure one of them was regarded as guilty
Of q dreadful crime. 1t is true that
since then they have fallen somewhat
from their high estate, and that in this
more degenerate age the common ANA
ION parrot has been shot in great num-
bers in the eastern parts of Brazil for
the prosaio purpose Of making particu-
lar kind of soup to which the natives
are partial, while the naturalist wakes
quite eloquent when he sounds the
praises of parakeet pie. ~
But in our own country, though we
do not go either to the one extreme of
holding them sacred or to the other ex-
reme of putting them into pies, parrots
still occupy a place of honor in our
households, and we'll behaved pretty
Poll" who has been duly instructed in
the accomplishments of her kind, is still
the source of as great degree Of pleas
ure as ever.-Strand Magazine.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

The baby clothes made by Mrs. John
Adams for her son, John Quincy Adams,
Will be exhibited at the Worlds fair.
Ex-School Commissioner John Fl.
Thirty, of Long Island City, N. Y, is
preparing display Of his penny school
banking system for the Worlds fair.
The largest sample of gold quartz ever
mined IN Montana was taken out of the
Mcintyre lode. Its weight is 1875
pounds. 1t will be shown at the Worlds
fair
A creole kitchen, with native cooks
and WATERS, and dishes prepared in
creole STYLE viii be ~ striking adjunct
TO the exhibit which Louisiana will
make at the Worlds fair
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
FASHIONS FANCIES.

The very latest trains for elegant
pointed.
The newest stvle of umbrella skirt is
cut with five cores at the back, two on
each side and one in the center.
White English serge coats, with blouse
and bell skirt Of the same, will be worn
until it is cold enough to make them
look unreasonable.
The Elton and other fancy short Jack
cts remain feature of new waists that
open over shirred or plated vests, the
fronts very full and girdled.
Black silk velvet capes lined either
with black or changcable silk, brilliant
red or pale yellow surah, will be worn
during the autumn and early winter b.
the tall, slender women whom they
"compliment."
Some OF the very new French dress
skirts show row Of tiny frills alternat-
ing with very narrow bands Of velvet or
galloon. 1hlS trimming, instead Of be-
ing confined to the extreme edge, is car
ried FROM Tie !.":" 20 t:.c depth Of from
one-half to three-qnarters Of yard up
the length Of the skirt.
The Parisia:i fancy for gay piaids has
reached America, and plaid silk blouses
are becoming i'?it" -" fashion, Upon
those they suit they are very becoming.
They are worn with dark or black silk
or lace skir's, and many add a black
sash tied in front in rosette bow
New York Evening Post.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24

For many years Mr.. B. F. Thompson, Of
Des Moines, Iowa, was severely afflicted
with chronic diarrhpa. He says: "A
times it was very severe; so much so that |
feared it would end my life. About seven
years ago l CHANGED to procure bottle oil
Chamberlan's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhna
Remedy. 1t gave me prompt relief, and ]
believe cured me permanently, as l now
eat or drink without harm anything I
please. l have also used it in my family
with the best results" For sale by NJ.
Lively.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24

On the principle of In Rome do as
the Romans do" think it safe rule
to pronounce the name of a place as the
residents of that place do. Hence we
should speak of st. Louis as though il
were written "St. Lewis" not "St
Louee." All good M;ssourians say st
Lewis. 1t is little difficult to phi
down in black and white the local pro
nunciation of New Orleans, but it is
something like this, New Awl-yins,
with the strong accent on the "Awl."-
Cor. New York Tribune.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
NOTICE OF ELECTION

ITO ALL AND SINGULAR THE SHERIFFs IN
the Several counties of the State OF Flor'd1H
Know ye, that I, John l.. Crawford, Secre,arvu =:
State for the state of Florida, do hereby !; VI
notice that General Election will BE- held IN se
County in the State of Florida, on Tuesday ne C
succeeding the First Monday in November 4 IN n
1892, the said Tuesday being the eight az ::
November. VI
For four a. Presidential Electors.
For one Representative of the First Conc,as.
iona District of Florida in the SD Congress Of the
United States. 1ne
For one Representative Of the Second Cono,ss
sional District of Florida in the SD Congress .,
the United States.
The attention OF the Sheriff is called to the Ian,
requiring him to cause notice of said election ~
be published in newspaper printed in the comfy
il there be paper in the county, and if there 4,
no paper published in the county, he shall cause az
least five copies of this notice to be posted in H.
most public places in the county.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto GOT
L. 8. my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the
State of Florida, at Tallahassee, the CaDitaI
this the 18th day Of August, A D. 1892. f''N''
JON L. CRAWFORD
Secretary Of State.
JOHN A. PEARCE,
Sheriff of Leon County
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
The Street Bands DELIGHT,

One of the delicate delights of the
street band is its propensity to scent out
household musicales. In nothing, ap-
parently. do these wandering musicians
30 much delight as to spring into blat-
ant strains before the house from which
issues the voice of song or the modest
music Of the pianoforte. They carry
the day or rather the night every time;
for while they can play through and
over and above anything, it would take
sself possessed and steady nerved house
hold performer to hold his own or her
own against such rivalry. And then
= they ring the bell and extend the hat
Boston Commonwealth.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
An 1mpr esslve r1rT OF . Funeral

A very beautiful and impressive ad-
junct to an aristocratic official Partisan
funeral is the presence in the procession
Of the coupe of the deceased, the horse
or horses, led by grooms in mourning
liveries, and the lanterns lighted and
yelled in long streamers of semitrans.
parent Grape. The effect is at once
somber and picturesque, and is espe-
cially striking at the obsequies of some
great parsonage, such as NJ. Theirs
Gambetta or Victor Hugo. Nobody
not even the nearest relative of the de-
funct, is permitted to occupy the vehicle,
Paris Letter.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
She Should Have Been Glad,

She had induced him to swear off on
cigarettes. but one hot day he fell from
grace.
George" she said severely, as she
swept her nose through the atmosphere
OF his surroundings You have been
smoking"
"Of course have" he replied, as he
mopped his face. land you ought to be
thankful that | have not gone further
and broken out into a regular blazing
hagration-confound this weather.
Detroit Free Press.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
Personal ISarOmpters.

A good many old housewives still re-
main their own weather prophets, and
as consequence one of the most popular
of familiar weather sayings is, when
rheumatic people complain of more than
ordinary pains in their joints, it will
rain" Another homemade barometer
is the tender corn or sensitive tooth.
Philadelphia Times.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24

l.. d. Walker. executrx, etc, OF the estate Of
A Fisher, deceased vs.. Fannie Il. Fisher, ct al
In Chanccry, Leon county, Florida
PURSUANT TO THE DECREE RENDERED,
in this cause March 8, 1892, offer for sale tn,
lands OF the estate OF A A. Fisher deceased, lyiL-
in the city of Iallahass e, Florida, described l.
follows:
Lots Nos. l63 1Gi and 1876 Of block No 10: these
lots lie north OF The Northwest corner OF the Capitol
square, separated there rom by Pensacola stieet
also lots Nos. 80, 80, II and At of block 12S
The'e lands, or any zDhcreof, am authorized
10 ecll at private sale ana for cash. partly fol-
sh and partly on credit as may be agreed upon
81 rites desiring to purchase invited to confel
with me or with Judge d. W. Gwynn.
L. D. WALKER
Executrix. etc of esta of A. A. Fisher deceased
TALLAHAs'@E, Fla. 81 arch 10, 1889
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24

We hereby warn all persons from cutting or tan.
ping timber on our lands In Liberty and Franklin
counties Florida, and also warn all nersons
from buying such timber or naval stores "a n" Il
censes have been or will be granted to aIv one
Mr. Ira W. Sanborn is authorized to prosecute ali
offenders to the full extent of the law 'e "i
MARGARET j. POWER
WILLIAM ii. POWER,
CARRABELLE LAND l. LUMEEeCo
Feb, 81 92-1yr.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24

A few years ago, in 1884, a child was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Kuerwitz,
Of Spring Creek, near Hebron, Neb.,
that had two well developed brains, the
second and useless adjunct being in a
sac attached to the back Of the real head
by igament six inches in length. The
child lived but two days.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
ODDS AND ENDS.

1t is said that a number Of women ed
ltorS Ill The United States receive sal
ARIES of $4,000 each per al...um.
The carriage in which Napoleon |
made his famous retreat from Moscow
+ : preserved. 1t belongs to the
y estate.
ne soll Of 'iayti is SO fertile that
three crops are often raised in year.
The natives, however, are too indolent
to avail themselves of these advantages,
and they only work for enough to enable
them to live.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24

The fact that man has been able to
produce many great changes on the face
Of the earth is a tribute to his industry
and ingenuity. But it is possible that
he is bringing about effects Of equal i'm
portance without intending them.
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A dwarf residing at Shigaken, Osaka.
is thirty-six years old and but seventeen
inches high. He is well educated and
gains livelihood by teaching penlnan-
ship. a.,e - .,s
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
District No. Six.
District No. Seven.
~ ~ M

District No. Six
District No. Seven.
District No. Eight.
The attention of the Sheriff Is called TO ,ho L..
requiring him to cause notice OF said eectiora :.
be published In newspaper printed In the CONF, 70
II there be paper In the county, and il thcrayJ
no paper published In the county, he shall rsn oe
at least five copies of this notice to be DOst, '
the most pubic places in the county
In testimony whereof, have hereun,o 60.
LIS my hand and affixed e Great Seal Of The
State OF Florida, at Tallahassee The ca.e
ital, this the 9th day of July. A. D. IsSS
JOHN L. CRAWFORD.
John A. PEARCE,
Sheriff Leon county
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24

A safety surfboat, with deck. sides.
bottom, stern and keel all made out of
one piece Of metal and so constructed as
TO have but one seam, and that running
down the ends along the bottom, is the
invention of New York genius.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24

The smokestacks of our ocean steam
ers are much larger than is generally
supposed. They range from fourteen
to eighteen feet in diameter. Those of
the Etruria are over the latter figure
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A Frank Staten ent.

Can I-dare | ask that hand
for my own?' pleaded the smitte,
mans - - =
K s'Itis only-ah----seco-.d Aand,' - iaa
the young widow deprecatin3ly.-Ex-
change.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
Chamberlain's Eye and Skin
Ointment.

A certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes,
letter, Salt Rheum, Scald Head. Old
Chronic Sores, Fever Sores, Eczema,
Itch, Prairie Scratches, Sore Nipples
and Piles. 1t is cooling and soothing.
Hundreds of cases have been cured by
it after all othe- treatment had failed
It is put up in Is and 90 cent boxes.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24

Benedict vi was strangled in the cas-
tie Of 81 angelo BY order Of his Sncceso
cor, Boniface VII. who few months
later was deposed and died in exile.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-24
Notice..

A beautiful line of goods received bv
John Burkhardt which he will make at the
lowest cash price, and at short notice
before you give your order to any one else