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The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-11-09

40 the potent cause OF the depression OF
agriculture
It has by able writer's been proved
time and again.
How can the industries Of the world
sustain the added burdens OF our app O.
citation of even per cent. per annum in
the money Of account-gold9
It is said that the London EcOn0nofst
in July last gave the figures to show that
there had been general decline OF prices
in the preceding six months Of AZ per
cent.
That 10 equivalent to saying that gold
was advancing at the rate Of 9 per cent.
per annum In it's power Of purchase.
Will John Sherman contemplate what
-the effect Of that will be in s100,00 ,0U0,-
600 Of indebtedness?
Will he tell his audiences that his idea
Of honest money is mon y which is then
rapidly sppreciating2
Will he accept his fellow defenders
(Hon. J. H. Walker) statement in con-
grpss last winter OF the total indebted
ness Of the American people?
Mr.. Walker gave the figures in detail,
footing up $3l,4SS,UOo,OO0. How, Mr..
Sherman, will it affect that vast volume
OF debt?
Surely Mr.. Sherman's deep solicitude
for the savings bank depotitors and the
creditor class generally is in no wise tenn
pered by considerations Of the rights Of
the great body Of wealth producers, nor
Of even honored justice.
His party ele ted president in 1883
on a platform declaring for the use of
gold and silver as money. All OF their
disasters since have been caused by their
betrayal of the cause Of the people in re-
epect to that declaration. Their only
hope to avert defeat next November lies
in the fact that their opponents lacked
the courage of their convictions and
they. too, betrayed in like manner the
trust OF the people who, in 1890, rebuked
the republican party; and in addition to
that, it made the objectionable blunder
Of denouncing the principle Of protection
to home industries at time when all the
world is being driven toward policy Of
protection by the instinct Of SELF pres
erVaticn from the evils of the gold stand,
ard.
The scramble for gold has caused ma
tions to check it's outflow. With strange
perversity Mr.. Sherman predicts that
gold will be at premium il silver is re-
stored to its ancient rights, when the
whole world is revolving against condi
tions forced by the fact that gold hal
been forced by illegal statutes-not b.
national causes in any degree-to pre-
MUM OF so per cent.
We have challenged Mr.. Sherman Of
any gold advocate to admit that any con
gress had the right to change the stand
ard.
To admit il is to concede that future
congress has right to change it again
What would be said, if in view Of thu
short supply Of gold, congress should pro
vide that u 9 10 grains instead Of 25 8.lC
shall constitute the dollarS
Are the rights of the creditor mor'
sacred than the rights OF the debtorS
Honest John Sherman talked differ
emily in 1869, when the proposition wa
made to pay the bonds in money differ
ent and more costly than that which tn
I government received.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02
CHATS ABOUT MEN.

1t is asserted that Chauncey Depew
has had 1000 American infants named
after him.
John Evans, of Denver. who was the
war governor of Colorado, is a hearty
and we'll preserved man, now il the
seventies.
1t is said of jerome X. jerome that he
can tell funny story and appreciate a
joke as well as if he We're an American
instead Of al Englishman.
Rev, Arthur Belle Nichols, the hus-
band of Charlotte Bronte, lives in Ire
land, and occasionally breaches in the
little parish church near which he re-
sides.
Mr.. Theodore Tilton resides perma-
nently in Paris. TiltOn IS an amateur
carpenter, and opening from his study is
a perfectly equipped shop in which he
passes some hours daily.
Pere Hyacinth is not theosophist
The report recently circulated that the
great French preacher had abandoned
his work in the "Gallican Church" and
become disciple of Theoeophy, turns
out to have been a canard.
Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, the noted
British churchman, is bright, studious
and thoughtful man It is difficult to
tell how old he is, for though he has a
youthful face his closely cropped dark
beard is streaked with gray.
The late Professor Christopher Johns
ton, who was one of the most noted men
in Baltimore, left son who, although
yet a young man, has a high name
among scholars as student Of Semitic
languages and as Bible critic.
Judge Charles Daniels, of the supreme
court Of New York, will retire from the
bench at the close of the year after a
long term of service. He was originally
cobbler, and studied law while he
earned livelihood with awl and last
Colonel Maurice S. Langhorn, of
Lynchburg, Va, recently extracted from
his leg fragment of the Mimic ball with
which he was wounded at the battle of
Seven Pines nearly thirty years ago, as
he was leading his regiment, the Elev-
onth VlrClula into action
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02
If you feel weak
and all worn out take
BROWNS IRON BITTERS
An Untaught DiDlOmat.

"You know, Nick" said his mother,
ga gentleman never asks for things, nc
matter how badly he wants them"
"Why doesn't hep said Nick, opening
very wide his round four-year-old eyes.
Because it is i1npolite and greedy.
That is why it annoys me so to have you
ask your Uncle John, whenever he
comes, if he has brought you candy.
Remember, now, you must never do it
any more"
''But it's my candy-he says so-and
he wants me to have it,"
Then he will certainly give it to you,
and you must wait his time for it. If
ever again here you ask him will not
let you have it. So promise me that you
will not. know my little boy wants to
be gentleman"
Nick made the promise with very
sober face. He was the normal small
boy, not little angel, yet he had been
trained upon honor" and felt that a
promise once made could not be broken.
This is the way he kept it. When Uucle
John came again, his nephew, after greet
ing him, leaned meditatively against
his chair and said, "You didn't bring
anything but yourself this time, did you,
Uncle John?"
eyes, did," said Uncle John with a
laughing shout; II brought a whole
pound of candy, and after that wish
it was two."-Harper's Young People.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02
1t Came OFF. for Once.

"How now! What ho! dear sir" said
an old rounder, stopping me at the Wash
ington statue in front of independence
hall. will you allow me. beneath the
shadow of this historic building, to speak
few words to your
"Well, 60 ahead" said.
For about the fiftieth time read the
Declaration of Independence today" ht
rontinued, "and l pondered long ant
deeply over it. believe the whole gist
Of it is that all men are free and equal
Am / not right"
Certainly. But what have l to Dc
with ti:at?' l asked.
''Everything, uy dear sir, everything,
he replied. Ou are goou American
l know, and that is the reason why
wished to say to you that men are not
free and equal in all cases"
'1n what cases are they not?"
We'll, take for instance our own case,
he said with all seriousness True, we
are both free, but we are not equal. You
have enough money about you to buy a
bracer. have not Therefore we are
not equal. Do make myself clear?'
Perfectly. Here you are. viii ter
place as upon an equal footing?"
Undoubtedly. Would that all Amer
leans thought as much of oru funda
mental principles.
And he shot up the street rejoicing in
the fact that for once he was free and
eQual.-Philadelphia Press.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02
Names of London Streets,

don't wonder that refor1ners shudde1
when it comes to the names of streets.
myself have counted twenty-six King
streets, sixteen Queen streets and thir.
teen Duke streets in this town! The
same name will repeat itself in street,
road, place, crescent and square, upper
and lower, east and west, until the brain
begins to soften. We've spent more
shillings in directing cabs to Gloucester
something or other, when we ought to
have gone to Gloucester something else,
than dare tell.
Bob declares he'll be chained to an ad-
dress book hereafter. l suppose good
deal Of this repetition is due to the
greediness with which London swallows
up town after town. But really there is
no excuse for baptizing the same streets
several times. One street in our neigh
borhood, not half a mile long, has three
names. It's blessing to get into Picca-
dllly, Oxford street and the Strand, for
then l know where | am; but now ]
come to think of it, l don't know any
thing of the sort, for Piccadilly runs into
knights bridge, that street runs into
several things, the Strand becomes Fleet
street at Temple Bar-or, perhaps |
ought to say, at the place where Temple
Bar once stood-and Oxford street loses
itself in Holborn. London Cor. Kate
Fields Washington.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02

Doubtless our unlettered friends have
fine distinctions in the use of words, for
which we do not give them sufficient
credit. A new pupil in colored school
took shattered lamp chimney to show
her teacher.
''Ah." said he, "your chimney is
broken, is it?'
'Eo, sir" sh" answered. '"it's busted >
In her distinction Of terms lay all the
difference between confession of guilt
and an assertion of innocence The
word ''broken' she understood to mean
that the mishap had occurred by her
own fault; and in correcting to "busted
she meant to imply that some unknown
agency a current of cold air, perhaps,
had caused the break.
Here is a distinction as clear and real
as we make III more scholarly terms
Youths Companion.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02

Not many years ago the title of doctor
was considered justly as an honor and
an evidence Of sound education and
training.
The extraordinary fondness in this
country for titles of all kinds, especially
those Of doctor, professor and colonel or
some military equivalent, has taken
away all the prestige from the name.
The druggist at the corner is a doctor, "
the chiropodist is professor, and the
advertising columns of some newspapers
are emblazoned with pictures of these
long haired doctors" and professors.
To a man who has been groom the
bestowal of "doctor medicinal" no
doubt, still confers an honor; but, on the
whole, the title has become rather a
trade mark and a convenient means of
unobtrusive advertisement rather than a
badge of distinction or evidence of
scholarly >.ttainment.
There seems to be a growing feeling
that, after all, the title of ''mister" is as
noble one as a gentleman needs or can
desire
This is the title that is almost now q
distinction among medical men, who
feel their own strength and rest on their
consciousness of being masters of their
art-the good old title of ''mister," which
some of the best men in the profession
find ample for all social and professional
purposes. 1t is certainly infinitely more
honorable than any unacademic or un-
warranted use of the title of doctor. "
And 1 see many indications that this
view is shared by the professional and
by many who think they have right by
courtesy to something more.-New York
Herald
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02

The English glow WORM is the wing
less female Of a winged beetle. Some
suppose that the light she bears is be-
slowed for her protection to scare away
the nightingale and other nocturnal
birds, Others, however, believe that the
gift of brightness is the very lure by
which her foes are assisted to discover
and devour her. Much speculation has
been INDUCED in as to the nature of the
glow worms light, which is not put out
by water nor seemingly capable of Civ
ing forth any heat. 1t has been asserted
that the light diffusing substance con-
tains phosphorus, but this has never
been proved. Certainly it is incapable
of communicating ignition to anything.
Washington Star.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02

S2oO,OOO The damage to some of the
trees can scarcely be estimated in dollars
ana cenls. In number of groves they
are injured so that they will probably
yield very lightly next year. Some are
blown over, others broken off, yet others
are split down from the top like an UNI
brella turned inside out
The California State Board OF Horticul-
ture has amended its rules in view OF the
coming planting season and the expected
importation of large quantities of fruit trees
into the state. The chief object is 20 pro-
tect as far as possible, the vineyards and
orchards of the state from all pests and dis
eases of an injurious nature. The amended
rules require all cOneignees or agents to no.
tify the local inspector or quarantine guar
dian within twenty-four hours after the
arrival of imported trees, plants or seeds
are to be inspected, and, if necessary, disin
fected Immediately upon their arrival If
insects or diseases are found the shipment
is to be guaranteed for at least fourteen
days, or until qualified officer shall pro-
nounce the plants or seeds tree from conra-
gion. The introduction Of orchard stock
from districts where peach yellows or
rosette exist is prohibited. There is also
clause which prohibits the sale, distribu-
tion or transportation Of any material until
the same is thoroughly disinfected. Def
mite disinfecting requirements are also
made with regard 10 trees, gratis, buds,
scions, etc. The officers Of the society are
empowered to proceed against imported
stock as nuisance provided it is infected.
After visiting some of the principal cities
of California we expect to go to the City of
Mexico and hone TO roach Florida parlv in
January
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02
ARTHUR G.. JACKSON.
Real Merit

Is the characteristic of Hoods Sarsaparilla
and it is manifested every day in the
remarkable cures this medicine accomp-
fishes. Druggists say: When we sell a
bottle Of Hoods S4rsaparilIa to new
customer We are sure to see him back in a
few weeks after more-provng that the
good results from a trial bottle warrant
continuing its use. This positive merit
Hoods Sarsapariia possesses by virture of
the Peculiar Combination, Proportion and
process used in its preparation, and by
which all the remedial value of the ngre-
dienfs used is retained. Hoods Sarsapa.
rilla is thus Peculiar to Itself and absolutely
unequalled in its power as a blood purifier
and as q tonic for building up the weak
and weary, and giving nerve strength
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02

The most difficult thing to match is
white paper. A customer comes in here
with a sheet of white paper, letter or
any other kind, and asks for paper just
like it. Not once in 5000 times can
such customer be accommodated, and
for the reason that there is such an end
less variety Of shades in white. People
look astonished when tell them it is so,
but when they go out and try they soon
find out.-Interview in Chicago Tribune
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02
OuininA Manufacturers.

Those engaged in the production of
quinine, whether from bark or chemical
ly, suffer with peculiar skin affection
caused by the inhalation of the vapor
from hot solutions of the drug. Fever
is an accompaniment of this malady.-
New York Recorder.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02

had tackled large black snake. Its
talons were fast III the snake, and the
snake so entwined about the wings and
body of the hawk that the latter could
reither disengage itself from the snake
nor rise with it. Mrs Lassiter took adj
vantage Of the situation, and arming her
self with club killed both snake and
hawk
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02

Silk velvets, black and colored, China
and Surah silks and satlns, fine assors-
ment, at MISS STEPHENsON'a
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02

"An honest pill is the noblest work OF
the apothecary." De Wits Little Early
Risers cure constipation, bilicvsness and
sick headache. Sold by nj. Lively.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02
GILMORE IL DAVIS.

A trial convinces the most skeptical.
Carefully prepared, pleasant to the taste.
De Wits Cough and Consumption Cure
is valuable remedy. Sold hy M. Lively.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02

Get your corsets from Miss Stephenson.
Thompson's Glove-fltting elegant II, "G,"
"R II, ," ETC., il black and white.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02
SAW-MILL FOR SALE

New mill OF II, 900 feet daily capacity
situated on railroad and river front Edger
Planer and Wood saw Good local ard
shipping trade Will sell on act cunt o
other business. A. GLAIBER
FernAndna, Fla
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02

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 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 ii
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 FyG syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. xE xEw YoRx. NV
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02

A Graphic Pen Picture of
Pleasing Scenes.
MEATH SHASTA'S SHADOW

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur G. Jackson
m Their Lecture Tour Revel
in the Beauties of Nature and
Write Entertainingly of What
They See.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-08
Record Broken,

September is generally considered q
very disagreeable month on Lake Su-
perior but the records OF the United
States signal station here this full show
up month at which no one could take
exceptions. Exactly 10 Of the 30 days
in the month were perfectly cloudloss,
D were partly cloudy and only 6 or one
day in five, clondy. It..was veritably
month of sunshine.
In other respects the record Of the
month was very unusual. There was
only one frost, on the 1st, and only
twice before IN % years has there been
so little precipitation, the amount being
LIS inches as compared withj 40
inches, the average for September. as
compiled from the records for % years.
The highest temperature was SO de-
grees OH the 24th and the lowest 40 on
the 1st. The mean temperature for the
month"; was 60 degrees ns compared
with 81 degrees, the average mean. -
Mining Journa'.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-08
,Xan.od ,l,e Mo.lon overrulaa.

II Is very amusing to see how sleepy
and tired many of the fair passengers
become as soon as the ste ,mer begins
to pitch and roll in the oh 'ppy seas of
Frcnchmans bay. The pilot on the
boat is an exceedingly sociable fellow
when once thawed out under the
mellifluous influences OF good cigar.
In the intervals between whiffs Of
tobacco snic'-" he told tb } story:
Most allnz fn1 an old sea running
round the cape" he said, and added:
"Most ulluz makes more or less folks
unwell, the motion does. We had two
gents aboard Of us the last trip. One
was lawyer. Shiver my timbers.
but wasn't he done up, though, and
wasn't he sick. T'other one wasn't q
bit. He sat there smoking calm as a
leet,e kitten. He was a high up jedge
going to hold court Can l do any
thing for YOU says the jedgc. Yes,
says the seasiclx lawyer, i wish your
honor would overrule this motion
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-08
A FIrcman to the ncseue.

Joe Dougherty, fireman on the
''shifter" at Thomas, W. Va, did quite
a heroic act last week. A little girl
was on her way to school, and on the
road was compelled to cross over the
creek by means of foot-log. The
water was high, and rs she was about
half way she fell into tho water.
Dougherty's engine was near the
bridge ut the time and, seeing the lit
tie girl sink beneath the waves he
bounded into the water and, after bat
tling quite awhile with the current,
succeeded in landing her on shore and
restoring her to her parents The act
was commented on to a considerable
extent at Thomas, the young man re-
ceiving the praise which was Justly
hia
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-08
Eligibility or School Officers.

GIlClI).ilIy ol soClloOi oliiCSTS.
The attorney general has given the
following opinion in reference to eiigi-
bility to hold Office in township or unit
school districts:
The law under Which your distr ct is
organized is Act. No. 176 of the Public
Acts OF 1892. That Act prescribes no
qualifications for its officers, but it
makes all the provisions of Il 9 primary
school law applicable to said district,
except such us are inconsistent with its
provisions.
Complier's Section 81 of the General
School laws of this State provides:
"Any qualified voter in q school dis
tlict who has property liable to assess
ment for school taxes shall be eligible to
election or appo ntment to Office in
such school district, unless such person
be an alien.
This requires person, to be eligible
to an Office under the general school
law, TO be a qualified olector of said
school district and possessed OF proper
ty liable to assessment for school taxes.
Inasmnch rs said act No. 176 is
silent relative TO the eligibility Of per-
sons to Office III said district, II il my
opinion that the clause in Sec. of
said Act No. 176 making the primary
school laws applicable in said district
when not inconsistent with it, leaves
said Sec 81 of the General School
Laws in force in yonr district.
If person who was not n resident
Of your township and who possessed no
property liable to assessment, was
elected to office of trustee in said dis
trict, it is my opinion that lie was
Ineligible and is not entitled to hold
the Office. His acts. however,
while he continued in office would be
valid an binding upon the district.
The proper proceedings to test the
right of any person to hold any off ce
is by quo warranto.
Respectfully,
A. A. ELLIS,
Attorney General.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-08
a NVnrId Renter.

They were talking about echoes, and
he was IN American. He listened
while Germans praised German echoes;
Englishmen, English echoes; and
Swiss, Swiss echoes; and then, deter
mined to make II supreme effort for
the reputation of his great country,
he said, quietly, "But say? Whars
the echo that can compete with the
American echo in the Mammoth Cave
in Kentucky?" AS no one had been to
Kentucky. no one dared to challenge
the speaker, who thus emboldened,
continued: "Sure rs my names Hiram
B. Cooling, IL you call out to that echo,
'iIullo, Smith, burned If the echo
don't reply straight away, Which
Smith do you mean?"