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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-25


Mr.. Edwards, the ta6dermist, has
just received large octopus, or devil
fish, which was captured off Old Town
by some fishermen. The creature
weighed over sixty pounds and had
arms three feet eight inches in length
On each of its eight tentacles or arms
there were 800 suckers. making a grand
total of $50. The octopus had attached
itself to q fish hooked on a trawl and
was drawn up with it. The same firm
has also received a young albino deer, a
buck, shot on Windy island It has
two-pronged horns and is supposed to be
about two years old.
The natural color for fawn is brown.
with white spots. but the color of this
one is white, with brown spots A doe
was shot on the island some time ago,
so that it is thought there must be al
bino blood in the deer on the island.
The doe was secured by Mr.. Edwards
come time ago, and now the pair are to
be exhibited in some of the shop win
dows down town. The deerskins are
comparatively easy to preserve, but no
better means Of preserving the devil fish
has been found as yet than keeping
them in alcohol This is on account of
their having no bones, and because of
their shrinking and shriveling, as most
forms of deep water marine life do
Tacoma Ledger.
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BelVOir Castle.

Belvoir castle has come in for fail
share of newspaper anecdotes. Pseudo.
Gothic in style, its broad turrets and
battlemented walls stand on the top of g
mound which was thrown up at the end
of spur of the Leicestershire wolds by
Robert de Todeni, standard bearer OF
the Conqueror. From its "lordly ter
races the eye ranges over a wide ex
panse of landscape, on which there rise
conspicuous the ruined keep of Noting
ham and Lincoln's cathedral towers.
The works of art are numerous, but
with one or two exceptions, Of secondary
Importance. In the cellar is a monste,
cask of ale called after the founder OF
the castle. Its capacity is 1900 gallons
and twelve people have dined in it.
There is also a silver punch bowl, rest.
ing upon four massive eagles claws
which is used on the occasion of a fam.
lily christening. At the foot of the
wooded hill is stabling for 100 horses; a
mile and half distant are the kennels
for the fox hounds, and from the trees
somewhat farther off there emerges the
steeple of the village of Wolsthorpe,
where is a farm noted for the breeding
Il prize cattle.-Londen Star.
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RAILROAD JOTTiNGs.

The Pennsylvania railroad will erect
new passenger stations at Piqua and
Urbana. O., on the Indianapolis division.
The governor Of Massachusetts, has
sent In veto Of the bin authorizing the
Connecticut River Railroad company to
increase it's capital stock.
The new station that the Central
Railroad Of New Jersey is building at
Avenue A, Bayonne, N. j., win be
known 90 the New Jersey Athletic
Club station.
Epes Randolph has been appointed
chief engineer Of the western division of
the Newport News and Mississippi VAL
ley railroad, to succeed T. Sabin, who
takes charge Of the bridges ON the divi-
sion.
To be enterprising in the extreme the
New York, Chicago and st. Louis road
recently ran an excursion from Fort
Wayne and intermediate points to the
Worlds fair grounds at fares averaging
one cent mile.
The new board Of directors Of the Gin.
cinnsti, Wabash and Michigan consists
Of ]. Pisrpont Morgan, George Bis,
Chauncey II. Depew, Cornelius Wander.
bit, 81. Mex. Twombly, J. D. I.aynr,,
w. F. Anderson, M. e. ingalls,. Jane
Barnett, Amos Townsend and Beniamiu
8. Brown.
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Mr.. Chauncey NJ. Depew has been re-
elected president of the New York Cen
trail and president of the West Shore
railroad by the new boards Of directors,
respectively, of those corporations. All
Of the other executive officers in each
company were also reelected.
Probably the most novel train that
ever crossed this country was one made
up of twenty engines destined for Chi.
cago for use on the new elevated rail
road. It left the Baldwin works, Phila-
delphia, and was hauled by the master
mechanics compound engines. Photo
graphs of the train were taken.
The Chicago and Erie will hereafter
be operated as two divisions. The east
ern division will include the territory
from Marion Junction to Huntington,
Ind. G. c. Reynolds, superintendent,
will have his headquarters at Hunting
ton. The western division will include
the territory west of Huntington yard.
@. A. Coe. superintendent, will have his
Office at Chicago.
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Early Risers, Early Risers, Early Risers,
the famous little pills for constipation, sick
headache, dyspepsia and nervousness. NJ.
LIVELY
An Excellent Method of Exercising.

According to competent military crit
les, one of the best drilled uniformed
bodies in this city is juvenile battalion
called THE Knickerbocker Grays." It
is composed of from seventy-fve to eighty
boys, ranging in age from eight to twelve
years. The battalion is an exclusive one
being really private drill class which
was started few years ago by num-
Der of wealthy women who desired that
their sons should have the benefit of ex,
ercise and instruction in the manual Of
arms. The use of the Seventy-first Regi-
ment armory is enjoyed by the boys,
through the courtesy of the officers of
that regiment, and they drill there on
Monday and Thursday afternoons dur
ing the winter season. The uniform of
the Knickerbocker Grays consists of
gray coat. trousers and cap Of regula-
ton pattern. and dark stockings. The
gray garments are neatly trimmed with
black braid. Each member of the Grays
carries musket with bayonet
The president Of the association, which
exercises a rigid supervision over this
drill class, is Mrs Edward Curtis, the
vice president is Mrs. Beverly Robinson.
the treasurer is Mrs. Bradish johnson.
and the secretary is Mrs. H. H. Chitten-
den.-New York Times
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The RiIls Still ON Ton.

The gatemen at the elevated railroad
stations watch the receptacles for Grant
monument fund donations with much
interest. The glass jars on some of the
down town stations have filled rapidly
during the last week. The gatemen at
the Park place up town station noted
one curious fact. When there was but
q single layer of coins on the bottom of
the jar two one dollar bills. loosely
folded, were dropped through the slot.
The jar is now nearly one-third full Of
coin, and those two bills are still ON top
A the rickels, dimes and quarters have
fallen into the jar they have worked
their way under the loosely folded paper
n1Oney instead Of packing it down and
covering Il up. a. the wstchful gstemen
think ought to have been the case.-New
York TimeA
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THE NEW UMBRELLA.

n Has Gutter and Drain to Garry On
the Water.
The chappies of New York used to
roll MP their trousers when the cable an
Dounced that it was raining in London,
but they can soon discard their custom"
aaid John M. Hughey, of New York. II
saw something on Broadway the other
day that INDUCED this belief. The rain
was coming down IN torrents, and the
food of humanity always surging on
1hat street night and day had been
.Ax1yen iptQ doorWays and under awnings
kbr protection. For half hour not
pedestrian was seen on the street.
s'My attention was attracted by yells
and l looked out big plate glass win
dow to see what was causing the excite
1nent. Ny curiosity was soon satisfied
In the middle of Broadway one of the
aim necked and consumptive legged
nhappies was striding along under curl
Gus looking umbrella, as if not drop of
zain was falling. I noticed that the
umbrella had an unusually long handle,
with prodigious hook on the end that
almost scraped the ground as the dude
proudly cantered along. Through this
hook stream of water was gushing out
and left rivulet In the dudes wake.
''The chappie was so overwhelmed by
the f1attering remarks that were show
ered upon him by the rain frightened
pedestrians, who had lost confidence in
their umbrellas and had taken refuge in
the stores, that he condescended to stem
into the room where I was standing.
This gave me an opportunity to examine
bus funny looking umbrella found
that it was so constructed as to curl up
around the rim when opened, forming a
\ complete gutter, like those around the
caves of houses This gutter, of course,
caught the rain as it ran down the man
sard roof of the umbrella, and kept it
from dripping down to the ground and
splashing the chappie's Ice cream trou-
sers. By slight tilt of the umbrella
the water thus caught was thrown TO a
common center, which was the entrance
TO the sewer that runs down through the
umbrellas handle and out to the ground
"There. you see, Is the radiance of the
umbrellas defect as protection from
rain The dude proudly told me that it
was the latest thing in 'Lunnun;' that
all the 'fellahs' over there were using
them; that he had just come from 'Lun-
num- and had brought the umbrella over
in the ship with him. He hadn't said
anything to the chappies about it, be-
cause he wanted to knock 'em all out by
being the first seen on Broadway with
the newest English invention. He knew
they would all go wild about it and he
was glad of it. Well, when I get back
to New York I don't expect to see any
other kind of umbrella carried by the
chappies st. Louis Globe Democrat.
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Inherited.
Tribune.

pa, can have some money to go to
the circusY' This was the modest and
reasonable request Of little Johnny Whit
taker one evening last week, sent, at
what he considered an suspicious time.
in the direction Of his sire.
"Hey?'' said Mr.. Whitaker
Johnny preferred his request for the
second time with faltering voice and in
dications of rain on his part. Johnny
and the circus were zones apart at that
moment.
want to go to the circus, heyl And
you going to Sunday school every week.
Don't you know that oircuses are wick
ed? I never wanted to 90 the circus
when l was boy. while this was not
a deliberate lie on Mr.. Whittaker's part,
it was certainly perversion of the
truth for political affect) And. what
do you want to see at the circusF, =,
"1-1-w-want to see the vivid ara
nimals, said Johnny, beginning to blub-
Der In earnest.
want to see the wild animals, hey;
Don't you twist the cats tail often
enough? Where did you get your love
for wild animals? / never cared for
them"
II inherited it,
"Inherited it! Well, l never. And
who from, pray?"
F-from N-Noah," sobbed the despair
ing hopeful.
The promptness of Johnny's reply.
combined with tho ovi6onca that h;o ro
ligious instruction had not been wasted
on the desert air, was too much for the
"old man." and he came down at once
with the necessary silver.-Cncinnati
Enquirer
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The Sympathetic FInancler.

A wealthy stockbroker was passing
along the boulevards in the company of
a lady when his handkerchief was ab-
stracted by a pickpocket. But our specu-
lator had his weather eye open and caught
the depredator red handed His first
impulse was to call policeman. On
second thought, however, he decided to
astonish his fair companion by his gen
crosby, and said:
bah! let him 60 | must not forget
that began in small way myselfV-
NOuvelles Ia Main.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-25

Manners ain't Ia It with mussul.
When it kums 10 pinch mnssul is what
counts.
Manners is mostly fur company. Ma
doan't say 80, but that's the only time
she yuses any manners is when theys
company.
Manners is all rite fur gurls. It doan't
matter whether they appeer well or not.
Manners only pays fur boys when
theys mince pi comm an yure like to git
sent away frum the label if yer doan't
act perlite.
kno manners.
All yer hat ter do is ter drink soop out
Nv the side nv yure spoon and not laf
vile the minister seq grase.-Detroit
Tribune.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-25

on steambostl, an and stags csaches. Hos.
letters stomach Bitters Is carried Is the
most important item in the materia medica
Of the travelling public. Il deprives vitiated,
brackish water OF It's hurtful properties and
execrable favor, counteracts the pernicious
effects upon the stomach Of bad or indigesti.
BILE food, remedies cramps, heartburn and
against malarial disorders, rullifies the effec;
Of excessive heat, cold and damp. relieves
sick headaches, and 10 an Incompatible cure
for cost .veness al biiiousness. The fatigue
of travel OF, en- tells most disastrously upon
nvalids and convalescents, occasionally to
such an extent as to jeopardize life. Persons
in feeble health apprehensive Of bad effects
from travel, will. if provided with the Bit
tiers, be far less likely to have their fears real
zed
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Great Fun.

Suburban Boy-Pop. won't you get
me a sword, and a drum, and gun to
play soldier with?
Pop-1'll tell you how we'll fix it.
Well pretend every blade of grass on
the lawn is an armed foe, and then you
charge on them with Gatling swords
and cut their heads off. Won't that be
fun?
Indeed it will. But l haven't any
Calling swords"
mo, but lawn mower will do nice
ly."-Good News
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A Serious Injury.

Scene, auditorium of a theater. Spec
tator, intensely interested in the action
of the drama, leans too far over the bal
cony rail and suddenly loses his balance.
falling into the orchestra.
Excited Individual (hastening to the
unfortunate's assistance)-Are you much
injured?
Unfortunate with considerable show
Of feeling)-Much injured! / should
think am. have lost the best seat in
the very middle of the front row.-Har-
per's Bazaar.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-25

Ihe gu re- Il l1 Z Who lbuy
mines has passsd into proverb. Is &
sasd that such properties have actually
been saited with half melted silver dol
lars and sold to investors. who did not
realize that the precious metal was not
found in nature with the stamp Of the
mint upon it. Undoubtedly the most
scientific method Of accomplishing this
sort Of swindle is to apply the silver in
the shape Of nitrate solution. When
it is ready for use some salt is put into
it and it Is squirted over the rock, the
salt causing an immediate precipitation
of the metal in manner that is equally
conspicuous and deceptive to the eye
Kansas City Times.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-25
A Mere Deception.

They were talking to Guibollard about
the rise of the Seine. when he exclaimed,
''It is all humbug. I went to Chatou
yesterday; the water seems to have risen,
but it lie @ mere deception"
''How soY
II had chalked mark on my boat,
and it's In the same place yet. "-Tele-
graphe.
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A Paving Business.

Money Lender-You want to borrow
q hundred pounds? Well. here's the
money. charge per cent. a month.
and as you want it for year. that leaves
just forty pounds coming to you.
Innocent Borrower-Then if wanted
it for two years, there'd be something
coming to you. suppose. eh2-London
TIt-Rita
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Not That Kind Of Family.

Professor-This eccentricity You speak
Of in your daughter, isn't it after all q
matter of heredity?
The Mother severely mo, siri I'd
have you to know, sir, there never was
any heredity in our family Yankee
Blade.
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Dottie-Are you going to wear your
red and white blazer at the sAashore
again this sunner2
Lottie No, indeed. / hadn't been
there q week last year before was pro
posed to By three barbers. Cloak Re
view.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-25

The paper Tor Bank Of England notes
is made from new $attings OF white
linens. never from linen that has been
worn Or soiled.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-25

The oldest pensioners on the rolls of
the New York pension Office and two Of
the oldest in the United States, although
pensioners are proverbially long lived.
are General Topper and General Daley
They are veterans of 1912.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-06-25

Just as sure as hot weather comes there
will lie more or less bowel complaint in
this vicinity Every person, and especially
families, ought to have some reliable med
iciue at hand for instant use in case it is
needed. A 25 or so cent bottle of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Darrhna
Remedy is just what you ought to have
and ell that you would nee ell for the
most severe and dangerous cases. 1t is
the best, the most reliable and most sue.
cessful treatment known and is pleasant
10 take. For sale by M. Lively, Druggist.
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Binks got > sure Upon tia race yes-
terdAy,
Mink That NJ How nunA dkd yoa
Iossa- New York Weskly.
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{llnini f,Is
MITCH Ig HkRRny Gfv = =
!. months AFTER the date hereof ~ ~ ~ ISL
,.aminl9tfafof Of the estate al Il - s. n0esla7
c5s g acco son con eoggnIy Sscsa.ed win
ton 70 the hon oo sSec1srs Of b. said
ior approval and ask to be disekapa.Lt Leon co1ss
Iner administration Of such trust $50 Ifom g..
Air.. - JoHN s. Rra,,.
February 26, lsp2.-sm. = T. Minis decs4
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At Both Ends.

"By Jove," said the youngster, "Pd
like to have 100000 to go into business
with in the proper shape"
UGH" growled the veteran, ''I'd like
to have 800, 900 to go out of business
with in the proper shape. detroit Free
Press.
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fauQuiCr Female Institute
ST. For Young Ladies,
Wareltl, u.

THE THIRTY-SECOND SESSION
of this school will begin on the 18th Sep.
TENDER, 1892. Situated in the Piedmoat
region Of Virginia, remarkable for health.
fulness and beauty of location, with su-
perior buildings and a strong faculty.
For catalogue, apply to
GEO. G. BUTLER, AM, 81
Principal
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Refers to the following patrons: Hon
W. D. Bloxham, Tallahassee G. A
Chaires, Chaires p. O.; Hon. Thee Ran
dell, Madison. Fla; Hon H. Hutchinsn,
Crescent City, Fla; T. j. Roberts, TsIa-
haSSee, Fla.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-11-25
Republican Urging.

The New York ines asserts. with
characterize Mngwump impnl,nee. that
leading Republicans are urging the Dem
ocrats to hold an extra session.
This statement is wholly misleading
The truth is that if the Sena.c were %
remain Republican. the Republican pr IS
would most earnestly urge that body 70
remain bulwark, as during Clesclan Is
former term, against rischievous legisla-
ton. But all hope Of Republican
Senate seems to haye disappeared, AMI
the Democracy. by the verdict Of the
country, will, after he Alb Of March. be
in absolute control Of the government. =
Even uni1r these circumstances the Re-
publican parts is sincerely anxious TO e
the businesses Of the nation undisturb ID
and the prosperity established under R =
publican auspices continue 70 be maia-
tanned. Republicans appreciate the dan;
ger ,int would attend Democratic jug
Cling with the financial and business in
terests Of the people, and are deeply de-
sirous to see that danger postponed, if 4
cannot altogether be avoided.
Whist the Republicans are urging,
much to the chagrin and irritation of the
Democrats, is that If the latter do not
hold an extra session they brand them
selves either as treachcrous knaves ~
reckless falsi6ers. They asserted that
the people were crushed beneath load
Of Republican taxation. which inflicted,
as they claimed, untold suffering; that
immediate relief was needed from all this
misery, and that, if the Democratic lea
ders were only given the offices and
smoluments, they would at once gran
the necessary relief.
But. lol hlsing secured the Offices
and the emolunents for themselves
these Democratic leaders seem in NJ
hurry to apply their measures Of relief
All the relief they seem to want is ih'
salaries they propose to lraw from thI
national treasury AS for the peopl,
they can walt
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-11-25

H''7"s7l 7ne dIfHS go"'is' ami o ~ ming "
match. including velseis ,nI l.n~' hga,d7 -
la.lis-' uinH- Hats, aeH :, IaAr. slses
a,g Chi'dr,u's rss. N.n's Fos abl csii-
drcAs rcads-maac Cuiltrg ssHcnt's ~
So Fan i, Lad " shoe stovH epuuo' ''e
txr~l J.
Furniture lrnf rnn sftn'le tp h,hd, slfh
u. thnts Brdsicads, A,lf sssts Ae
t'iau'.i lei sugar 5ttaiS ;tr iai
no tntlir ave iasiir to ril ard sxen;rs
tt then sclvts. ciseis btlietiur M
will slve all 2. s.l;s ire prss On he
railroad from Wald re 4 nn and Pors's
Creek ~ that wilI - nd s. Al FArr.lls Sure
a; IL Plaza.
or,I-y i. h FABRALL.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-11-25

In recent speech IN New York,
President elect Cleveland said. eff we
see nothing in our victory but license
20 resel in partisan spells We shall fail at
every point. If We merely profess to
enter upon cur work. and If we make
appar,nt endcavor to DO It as a cover for
seeking par'isaa advantage we shall in-
vite contempt and disgrace Our Dem
ocratic friends have pecnliarity OF. or
faculty for, preaching one way and rrac-
iicing another. and VIC strongly suspect
that the president elect was preaching
when he made the above statement, and
that his practice will be entirely differ
ont after bis Inauguration, that is, he
will make clean sweep Of all opponents
now il office for the sake Of partisan ad-
vantage.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-11-25
A Manly Tribute to the Great
American.


In the midst Of bis triumph no good
Democrat can fail to sympathize with
Mr.. Harrison. whose disappoin meut fol-
lows SO close upon his bitter berease-
ment. However We may regard Repub-
lican principles, there is no one who can
say that Mr. Harrison has not conscien-
tiously believed in them and faithfully
sought to APPLY them for the best intel
ests of the American people. lie has
served bis country for four years in til ,
highest position it offers. aud his admin
islration has been marked throughout
with more than ordinary strength and
ability We venture to hope that Mr..
lIarrison's public career is not yet end
ed, but that in some other sphere he
may still give the country the benefit Of
the eminent qualities OF craftsmanship
he h shown during Tie last four years
Baltimore Evening News, Dem.