The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-04-16
MlSSPENT SYMPATHY.
He Wasted His Eloquence on the d,
ert Air.

ert Air.
Inc benevolent citizen with the gold
headed cane approached the recumbent
inquire on the bench in the park
My friend" he said with feeling,
do you think you are fulfilling the end
and aim of your creation?"
The rusty looking party in the defect
ed suit Of clothes and the discouraged
remains of hat looked up. Then he
| looked down again, shifted his tobacco
to the other side of his jaw, leaned his
chin on his hands as before. and said
nothing.
us there no better, nobler, more use
full career for you, my friend, than
spending your days in this purposclcss
| eXistence:'
The man on the bench pulled his rem
lnlscence OF hat further down over his
eyes, crnnched his tobacco, and still said
nothing
II have no doubt" pursued the benev-
client citizen, that at times a vision of
the possibilities of life to one who ear
nestly strives to do his part as man and
nelghbor rises before your eyes, You
nave felt, perhaps, the inequalities of So
clety, the hopelcssness of individual eff
fort to change the existing condition of
things, and the hard. grinding fact of
injustice, bat that does not wholly ex-
cuse inaction. The true idea of life. nv
friend. Is TO overcome its obstacles, DEFY
Its conditions, and make circumstances
your slave instead of your master. No
man who has ever risen above the dead
level Of mediocrity, whose words have
caught the ear of the world and com
PEELED its respectful attention.
Say" broke in the man on the bench.
YEARLY, IF you want to do me a favor
go off somewhere and rest your mouth"
Chicago Tribune.
Fo- number Of years have been subject
% vi 'ithl n!'a' is OF inf mma'ury rheuma-
sm which generally lasted about TWO
I nn'h On he first o. this month was
a><ed in be knee and suffered severely
"r TWO days, when ! procured bottle o.
Chanbeflain's Pain = I'm AMI it relieve
me almost Instantly. therefore moi
'herrln ly recommend il "a ia s. WHO are
mI)ai ~ I'll c,el ever, " here r. D
WHITLEY, Ma irdal,., \ G., Feb uer>
1888. Mr.. Whit cy is very prominent
man in this piece and his disease was yer.
widely tnoN n * lie suifrr,i such sevet
pain. w NJ lIoU>ToN IL Co Nerch ~
naItrd4le, \. G. 30 re4t o le~ i"r SAL
ny NJ. L,cN druggist.
A Chance Acquaintance.
Ingersoll told good story to a party
ofs.gentlemen who were calling upon
HIM at the Denison two weeks ago. 4
gentleman entered street car and took
his seat opposite fine, portly, aristO-
cratic looking parsonage, whom he at
once thought he recognized. He looked
hard at the man for time, until he saw
he was causing him considerable dis
comfture. He then changed his seat for
one beside the handsome looking man,
and as he did so turned to the latter
with the remark, Il beg your pardon,
sir, for my question, but | am strongly
seized with the impression that we have
met before.
The gentleman good naturally replied
that he, too. thought. he had seen the
others face. but was at a loss to tell
where.
Both rode on in silence for some
blocks, alternately exchanging side
chances, but saying never word. Fin
ally the man who had preached the sub
iect broke out with: Hold on; have it.,
sir Weren' you blown up at the battle
of Vicksburg:"
Yes replied the other inquiringly.
Then that explains it. So was l..
When you were going up was coming
down, and thought, as looked at you
then, that that fellow would give a good
deal to be as near tho ground as l am.
| | knew had seen your face some place
comrade.'
"Now, that is what call wonderful
memory" said Colonel Ingersoll, with a
hearty laugh.
Rucklon.s ArDtfa SaIve.