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The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20
Tha Place OF the Duel.

Mrs. Minnie Walter Myers, In her
"Roniance and Realism Of the south
ern Gulf Coast" gives an account OF
one of the last challenges to q duel
which occurred in Louisiana The af-
fair was between NJ. Marigny. who be-
longed to one Of the oldest families of
Louisiana, and a Mr. Humble. sturdy
ex-blacksmith' of Georgia. who h3d be
come q man Of political cOnsequeh hce.
NJ Marigny took OffenSe at sOIhe re-
marks of the Georgian and sent him a
challenge. The big -blacksmitA was
nonplused.
81 know nothing about this dteling
business" he said 81 will mott fight
him."
'You must said his friend "NO
gentleman can refuse"
"P am not a gentleman" repliesl the
honest son of Georgia. ''I am o ply a
blacksmith"
'rBut you will be ruined if you do not
fight" urged his friends. "You will
have the choice of weapons, and you
can choose SO as to give yourself an
equal chance with your adversary"
The giant asked time in whi@ @h e
consider the question and ended h ac-
Cepting. He sent the following reply
to n. Marigny:
81 accept, ard in the exercise of my
privilege. stipulate that the duel shall
take place in Lake Pontchartraih, In
six feet Of water, sledge hammets tC
be used as weapons"
NJ. Marigny was about FIVE feet, Eight
inches in height, and his ADVERSARY
was seven feet. The cOnceIt OF the
Georgian so pleased NJ. Marigny. swhC
could appreciate a joke as well as per
petrate one. that he declared iiIlselt
satisfied. and the duel did not take
place.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20
Conference AppOintmrlts.

The following is a list of appoint
ments for the Tallahassee District
made by the Florida Ann a1al Con-
ference M. E.. Church, Sd duth, held
this week at Barlow, Florida:
A. Z. Householder, presiding
elder; Tallahassee, w. E. Mabry;
Monticello, w. M. Poage; Leon cir
cult, G.. J. Kennedy; Gadsdkn circuit,
J. C. Pace; Waukeenah circuit, j. R.
Taylor; Midway mission, Y. S. Nc.
Mannen; Concord circuit, S. Yer
non; Liberty mission, to be- supplied
by G.. S. Roberts; Aucilla @rcuit, G
Fl. York; Madison, r. A. Edmond
son; Madison circuit, B. Rape
Taylor mission, to be supplied by I
B. Hendry; Apalachicola, II A. Har
rison; Carrabelle and missibn, G. S
Claridy, W., j. Gray superrsumerary
Woodville mission, J. L. Yktes.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20

DIR. Nye has visited Tallahassee fire.
quently since 1875 and is now prepared
with all his various instruments and Ex-
animation CaseP to treat the most pecu-
liar defects of sight. Those whose eyes
are beginning % fail, either from age
or other causes Ahould not fail to have
them examined as the most complicated
cases can now fbe corrected with pre-
scribed glasses. ! With a thorough ex-
animation Of thS eye in conjunction with
superior lenSes,i one may expect sight
similar to that one experiences in youth.
DIR. Nye does nok only give his attention
to persons requi&ing the use of glasses
from age, but 10 complicated cases in
children, and particularly in young per
sons who complain of dim vision while
studying and cOtstant headache, Those
who are trouble4 in this manner have
aStigmatiOn, which requires a careful
examination Of The eye and prescription
glasses made foIs them, Only a regular
OclGliSt (but no spectacle vender) can at
tend to such c3ses. DIR. Nye does all
his own work ami ali peculiar glasses he
makes here at h4 office. Of late years
he gives his attention particularly to
HypermetrOpiG (far slightly MyOpiG
(near sighr,) PrabyopiG (oId sight, sim
pie, mixed and compound, AstigDtatism
irregular curve bf the cornea,) AnSS0nle-
trOpia unequal 1efraction of two eyes,
DR.. Nye has also with him a grand dis
play of spectacle frames in all the latest
and newest desi igns. Particularly his
invisible gold flames are commented
upon everywheAe Having made the
adaptation of sp3ctaclPs and optical con-
trivances a speciSI study for over twenty
five years, DR.. Eye feels himself fully
| competent to mee et the requirements OF
the most complicated cases Consider
/ ing his services IN making thorough ex-
animation of tfl le eye and giving the
vrey best of CryAal Glasses, his charges
are considered kery reasonable. Con-
suItation free. Office hours from 9 a. IN
till > pm.
Vert respectfully.
S. B. NYE.
Leon Hotel.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20
Christmas at Bethlehem.

Prof. E; Warren Clark has just
arrived from New York, where he
gave eight successful lectur ks for the
board Of education of NdM York
City. He is being import4 ned and
will perhaps give one at Munro's
opera house Friday night following
Christmas, entitled "Chris mas at
Bethlehem" This will in4 4lude his
Stenoptican and showing pictures
including ''The church of tn I nativity
at Bethlehem ''The Lissod pictures
of the sojOurn of Christ ID Egypt
1.-The life at Nazereth," "Chl list in the
Temple at Jerusalem" ands"The re
cent changes at Jerusalem" Spe
cial rates for school childreh and tn,
young people of the ldifferen
churches will be made.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20
we WILL Do ri.


Editor Tallahasseean-The tax
payers are gratifed to see in your
esteemed paper every month a state
ment of>the expenditures of public
money made by the County Com
mlssioners. why's it we are not
allowed to know how the money col
lected for city purposes is spent?
Can you not also publish a statement
of the expenditures made by the CITY
Council? We are clearly entitled to
this information, but none is ever
given. Cry TAX PAYER.
While it is the custom in nearly
all Florida counties for the COM
mlssioners to pay for the publication
of their proceedings, and furnish
copy to the publisher, we have
been getting up our own copy and
publishing same for the benefit of
our readers. We are perfectly will
ling to do the same in the matter
eof the City Councils proceedings,
when it ispOssible for us to get around
GOit. Iffurnished copy by the clerk.
who by the way should be compen-
sated by the council for this ext ira
labor, we could easily do the reports
regularly.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20

economic enough during the year,
to be able to appear at conference
in a bran new suit of clothes which
costs at least not less than ten or
twelve dollars! But the record has
been broken this year, for one
preacher actually dared to come wear
ing a fine silk hat. 1t was pres
ent to him.
Distinguished visitors delivered
addresses on various matters of in
terest. The preaching was good.
The financial reports on general be-
nevolences were much in advance.
Tallahassee made the best report OF
all. Three men had died during the
year. Some were transferred to us
from other conferences. A few were
admitted into the travelling ministry
on trial. A few located on the ac-
count of i'll health.
The bishop usually takes the hber-
ty of saying some things for our ben.
t that al e sometimes wise and .once
in awhile otherwise. l give you a
few quoted from memory.
"The ministry is part of seen and
unseen forces, all articulated for mans
good" -.
"You are not so much to initiate
Christ, as to let him live through YOU
"Do not side track great issues fol
minor considerations, keep on the
great trunkline of TRUTH
"Some preachers remind me Of q
little tOm-tit sitting on great to.
bacco leaf" .-
"Some men do like a portion of the
pack which, when they have raised
the fox and are on his track, start of
after a little cotton tail that may
chance to jump up" '''
''Selfish wealth will damn a soul
Preach on money and tell the people
their danger"
''Money unused to save men, means
unsaved men own the money"
GA man who will not pay hi
pastor is mean; but if he will g
around and talk about him he i
Infamous. i
"Paul never staid in one placD
more than three years, and most mel
have done all they could do in an
one place in that length of time"
These are only few specimens o
the bishops running talks. Hi
Sunday sermon was said to hav'
been the best ever delivered il
Barlow.
The conference takes high grounc
on temperance. and the Sabbatl
question.
There were many changes anon.
the ministers. For the most parl
they will go to the field assigne,
them without complaint. It's gran'
system, even if hardships are impose,
upon some of us.
! w. J. CARPENTER.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20
Time n q ScnInrOr.

A portrait traced by nature on W.
mans tombstone, says The Scots s'i
torial, has recently been diScOyCrea
Jedburgh graveyard. near the fansOU
abbey. The stone was erected in sT
by a worthy baltic of .Ipthart TO It!
memory of his wife. Alison RrnWsc
The slow finger of time has worn Al "a
most of the facing OH the front of Stl
stone, and part of it is OvergrOwn Wit
moss, which has outlined the featI3-e
Local opinion favOrs the view that stl
face is a likeness of the good Old Itd
who sleeps beneath, a theory wEiC
has at least the merit of being diffisu
of. disproof, since NO one living can 30
sibly have seen her. ..-..: 80.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20
Story Of a Slave.

To be bound hand and foot for years
by the chains of disease is the worst
form of slavery. George w. Williams
of Manchester, Mich, tells how sHehsa
slave was made free. He says; My
wife has been so helpless for Eve years
that she could not turn over in bed
alone. After using two bottles of Elec-
tric Bitters, she is wonderfully improved
and able to do her own work" This
supreme remedy for female diseases
quickly cures nervousness, sleeplessness,
melancholy, headache, backache, faint
ing and dizzy spells. This miracle
working medicine is godsend to weak
sickly, run down people. Every bottle
guaranteed. Only so cents. Sold by
all druggists.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20
A Gift 70 Give.

II ia often difficult to decide WhAt Z
get your friends for holiday gifts. ier
Good morning, Jennie. ! fav
brought you a nice present. SAID Ter
trude. as she handed her friend a nea tI.
wrapped package. ,
The pale, weary looking girl. Whoswa
slowly recovering from severe lifess
opened the bundle and held up lfTg
bottle of clear, rich medicine. l.
s.Hood's SarsaDsrilla!" she laiIhed
sI have been reading about it todayFn'
wished I had bottle. i
On New Year Day Jennie was aoe Q
be out on the, street, and to her fri4nd
who remarked how we'll she was ldok
ing che simply said, Hoods arsSpa
riila," and every Que of them kneY
was this great medicine that had give
back her health.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20
Students Debate.
(Continu d From First Page }

OF government by and with the con-
sent of the governed" would be de.
stroyed.
An intermission followed, during
which Mr.. Wight rendered beauti-
full solo on the violin.
Mr.. Emmett Wilson then took the
affirmative, side, contending that
elimination of the ignorant, hence
the easily corrupted, was essential to
good government.
The second speaker for the mega
tive was Mr.. Francis B. Winthrop,
who insisted that free and unre-
stricted right of suffrage was the
greatest bulwark Of American liberty
An educational qualification would
debar thousands of the best citizens
of our republic from the suffrage and
lead to "taxation without representa-.
tion." The educational qualification
would eliminate the negro from the
electorate of the South-but this re.
striction would be against the spirit
of the Federal Constitution and the
fixed policy of the United States
government. ....
A piano solo was here rendered
by Mr.. CASTOR Day, one of the mos
talented musicians in the city.
/
Mr.. Crawford for the affirmativ,
and Mr.. Mcintosh for the negativ,
summed up the points in favor of thei
respective sides and met those tina
were urged against them, by the op
posing debators.
While the judges retired to delib
crate and decide on the merits O
the debate, Miss Edmondson re
cited 'sSong of the Spinning Wheel
This was SO much enjoyed by tn,
audience that they insisted on al
encore.
The judges then announced thei
decision to be in favor of the affirm
alive.
It was hoped that Mr.. w. N
Sheats, our superintendent Of Pub
lie Instruction would deliver an ad
dress, but owing to other engage
ments he was unable to be present
.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20
A LONG TAPE WORM
Quaker Herb Tonic Brings Won
derS in Tallahassee. j
MAN HAS BEEN RELIEVED.
The Testimony Below Speaks
for Itself.

To Whom 1t MGy Concern:
This is to certify that on December
18th, 1900. 1 purchased a bottle :Of
Quaker Herb Tonic, as have been srf-
fering for years with dyspepsia and
with heart trouble. For long time
have felt very giddy headed, with dots
and spots floating before the eyes. Ny
back has been very lame and weak.
pains between the shoulder blades, my
urine highly colored, and my food never
seemed to digest. After eating meal
of victuals, would have a full feeling
and pains in the stomach, often causing
cramping and gripping in the stomach,
and suffering great deal with palpita-
tons and pains around the heart, chok-
ing sensations in the chest. sour ston1-
ach, constant sick headache, and bow
els very irregular and cOnstipated. l
have been taking Quaker Herb Tonic
for one day, took it regular according to
directions, and this morning passed a
Tape Worm 80 feet long, with head,
neck and body in one piece, unbroken
and alive. know this has been thu
cause of my stomach and heart disease
for many years, and l am glad that l
used Quaker medicine. My age is forty.
one years, and farmer by trade; was
born in the North and have lived in
Tallahassee, Florida, for four years. \
FRED L. LoDER.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 18th day Of December,
L. II. scARBoRoUGH,
Eo 80 Notary Public.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20
Christmas at the Asylum.

In the absorbing interest of pro-
viding gifts for our loved ones dur
ing this festive season, let us not
forget the unfortunates, under our
protection at Chattahoochee, some
of them eagerly anticipate Christ.
mas, it being one of the few pleas.
ures their weakened minds can
grasp and a generous contributions
from our citizens is hoped for by
those who do all in their power tC
Tighten their existence.
Rev. DIR. Carter will give any in
formation to all those desiring tC
make contributions.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20
Barlow and the Methodist
Conference.

Barlow is a beautiful little CITY in
the orange section of the State. It's
streets are paved with hard clay
which makes them a Delight to every
body, cyclers and pedestrians eujoy
this bit of enterprise. Good side
walks, too, abound. 1 saw no dog
fennel or sand-spurs growing along
the principle streets. 1t is a great
pleasure to see large orange trees in
the well kept yards, yellow with
ripening fruit. The former pros,
perity is coming back to these people
How much dozen? Only ten tc
fifteen cents. They sell from $1.7s
to 1920 per box. People who live
LII this orange section are not stingy
with the fruit.
The Florida Methodist conferences
met the morning of the 18th, in tht
court room. A Georgia cracker
w. A. Gambler is the president anC
bishop. He is man of some parts
who practices what he breaches t.
a considerable extent. The atten
dance is large. The preachers are
as class, well dressed. The eight
wonder of the world is how q metho
dist preacher, on a starvation sal
ary, doing plenty of hard work
and having no outside income, Cal
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20
The Convicts Christmas

Religious services will be held at
the Jail at 10 o'clock am. Christmas
morning, by the Rev. DR.. Carter.
Those wishing to contribute to the
Christmas dinner for the Jail, will
please send their contributions to the
residence of Mrs. r. H. Gamble, on
Christmas Eve.
Mrs. Gamble will also be pleased
to receive books and magazines fol-
the convict camp, which will be for
warded as soon as possible. Amidst
the festivities of the season let not
this good work be forgotten.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20

Dr. Broughton, the pastor of Haw-
-thorne's former congregation in At
lanta, has made himself quite famous
recently, by his attacks uron Mayor
Woodward and the police board. Ii
seems that in the mayors case there
was no defense, but when the Doctor
tackled" the board it gave the mayor
a cue, and. he, through the police
board, is now making it Hot for the
preacher.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20

tract on the Georgia Pine Railroad,
between cambridge and Tallahassee.
On Monday they visited Col. J. E..
Hardaway, chief engineer of the
Georgia Pine Railroad, who is sur
veying the line few miles from
Tallahassee. Captain Halbert, says
that the contracts will be let within
thirty days, and he will be prepared
to put a large force of hands to
work as soon as he procures the
contract.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20
Too Lively,

Mr.. CorntOssel-I can't underst and
these here theater troopers.
Mr.. Meddergrass-What is the mat
ter?
Mr.. CorntOSsel-Why, they advertiF Fed
this here drummer of 9Th Black Vow
Of Vengeance" as havin plenty of iifc
in it, an blame if they didn't kill; ii
people in th' first act.-BaltimOre AMER
icaE
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20
EARRING Ont. the RuIe.

''SOme editor who =, has been eiHIng
advice to people on how to five to- be
old says that one of the main rules to
follow is to go away from the tabla a:
each meal feeling as if you could leat
more"
"Well, say, if that's right, every fel.
low at our boarding house ought 70
live to be a hundred Pain
Dealer.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20
Confederate Veterans.

Headquarters Lamar Camp No.
161, United Confederate Veterans
The officers and members of Lamar
Camp respectfully and cordially in
vite all Confederate Veterans to
unite with them, on the eighth day
Of January next, at the Inauguration
of our new Governor. BY order oi
D. Lang, Commander.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20

Nat. W. Marion, of Jasper, an
nounces that he will again be can
didate for reading clerk of the
House of Representatives. He is a
popular reader, well acquainted with
the duties of the office and $yiIl prove
a strong candidate.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20

Our readers will have to overlook
the usual Christmas greet be-. The
editor is too hard pressed for time
and printers are too scarce this week
to indulge. in sentiment. While we
toll. however, we wish ever one else
a Merry, Merry Christmas.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20

1t is an excellent idea fol Christ
mas shoppers to know, bef9re start
ing out, as far as they can that they
desire to purchase. If they will look
over our advertisement columns they
will be able to save I'll Hemselves
much time and trouble.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20

The Christmas edition of the
Gainesville Sun is a beatty. 1t is
sixteen large newspaper pages,
printed on heavy enamellsd paper,
with a beautiful cover printed in col
ors. Congratulations, Brother Nc
Creary1s.4- -..,
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20
Looldng for contractl

Capt. J. B. HaIbert of thd Halbert
4 Johnson Company, at 81 Marks,
e N the city with bis engin1er, r. B.
Mayer looking for 5 grading con-
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-20

button. vi @' eoaEa
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-15
None Too Early TO Prepare.

Assurances have been received that
Worlds Fair in 1903. European I'M
facturers and producers will exhibit on
a large scale, and it is estimated that
at least a million Europeans will come
lions will also be e n by the eastern
states, and the crowds that will be
bound westward-ho will tax the capac-
tiles of the transportation companies to
their utmost. Most of the people who
come as far as st. Louis will go on to
California before returning home. New
Mexico being along n Of the high
ways to California, and being in itself
a country Of great historic and scenic
interest, will in that year have more
visitors within it's bounds than it has
had in any twenty years previous ia
ken together. 1t is none too early to
prepare for the visit of that great
throng. Arrangements for better hotel
facilities in most of the New Mexico
towns should be made two to three
years ahead. Cities like Santa Fe
should have new and ~presentable de-
pots. Towns along the railroads should
do some cleaning up. some tree plant
ing. some laying of sidewalks, some
building of modern school houses, some
general identifying, so hat the great
influx of visitors will carry home with
1t to all parts of the world impress
sions of New Mexico thai are favorable
and will rebound to the fame and the
profit of the territory.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-15
The Fairy Tale Of Hydrophobia.

With the dog days come again visions
Of rabid dogs, despite the fact that
scientists have declared that the mad
dog Is a creature of the imagination. A
man who has been a close student of
dog life for many years, and who has
visited dog pounds and other places
where dogs are assembled in large num-
bers, and who has seen many thousands
of stray dogs, has not yet seen a gen.
uine case of rabies. Hundreds of veter-
mary surgeons declare that their expe-
rience has been the same. 1t seems to
be a pretty well established fact that
hydrophobia does not exist. But this is
known, that persons liable to blood poi
soning or having any impurity of the
blood or subject to unsteadiness of the
nerves, may suffer fatal results from
the bite Of a dog, but the bite of a cat,
a horse or of a human being, would
have the same effect on those persons.
The care Of dogs and other pet ami
mails is a matter which has been as a
rule greatly neglected. A dog Is not
very liable to ervou diseases, but
when a canine Is cooped up, ill-treated
and starved he naturally develops Pc
Julia ailments, and may come tearing
down the street swapping at any one
and every one in his way. but his bite
Is not necessarily more serious than
of any other dog or animal. In
most persons, the thought of having
been bitten by a mad dog will cause
nervous arrangements and hallucina-
ions that are akin to symptoms de-
as hydrophobia. Feed and wa
dogs well. give them plenty of exer-
Use, and shoot all dogs that roam the
Itreets without any mark or sign of
'wnership, and there need to be no dan
,er or fear of so-called hydrophobia
uring the summer days.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-15
The Worlds Granary.

The wheat acreage in the United
States is 5,24O,O0O acres less thar it was
last year. In consequence, the price of
wheat is rising, and dollar wheat may
again be a reality before the election
in November. The fact that out of 3d.
900, 900 acres of wheat sown in the fall,
over 5000, 900 acres have been aban-
doned, shows the uncertainty with
which crops are raised in the %so-called
wheat belt. Those uncertainties of crops
do not exist in New Mexico wherever
water is sufficient, Some day there will
be sufficient water in New Mexico and
Arizona to irrigate 80, 900, 900 acres for
wheat growing, and these two terrific
ries will be the granary of h world,
for there will be no uncertainty of crops
and the yield per acre will be greater
than it is in the wheat belt in the best
years. The water may be brought from
underground, it may be the result of
storing flood waters, " some method
may be devised to bring it from d dis
lance, for mans ingenuity will conquer
the conditions which have made the
best land in the world an arid land.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-15
Practical Charity Movement.

The Hebrews must be given great
credit for their charitable enterprises.
The charity that they practice is of a
practical nature. At the national con-
ference of Jewish charities at Chicago
this week, for instance, it was resolved
to establish national hospitals and colo
MES for consumptives in the arid west
and in California. If all religious de-
nominations were to follow that exam
pie consumption would soon be stamped
out in the United States. Two other
movement were taken up by the con-
vention which are very timely n
practical. One is an organized effort to
relieve the congested centers in large
cities by sending DOOR families to small
er towns and forming districts, and the
other is to abolish the practice of pro-
viding applicants with transportation
to relieve one community from their
support by shifting the responsibility to
another, a practice that is doing much
harm in Colorado and New Mexico.