AMONG ORANGK (JKOVKS.
THE SUB-TROPICAL EXPOSITION IN
PROGRESS AT JACKSONVILLE.
ril(llt' of loino dT (In' HullilliiK III"
Scope mill Intent if the (Irrnt Show It
In llilil to I .el tin. World Know All
Aliimt tlw Smith.
A MEDAL FOR PITMAN.
Now ork l'li(iiiocralirr Honoring ttrn
lim-ntnr of Mini tloiiul.
Tlioslioitlmiul writers of tlio city of Non
York have recently had n flno gold modal
made to bo presented to Mr. Ifutac ritiiiim,
tlio Inventor of phonography. This in
THE CURIOSITY SHOP.
The Orlcln of it singular Crrnmntiy Lout
In Oli.ottrlt;--It
has lieon sugesttsl by some who Imvo
written on tho Milijivt Hint It Is jsijwlhlo tlio
throe volleys Hivd omt n soldier's univn ro
losont tho thus- sentences In tlio regular ser
vice for tho dead -"Knrth to cm tli, uihes to
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Ranson Carbon Light
rainnuMiioralloii nf tho imlillnitiuii of Ids i n,,pi ,,, ,,,,, Homo time since wo iv
Mfit
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LOIUDA'8 subtropical ox-
porit'on, now open in Jack
sonvlllo, In likely to result In
convoying to tlio rest of tlio
world 1.01110 knowledge of tlio
grout changes wlncli Imvo
lately taken plnco in tlio tieniusulur statu.
Until recently Florida 1ms been regarded as
nou-produotlve iln dm I: swamps covered
liy tlio muhmgeous pnlmotto or tlio pino;
tho Imitio of tho alligator; It product only
oranges.
it Is intended to show nt this exposition
that Florida produce iiviny vnhinhli- 1hiii"
Thu ui)niotti Tut ni-iii'H ptilpfoi paper; pine
needles, comortod into a rich product, nliord
fiber for cirpet, wliilo tho skin of tho alli
gator dooointos tho foot of thousands, uud his
teeth t lit- heads of many a fair woman a
oinnmentH.
Tho city of Jacksonville is tho location of
tho cxihmIMoh. Jacksonville's population is
about :15,000, though lu winter tho lulluxof
tourists uiiilouhtedly innkos it much larger.
Tho oxK)sitIon grounds are In tho city water
works park, being an Inclosiiro of aliout
nine neios. This, by a system of landscaiio
gardening, has boon converted into a park
with streams, fountains, miniature lakes mid
lawns. Tho buildings nro the main build
ing, tho nuno.-c, tho Hernando, Citrus nnd
Pnco iHiildlng, tho Scmluolocamp and other
minor buildings.
Tho main building displays considerable
architectural tnsto. It cos ors one acre, living
IXKifect long and lit! foot wide. It has Mx
towers, as seen in tho accompanying sketch;
nnd near the top of tho tall tower is an tuV
sorvntory, reached by a winding htair. Tho
vlow from this tower is thus described by a
correspondent of Tho Atlanta Constitution:
Tlio eye rests upon a pauornnin of wo.nt-rful
beauty, comprising tho eutlro city of Jackson
ville, about six mill's tu leugtli un.l three miles la
width, llh tho Ht. Jolim rhcrtlolui;uluug ltd
Koiitlieiitti'in border, mid across tlio rler the
grow lug suburb of South Jacksum llle.
Tho Niino correspondent dehcribes tho in
terior of tho main building:
Entering tlio building, tlio iralu-rsnl expression
is one of admiration ami delimit, l'roui tlio
entrance, htiirtliuWo. through tlio center, ex
tendi tlio central uLsle, twenty-four feet In
width, Its Hiilfnco lino broken In the center 1
a fountain of lowly deslgu and great beauty.
The b.iMu of this fountain (eighteen foot in (Hum
ctcr) Is fan rounded liy a curbing of handsome do.
Elgn, twentj-Klv inches in height from tlio lloor,
octagonal la its outline, and mirmoiuued nt each
of Its eight corners with u graceful wiso of the
sanio manufacture, twenty-two inches high, nnd
filled with growing lion cm. rroin tho center of
tho Inula ri-.es a mound of coral rock and shells
fciitooued with viueiiaud aquatic plimts, from the
BUinuilt of which bursts tho fountain of pure
artesian water at tho top.
In this main building nro tho erfuinery
exhibit, tho horticultural garden and exhibits
of Florida's diirorent counties. There nro
also in this building tho products of other
sub-tropical regions w hlch havo taken part in
tho exhibition.
From tho southwestern comer of tho main
building extends tho iiimox, elghty-olght feet
long and Blxty-two feet wide. In tho annex
la tho art gallery, which comprises over -100
oil painting, iiiauy of thorn very valuable
Tho Ilernuudo, Citrus and l'nsco build
ing is built in rustic stylo of woods
brought fiom tlieso counties, and is thatched
with palmetto leaves from tho sauio legion.
Each of the count los named has tin exhibit ill
this bullilltit', tho center of encfi county's ex
hibit space luing occupied by a pyramid of
tho choice fruits of thn county.
I
first liook on Hint nubject In 1S17.
Tho father of Miorthaud is of Hath, Eng
land. He is nlxmt 7fi years old. Ho ro
celvisl n common school education, and was,
when a youngster, a. clerk In his father's
cloth mill. When 17 years old ho timxtorod
one of tho old systems of slcnogmphy (Tay
lor'), with which ho rejiorteil slow njmikcrM.
Subswpientlv Iwi pivpnnsl a mami'il of short
hand founded on this system, nnd later Is
sued n lMiok, called ".Stenographic Hound
Hand; or, Hlgn Writing by Sound." It is
tho anniversary of tho publication of this
book, which Is to lw soon commemorated.
Since that time Mr. Pitman has issued
numerous books on phonography, which
havo had a largo Rale, ono of them "Tho
Teacher" bavin liooii sold to tho number of
more than a million copies.
A recent discovery hns shown, howovcr,
that Mr. I'itmau was preceded in tho
application of the phonetic, priuclplo by
tho Uov. ridneaa Unlloy. A look on
shorthand has been found In Vermont,
written by Mr. Unlloy, in which cer
tain rules for writing by sound aro clearly
laid down. Ho published a book on tho sub-
fjtisiicHtMia3 A L wiUwi
ILM, tocc.(n H.i tvll If-fl f a'-sJ toll
m '"-iw pVI& &C fall
member to Iiiino read mi oliiervallou on this
subj.rt in a mllltnry mor, In which tho
writer Ri'iil;ing fiom it-colU'ctloii, liNmitlior
ity IciMiiu I'ismi forgottou, srtdl tho threo
vollcNH wei dexlgnisl to smbnllo thons
Hcrlptlon. "Wnlii tlns in the grave waiting
for tho ivxiirrcctiim. In the uanie of tho
Father (olU-. uud of the Hon (volley) nnd of
tho Holy (Hunt (olle ). Amen." .The Army
mid Nuy Jotiinal miuio timoiignNald:
The mitlllH'i' of ehis'iM for Hiilututioli of a
multitude is tho same, The cart h to cm th,
dust to dust, ashes to ashes is prct-islcd by a
nikiiu cilHtom ivferusl to bj lloriuv, who
eudsnuoof his elegies with Hiking the isltor
at tho gme to piously let fall a threefold
gift of Kieiillclal Kiiud. Right obliipio, left
oblique, front, covers the ground. One
Mil ley comma lilnw; IIiito is embruclug, but
one Is not.
The origin of tho practice Is not only dllll
cult, but, lit present, luiiosshto of cxplnua
tlon. Notes nnd Queries makes tho following
rofercniv:
'1 ho earliest account of the procession, etc.,
that 1 Imvo Imvii able to trace is codtaluoil in
a folio cut it hsl "Tlio t'omplont llo.lv of the
Art Military," b Itlchiird Kltou, lieutenant
colonel, published In Iflss. In chap. v!"i, lib.
xll, pp. UK) lit!, A. C. Irfimnx will Ibid full
instriietlous for tho "ordering of u prlvnto
compuio iulo a funeral ervlco," and In chnp.
'Jd, lib. Hi, p. 1C., similar instructions, though
more brief, "for the ordering of u regiment
ton funeral occasion."
TUB riTMAV MRIIAI
Joct in 1810. This book passd tin ough many
editions. It Is not claimed that I'lliiian took
tho Men from Unlloy. Iloth men seem to
havo workisl on the Mine lines, uud, though
Bnlloy's system Is Ingenious, l'itman's is bet
tcr ndapted to practical use.
Professional shorthand work Is very fairly
paid, both in England and American, though
owing to tho crowding of the profession of
Into, this is truoonlyof tho very lest WTifc
crs. Tho snlarlw of olllclal court stenog
rapher" in Now York run from $2,000 to
t.'l.OOO. In other states they will earn about
$1,500. Tho reporters of tho congressional
committees receive $I,!XX) npieco yearly.
Twenty years ago newspapers were in tho
habit of reporting sitooehoH and hs-turcs In
full, and therovnsngrcatdeuiuiid for stenog
raphers for this work. Hut tlio j;rcnt vol
unio of news now crowds out tin-en detailed
reports. It is raro now that a long sxseii is
reiortod. When ono is to lie taken down n
person especially devoted to this work is
given tho job, receiving therefor from JO to
(10 a column.
rolled slnl,., Clilcf .lll.tlccn.
John Jay was chief Justice from ITS!) to
17!.", nnd was sut-fccdcd In 17l. by John
ltiitlislge, of South Carolina, who presided
for ono term only of the court, hi appoint
ment not lM-iiig ctmllrmisl by the senate.
Oliver KlUworth was the next appointment,
wrving fiom I itm tu Imhi, when ho resigned,
uud was silo-cod by John Marshall, of Vlr
glnln, who Hi-nrsl from IHll to K't,,, Roger
II. Tnney, of .Maryland, wus next, and ho
pii-sldi'd over the court for twenty-eight
years, from I'd) to Inii, ninl In tho hitter
jeur gave place to Salmon 1'. t.'hnso, of Ohio,
Iiom"'mi for nine years, and in turn niado
wny for Morrison 1L Wult, of Ohio, who
lias held the olllco slucn P-71,
ROGER Q. MILLS.
Df-iiiocrat t'ongriMHiiiiii and Clinlrmnn of
tlio AViivh anil Menu Committee.
Roger Q. Mills, of Texas, is clinlrmnn of
tho committee on ways and mentis. This '
chnlrmnnshipis regarded tho most important i
iwsltlon in tho gift of tho sjieaker, and Is
especially no just now, when the tariff ques
tion is attracting so much attention, for this
committee will havo charge of whutover '
tariff legislation is accomplished.
Mr. Mills was born in Todd county, ICy., '
and Is -Ifi years of ago. At 17 ho went to !
Palestine, Tex., where ho studied law, finish
ing his studies three years later; but lclng
only 'M, nnd tho laws of the state of Texas
"fs. requiring a prncti
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Honor to bo ut least
21, Mr Mills would
have been obliged
10 wnit ono year,
but ii sjieclal law
wus passed by tho
legislature, nnd ho
was admitted to
prncti ii. without
tho additional year
being lidded to his
nge. He settled nt
CorxHiuiiu and
oiiemsl nlawofllco.
noaKn Q. MILLS. His prnetico noon
beennio lucrative, but when the war enmo on
ho left It for tho Confederate service, which
ho entered with the rank of lieutenant
colonel, rotlrlng nt the finish a full colonel,
with honornblo scars, having lieen thrlco
wounded.
Going back to Corsicnna, he rcsumcsl the
prnetico of his profession and was regarded
as an able counsellor. In lsfj he was elected
member of congress nt large, nnd in 1871 was
chosen to repiesent the Fourth district of his
state, and again represented tho Ninth dis
trict. He was ono of Mr. Carlisle's most
activo supporters when ho (Cnrlisle) was first
n cnndldato for speaker of tho houso. This
naturally ni.ulted In a warm personal friend
ship between tho two men. Mr. .Mills is nlso
a warm fr end of tho president. Mr. Mills
has alreaily assumed tho leadership loft va
cant by Mr. William It. Morrison.
In personal apjiearauco Mr. Mills is tall,
muscular and commanding. Ho stands
nearly blx fret high nnd is broad shouldered.
uo is open, frank and nggresslve.
'I lie liiM'iitor or tlin tllillliillne.
Dr. (liiillotino, n memlH-r of tho national
nsiemblv of Frnuco, nnd one of Unit uiert-i-less
"Cnuiinftti-o of Uenernl Security," llrst
iroxssl tin- iiM of thn iustrimieiit which
now In-nrs Ins nanio to Infamy. It was
really not such on imiiierciiul mode of dentil,
since its work was instanlaiiisiiH, but It Is
said that the Iiim-iiIoi-, Dr. (iinllntiuc, was
so ocruln'lmiil with rt iuoie when lie saw
tho uumlior or itiuis thn dally imtIkIhsI
tllliler Its stroke that he gave up his Hilitcal
nlllces nnd dexotetl his life to his legitimate
art of healing.
A 'I line to Stop I'lghllng.
Tho "Truce nf God" was a regulation pro
hibiting nil private warfare or duels on tho
holy days from Thursday evening to Satur
day evening in em h wis'k; nlso, Hiring the
season ol ihent nnd lAMit, mid on tho
"Octines," oi i-uhth duys, of tho grout festi
vals. Tins rule was llrst introiluceil in 1017
then in France nnd Hurguinl), and later in
Germany, England mid the Netherlands. It
was the protest of the church uguliist evils
which thus illicit be mitigated, but which it
was M)wcr)ess to wlmllj repu-ss.
Pic on Anierleiiii Coins.
The die of tho (ioddiNs of Uln-rty on
Amerlcuu tsilns was originally cut by Mr.
S'iiis-r, the Inventor of the Spencer latho.
The llrst die was from a portrait of Mrs.
Wushini'toii. (Jen. Washington was not
pleased with the he.nl of his wlfo ns a me
dium of circulation, uud at his request tho
dio was clinugisl, only n few coins having
been cast from the original design. Tho die
as it now uppeurs wns iiimle from tho former
ono by placing a capon the head and altering
tho prominent feutures.
It It'll People.
Doubtless the Vuuilerbilt could command
within twenty-four hours more money thun
any other family: nnd H-rhups Mr. Russell
Sago could command in two hours more
money thun any other single jmtsoii; nnd
perhaps tho cnpital of the Rothschilds is
larger thun thai ui nny other family, but not
so easily to be i.aliisi Tlio Vanderbilts,
Jay (liiull, llu-ell Nige, the Astors, tho
Goelets, D. () Mills, t , p. Huntington, Sid
ney Dillon mid many others aro each worth
over S,UHI,Uixi.
main non.niKo.
Ono of tho attractions is a camp of Semi
nolo Indians. Every schoolboy has rend of tho
Bemluolo war and of Osceola. When tho
War ended tho Semliioles were removed to
tho Indian territory, but a few hundred ro
fused to go uud lied to tho Everglades, a
region inncci-ssiblo to tho w hito mini, uud tin
explored by them oven at the pro-out day.
Thero tho remnant hae lived iieueofully
over since. A number of them aro to occupy
tho camp, living in tho manner in which
they live in tho Everglades.
llio uxhibltlou is to remain oiieii until
May 1. '
I'eiitiires of l'emliio Serfdom.
As to other fi rms of service resenihling
slavery which still exists In Persia, but nro
gradually falling Into "Innocuous ilesuetudo,"
there is serfdom of tho is-asjintry; but t hoy
began yturs ago to do away with this In
practice, although not exactly formulating
ruch disuse in the expiossio Inmmngo used
by thopiesiilent of tho United States. Tho
chief font in oof Persian serfdom is tho obli
gation of the peasant to liohmg to the vitiligo
orostate where he was born The villages
cither foi m part of thoroul demesnes, or
they aro given as nppendiiges to tin- wives of
tho shah, his sons, mid other giuuilccs to
furnli-hthein with i-i venues, or the aieowned
In fee simple lij men of wealth nnd are then
transfei ruble by silo or otlnrwise The
royal lauds an- in er sold. The peasantry
go with th' e-t, ii c, uud aw assigned lands to
cultivate on shares with tho propi letor. They
may not change ther reiidcnee without his
permission, nor tinvi lut .vlll ulsnit the coun
try. Such Is the law of Persia. Hut tho law
has been gradually fulling iiitouU vuiico, and
It w ill i ot bo ninny mmi- U'foie it will bo u
iemllol. i -N. (1. W lienjniliiu.
his hair, which is gray, closo cut, nnd his
faco Is adorned with a frosted niustacho
ami gontco. Ho is said to bo truthful, and
can say "yes" or "no" without keeping ono
who wishes to engngo his interest in any mat
ter dancing nttciidanco when ho has no In
tention or ability to servo tho person seeking
his inllucuce. All this has rendered him
popular tn his state.
How Artresses Liilioi-.
People say s mo men nnd women nro "born
actors;" but tho&o who Imagine that they
hnvo not cultivated with an indftutlgnblo
assiduity tho talents ho or sho possesses from
nature have a very Imjicrfect kuowlcdgo of
tho source of that merit which so astonishes
thorn. Who that knows or reads of Itachcl
realizes how she worked and struggled to
gnln tho goal hour lifter hour, day after
day, intonation, pauses, declamation all sho
studied step by step with her master mid her
friend Sniuson, All cried, "She is u genius,"
yet of how many hours of deep relied ion and
earnest htudy were her raro exhibitions of
skill tho fruit'
"I havo studied my sobs," she wrote, "and
shall watch to sco it you nro satisfied, for I
am now sure it will couio." This sho said of
perhaps her greatest pleco of acting, tho
scene in "Phcdro" where sho utters "Miser
able ct jo vis " Not ono circct tliut delighted
and eleetrdlisl her audience during two years
of this great role but was studied mid tried
and btuiliod again. Rachel was never lout in
a character; it was lost in her.
In referring to my humble elToits In thu
past, I can only say that my lt results Imvo
been through my greatobt btimv nud work.
Many u night havo I cried m self to sleep
unnblo to reach an effect or make a certain
jKilnt. There haw- been times when certain
roles Iium- been us a closed IsMik tome, nud
oven after rcis-atcd rehearsals remained a
blank uud I Usvunio wholly dcsonduut, when
aUntouee the veil fell from before my oyes
and I wvinisl to ivnlio the character and Its
possibilities Fanny Duveniwrt.
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This will Furnish the Consumer
Twice the Light that is given
by any other process
and Saves Gas.
This light can be seen at our oflicel25 1 11th St
Where Full Particulars will be given regarding its operation CiC,
L. WESSEL, JR. General Agent.
KNOB HILL
Sailc, 100 Ft.l Inch.
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The spoil Tt-nii In tin, Senate.
ThoJihort term in tho United States sonnto
can only occur om-o In tho history of a state.
On the admission nf a teuitoiy into tlio
Union the llis-l United States senutors nro
elected fur lour uud six nnr nieetively;
this In older that the election of their suc
cessors may lull on ibU'cieut dates. From
this time forward the si.uiitoi-snioclcctiHl for
Ho wears ' terms of six jeurseiieli, and ono would only
till tliut olllco fur a shorter tiiuo to till tho
vacancy made by tho death or resignation of
6oiuo senator.
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Orlulo of tho KiikIIsIiiiiiiii'h Sobriquet.
The uamo Juhu Dull, asupplled to the Ivng
Hsh people, is llrst found in A Hint hoot's
ludicrous "History of UuroH," a book some
times erroneously nscriUsl to Doau Switt.
In this satire Arbutliuot calls the 1'remli
Lowls Iliiboou and the Uutch Nicholas Frog.
"John Hull," a comed , by George Coleman
tho younger, was perdu uicil in lso.',. Tho
John Hull, n Tory newspajier, supiKiibsl by
Thcoiloro HiKik, was llrst published in lS-U
A Sluirt ( at.
Tho Panama canal, if it oer roaches com
pletion, will b.-ivo IU.WX) miles in distunco be
tween JCuropo and tho Pacille ports. Its
length is to lw fort -six miles, including a
tunnel of four miles, which will lie 100 leet
wide uud UK) feet high. The original esti
mated cost of the Panama canal is oli.'v.'.lo'S,
000. but enough has iiecu done to show tho
estimate to bo low.
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X for tlie (.'runs.
Tho use of the letter "X" to represent tho
cross has liecoiuo commou with religious
writcis, nnd is taken by them to symliollo
Christ. Other words of tho sumo loot nro
often uhbicvintcd thus; C'luistiiin, Xtn;
Cliiistianlty, Xnty, mid Christ, Xt Christ
inns is olten Kilauticully wmteii Xiniis.
The l'aiilmiiilli'.
"The I'niiliniidlo'Msii fanciful uamo for the
most lioitherly portion of the state of West
Virginia It is a long, mirror, projection
between the Ohio riM-r nnd tin western
lioundaiy or Pennsylvania.
Tur.
Tho chemist Ilccher tlrv, proiMsl to make
tar from pit .-u.il in ITM. Mineral tar was
first dUeoi en d at Colelu inilalalo, Shroiwhlre,
nnghind, in l"a, uud in .Scutlaiid, October,
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! The foregoing plat shows the location of "Knob's Hill," the highest dryest and most
I beautiful building sites yet presented to the public. These lots are not high priced when their
sightliness is considered; they arc sure to be the homes of our best people, and will always be
valuable property. Street cars, already handy, will soon run by the property. The terms
are thus:
One-forth Cash; balance- 3 Equal Annual Payment"
WITH INTEREST AT EIGHT PER CENT.
DRLAYS AREDANGEROUS.
The lots will be advanced twenty-five per cent, when twenty-five are sold. Buy now.
McBRIDE&MELONE
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