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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-26

A peasant who had seven daughters
wearing ont sole leather for him went to
the cave of a wise old duffer and be-
sought his advice as to how to bring
them up. Marry them off as soon as
possible, and you can then break up
housekeeping and go boarding among
them" After a few months the father
returned to the cave, and his phiz had
such a lonesome expression that the wise
man cried out: ''Ah, you must follow
my advice to learn wisdom - . The
trouble is that l did follow it, but instead
of having seven places to board around
at have seven sons-in-law to board on
me-" Moral-However, the peasant had
the wisdom. Free Press.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-26
PrGSbrey'S DravtOn Island Mari

Every persons fruit where it has been an
piled are clean, luscious and bright Refer
ence by permission: Hon. j. W. Tucker Judge
". A. Cooke, 4. &. Martin, \. J. StenstrOm.
Charles Groves and many others have demon
Strated ITS excellent qualities, and we now Of
Ter II to the public with perfect confidence.
Price per ton. or eight barrels, on pier head
Jra%ton island, $40 or at City Wharf, san
i4rd, tla., Sl3; per barrel, S1.15. All orders
filled c. o. ID. Address.
4. A. PRESBREY & Co. Sanford. Fla
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-26
Stephen A. DougIass.

J. G. Blaine.
The rank of Mr., Douglas as a states
man is not equal to his rank as a parlia-
mentary leader. AS statesman he was
full of resources, fertile in expedients.
But he lacked the truest form of con-
servatism, and more than once in his ca
reer carried partisan contests beyond the
point of safety. His participation in the
repeal of the Missouri compromise is an
illustration, all the more pertinent and
impressive because his own Judgment
was against the measure, and he allowed
himself to be controlled by the fear that
another might usurp the place in south
ern regard so long held by himself In
parliamentary discussion it is not easy to
overstate the power of Mr.. Douglas. In
deed it would be difficult to name his
superior. He did not attain the dignity
of Webster's stately style. He was not
gifted with the fire that burned through
Clays impulsive speech. But as ready
comprehensive speaker, armed at all
points and using his weapon with dead
lest effect, he was the equal of either
In the rapidity with which he marshalled
the facts favorable to his position, in the
consummate skill with which he presen-
ted his argument, in the dashing and
daring manner in which he overcame an
opponent more strongly intrenched than
himself, Mr.. Douglas is certainly emit
tied to rank with the most eminent of
parliamentary debaters.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-26
Florida Southern Railway.
The Orange Belt Route.
EOINE SNITH

OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT. !
PALATKA, March %, 1884. (
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-26
y r n n / Il L A H.

FORMING IN CONNECTION WITH THE
Il DeBary-Baya MerChantSD a DOUBLE
DAILY LINE for AstOr, Sanford, Enterprise
and intermediate landings, connecting at As
way; at Sanford with the SOUTH FLORIDA
Railroad for Maitland. Orlando, kissimmee
and TAMPA, and from this point with Steam
ships for Cedar Key, Key West and inferno
date landings on the west coast Of Florida.
Steamer H. b. PLANT leaves Palatka from
Florida Southern Railway wharf at $40 O'cl'k
p. m, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
DeBarY-B aYa Merchants Line Steamer
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE leaves Palatlla from
Florida Southern Railway wharf at o'clock
p. m, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Returning, leaves Sanford daily on arrival
of the train of the South Florida Railroad,
from Tampa at p, m, arriving at Jackson
vile in time to connect with the fast mail
train at $50 a. m, of the Savannah, Florida
and Western Railway.
Steamer CHATTAHOOCHEE leaves Palatka
from Florida Southern Railway wharf at Ii
o'clock, p. m, on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Returning, leaves Sanford on Mondays at
3 O'Clock p, M, on arrival of train on South
Florida Railroad from Tampa.
Returning on Thursdays, leaves Sanford at
9:35 a. m, on arrival Of train on South Florida
Railroad.
steamer JENNIE LANE leaves Palatka from
Florida Southern Railway wharf at y o'clock
p IN. on Mondays and Thursdays.
returning leaves Sanford on Wednesdays
| and Saturdays.
Tickets on sale at W. 0. WoItz's Drug Store.
| Palatka, Fla, and on board of the steamers.
All tickets and passes of the DeBary- Baya
! Merchants Line will be hOnOred until further
! orders.
ing unusual and heavy freights, open for
! charter,
| For further particulars, inquire Of
Il. ;. DOWD, Agent,
Peoples Line st. Johns River
Office WaycrOsS Steamboat Wharf,
Jacksonville, Florida.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-26
THE MOST NATURAL AND SUBS TANTJAL
Orange Tree Food


Inn pOFtant Questions:
10 YOU DESIRE A STEADY, HEALTH
- luI, vigorous growth, do you desire CIEAl
bright FRUIT Then buy and apply
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-26
GOING NORTH.

Train leaves at............ 6.36 4 N
LIaIII arrives at. ............-... 90. $40
first-ciass car through from Palatka tC
Gainesville on all trains
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-26
NOTICE OF SALE.

IN. ACCORDANCE WITH AN ORDER OF
the County Court in and for Putnam cOun-
ty; Florida, bearing date April 4, 1884 I viii
sell az public cutlery on May 9TH 1884, being
the first Monday of said month. within the le-
gal hours of sale. at the Court House in Palat-
ka, Tor cash, the following real estate. belong
ing 10 the minors Mabel l. Webb and Clara l..
Webb, being in said county and state. and
comprising so much Of lots No. I9, private sur
vey. in Sec. r. T. Is, Range % east. as remain
ed unsOld after deed February q 1876. Of
Thompson and Webb TO George E. Marvin
Also part of Section II, I. I3, :. X. % E.
bought at sheriff sale in July, 1874. portion
having been sold TO George Z. Marvin. being
the remnants of the said two lots of land and
containing about nine acres of land more or
less. Dated this. A pTil 4. 1854.
e. 5. GRILL, Commissioner.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05
TIE TalEosc Tree.

The United States ConsulG enera
at Shanghai has. sent to a friend in
California, for distribution throughout
the State. a package Of the seeds of the
'tallow tree" which he thinks viii.
flourish there, with the following in
teresting description of the process by
which the frui. is prepared for use:-
"The nuts grow in clusters and are
gathered in November. When ripe,
the capsule divides and discloses, usu-
ally, about three kernels, covered with
pure, hard, white tallow. In prepar-
ing the talloW, the ripe nuts are put
into a wooden cylinder with a perforat-
ed bottom, and, after ten or fifteen
minutes steaming, the tallow becomes
so soft that it is easily detected from
the albumen of the seeds by breaking
them with mallets. 1t is then separat-
ed from the seed by sitting it through
hot sleeves, but, OF course, is d~iscolored
from mixtures with the brown tesla
of the seeds, and in order to strain it
and make it perfectly pure and white,
tits poured into cylinder made of rings
of straw placed one on top of the other,
and into a rude press, when the talloW
is squeezed through in a pure state.
From one hundred and t~hirty-three
pounds of seed is obtained from forty
to fifty pounds of tallow beside the oil
obtained subsequently from the albu-
men by grinding, steaming and press
ing it. The tallow is used for a variety
of purposes by the Chinese. but more
particularly for making candles, which
are burned in Buddhist worship.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05
After this Mr.. Gordon never told his
family again: 1--WE must economize,'
and Hannah never gave him any
cause to do so.
a Panton,i,ae witness.

Three persons were recently tried
n New Mexico for the murder of q
Ghinaman. The principal witness
was a deaf and dumb boy who had
never been taught the mutes' Ian
guage, but who communicated with
his mother by pantomime. Her testi-
mony was therefore admitted.
She said that the child, very much
excited, came into her room hallooins
and betraying traces of great and I'm.
usual emotion. He showed her that
somebody was stabbed, and made
signs of throat being cut by drawing
his hands across his neck. He beat
himself with stick and pointed as il
he had a gun. He also drew his hand
| across the back of his neck and fell
backward in great excitement. lie
showed that the victim was a China
man by indicating a long queue. The
boy was also permitted to go on the
stand and reproduce the scene, his
mother acting as an interpreter. The
men were convicted.
A majority of the Supreme court
set aside the verdict on the ground
that the boy was not a competent wit
ness. He was not shown, and he
could not be shown, to have any idea
of the nature of an oath. In a case
involving life and death this was
highly important. 1t was also impos-
sible to cross-examine him. The court,
however, expressed its belief that the
accused were guilty on the strength of
the very evidence which they exclude
ed.
This decision is probably sound le-
gally; but it may be questioned Wheth-
er it does not err on the side of that
excessive technicality by which so
many murderers are allowed to escape.
A good many people will be more
inclined to agree with the dissent of
one of the judges, who declared that
if the law of evidence opened no door
for testimony Of this kind-testimony
which, from the very limitation of
the witness powers, it was morally
impossible for him to manufacture
then the sooner the law is changed
the better.
Whether these technical decisions be
justified or not, it is noted that in the
cases "of life and death" which are
involved, it is the life and death" OF
the criminal, rather than of the
community, around which so many
safeguards are thrown.-Detrott +
Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05
10 Wisaaoscs.

One of the most remarkable uses to
which paper has been put to of late
years is the manufacture of zylonite,
a substance which at the will of the
manufactures, may be made in imita-
ton of horn, rubber, ivory, tortoise
shell. amber and even glass. The uses
to which zylonite is adaptable are al
most infinite, Tut perhaps the most ex-
traordinary is the manufacture of
cathedral windows. The discovery
was made about fifteen years ago, but
it is only within the last two years
that a company has been formed for
its manufacture. The basis Of zylonite
is a plain white tissue paper made from
cotton or cotton and linen rags. The
paper is treated first to a bath Of sui
phuric and other acids, undergoing a
chemical change. The acid is then
carefully washed out and the paper
treated with another preparation Of
alcohol and camphor, assuming an
appearance very much like parchment.
It is then capable Of being worked up
into plates Of any thickness, rendered
almost perfectly transparent, or given
any Of the brilliant colors that silk will
take. It is much more flexible than
either horn or ivory and less brittle.
Combs or other articles made of it in
imitation of tortoisesheIi are said to
be % perfect in appearance as to de-
eeive the eye Of the most practised
workman in that substance. The
difference in the material can be de-
tected only by tests. Industrial Newa.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05
The Watcher. In Church.

His neck is fitted on a globe socket
that turns clear around. He sees every
thing that goes on. The man that
comes in late does not escape him, and
it is in vain for the tenor to think he
got that little note to the alto conveyed
between the leaves Of the hymn-book
unobserved. The watcher saw it. He
sees the hole in the quarter that Elder
Skinner dropped on the plate. He sees
that Deacon SloWboy has but one cuff.
If the door swings he looks around; if
the window moves ~noiselessly he looks
up. He sees the stranger in his neigh
boris pew, and he sees Brother Bad
man, sitting away back under the
gallery, furtively taking a chew of the
inhibited Hne-eut. All things that
nobody wants him to see the watcher
sees. He sees so much that he has no
time to listen.-R. 4. Burdette.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05
Go SEoaU at First.

Learn to walk, young man, before
you try to prance. Don't hunger and
thirst for a boudoir car Whileyou are
junior clerk and have to sweep out
the store and sleep under the counter.
II you are a young physician, don't
expect to make it all in the first year
Your father rode four or five horses
to death before he was able to put an
Administer on the Office floor, and
lean back in his sleepy hollow chair
and announce that he would answer
no calls after s p, m. If you r prac-
ticing law, remember that the old at
torney, whose Office you are sweep
ing out, wore white hair, and not
much of that, before he began taking
whole farms for single fees in small
cases. And bear in mind. toe, that
they didn't spend every cent of it as
fast as they got it.-Bmdette.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05
Hearth and R0mae.


Out Of the noise and out of the strife,
To the hearth so calm and bright,
The men come home to who wait
In the freside's happy Light.
For hearth and home is the dearest place
To men and women who love;
And when reace is there a blessing floats
From our Father's home above.
The tender kiss, and the baby's coo,
Then gladdens the tired heart;
The care md glare of the busy day,
Like wearisome dreams depart.
The souisjoy shines in the loving smile
That welcomes the dear one home;
Wife's world is in the sheltering walls.
In cot or meath palace dome.
Oh, God of love, guard ever such homes,
All over our beautiful landt
Let quiet heal tbs LIES guidance be
To mansions not made with hands.
For hearth and home is the dearest place
To men and women who love;
And when peace is there a blessing floats
From our Fathers home above.
s. B. Stc6btas IN Demorestf for May.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05

The Pixies Peak Railway, the COM
pletion of which within eighteen
months is practically assured, will be,
in many respects the most notable
piece of track in the world. 1t will
mount 1000 feet further heavenward
than the famous Lima and Oriya Rail
way. in Peru, which is now in opera
ton to a. point 1920 feet above the
sea. the highest that the rails have as
yet attained. The obstacles that are
being overcome in its construction are
mong the most formidable yet pre-
sented to engineering skill. The en-
tire thirty miles of its length will be
a succession of complicated curves and
grades, with no piece of straight track
longer than 800 feet. The maximum
grade will be 316 feet to the mile, and
the average grade 270 feet. The line
will abound in curves from 500 to
1000 feet long, in which the radius
changes every chain. Forty degree
curves are numerous, and there will
be one of forty-three degrees that will
describe three quarters of a circle.
The read is being built in a most sub
stantial manner, and will be laid with
forty-pound steel. The running time
will be about fifteen miles an hour.
The road will cost from $12, to $751;
900 per mile.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05

aMr. Schmidt said a German gen.
tlernan yesterday, as be entered !
Pittsburg merchants office. aMr.
Schmidt, I hat der shmall pox-s
"Great heavensl hi. Schneider
was the hurried reply, ssdon't come
here. and the clerks rapidly disap-
peared Id various directions.
"Vot's der madder NIT you fellers,
anyhow" pursued Schneider. Il hal
der schmall pox full DC butter QUO ii
mine wagon yot MRS. Schmidt ortered
last wick aIrsaty."
Explanations and cigars followed,
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05

The Paris police are endeavoring to
suppress a strange traffic in dead bod
les, which they have discovered to
exist on the River Seine in and near
Paris. 1t appears that Il reward of
fifteen francs is given in the Depart
ment of the Seine for any bodies found
in the river and delivered up to the
authorities. In the neighboring de-
partments, if only a few miles away
as, for instance, in the Seine-et-Oise-
no such reward is offered. The conse-
'quence is that boatmen finding bodies
outside the stipulated boundary, in
stead of giving them up to the police
of their own district, sell them to men
employed higher up the river, who
obtain the reRare for them, realizing
a profit by the transaction. This. Gus.
tom has become SO prevalent that
there is a recognized tariff of five
francs for bodies purchased in this
way.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05

About $50 miles north of Missoula,
M. T., a region has been discovered by
an exploring party in which are TWEEN
ty-two cascades over 500 feet in height
and a true glacier with mile frontage
and 500 feet fall. 1t is said to be a
more wonderful region than the Vel
loWstone.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05
IN the Massesss,s.

"A teacher was showing d class
through a museum, explaining to them
many Of the wonderful things to be
seen.
Nov, this is the skeleton Of a mas
todon, johnny; can you tell me to
what kind Of q mastodon this skeleton
belongs?'
TT belongs 70 9 dead one, sin
Siffyings.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05

Baseball making is one Of the most
quiet industries which attract little OF
no attention from the busy world, but
prove unusually remunerative to those
engaged in them. Last year over
100000 balls were manufactured in
this country, and as the makers now
have a larger number of orders than
ever before it is estimated that 1000,
900 base-balls will be knocked into
the great nowhere this season.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05

have secured the services of Mr. Walton
AISandoz. a competent and EXPERIENCE
druggist, and will be prepared to fill ali nra
scriptions at any time, and give prorant
attention to all matters in my line OF hrsi
ness, | respectfully solicit a share Of ths
public patronage.
R. NJ. LITTELL,
Proprietor.
OpeIousas, Sept. 6, 1881.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05

The'government of this school is strict but
parental; no hard tasks or restrictions ara
imposed, but every student must complywitths
the rules, and must prepare up to the meas
ure of her ability, the lessons assigned.
Our course of study and mode of instruc.
ton are to train the mind to habits of correct
thinking and thorough investigation. No
student will be allowed to enter higher class.
es wi thout thorough preparation. Parents
and guardians may rest assured that tho
manners, health and morals of their ceildren
and wards shall receive due attention.
No deduction for absence, unless in case
of protracted illness. The location of the
town is healthful and easy of access. The
boarding department is under tho immedi-
ate charge of Mrs. Hayes. Boafders will pro.
vide themselves with blankets and towels.
For particulars address
MRS. NJ. M. HAYES,
July 28'33-noy 27'79 Principal.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05
q OF

Preparatory Department. per month $3.50
Academic 800
Music. with use OF piano. 600
Boarding. including washing. lights and
fuel, 1906
Embroidery, wax flowers, painting,
drawing, each, extra, 1000
Incidental fee, I0f
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05
OPELOUsAs FEMALE INSTITUTE.
Opelousds. ST. Landry Parish, IL

OPetVu"W9s U' 1-U"uI y 7 Ut tSJs III,
THIS Institution will resume duties Nor.
l. day, Sep ember Sd, 1883, under the i'm
mediate supervision of Mrs. NJ. NJ. HAYES
and Mrs. NJ. A. Davis, with competent as.
sistants. The scholastic year consists of
ftrtY weeks.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05

IaFIueT u tAO Mluu10 anu poOFSE CIaSS-
es. He is always uneasy, never long
satisfied anywhere. He is always go
ing to settle somewhere but can't find
the place where he is willing to admi
that he means to live and die. I'll
helps to develop an immense amount
of country, but can't bring himself to
stay long enough to reap the reward
of his labor. / was riding along a
Kansas country road recently in com
pany with a gentleman who was well
acquainted with the community. OF
twelve houses which we passed, nine,
I was told, had been built less than
FIVE years, and of these nine, seven
were owned by other than the original
builders. Four had changed owners
twice.
OF course what has been said above
does not apply to a very large number
of farmers, who are either of foreign
birth or have brought with them from
homes in the far Eastern States tradi-
lions OF perseverance and c~ontented
industry. The Germans are ~proverbial
everywhere for taking the most I'M
promising upland claims and sticking
to them till they blossom, if not with
the rose, certainly with yearly crops Of
Indian corn. which are the admiration
and the envy Of the possessors Of the
most fertile farms on the bottoms and
along Che creeks
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05

boys
That's all right. but why did You
not tell me how selfish I was before"
Haven't I been telling ye all the
time, and what good did it do? #
yer stomach hadn't been pinched a lit
Tile, yer never would have found out
how good it was TO follow what yer
alters a-preachin' to her, We must
economic; we must economizel'
eWell, I did miss the goodies, but
that wasn't I'LL the reason, and
its never too late to mend
After dinner Mrs. Gordon went back
TO the dying child, and her husband
went to town. In about two hours he
returned with q tinsmith.a new stove,
4 new churn and d butter-worker, q
new sled for Willie, and two pairs OF
skates for the other boys.
When Mrs. Gordon came home she
found the children rejoicing over their
presents, and Uncle Moses and Mr..
Gordon busy getting ten:
rWhy. where did that stove come
froEn2 X and as her ayes fell upon tile
new churn and butter-worker, she exs
claimed: ssWhy, what does it mean n
H1
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-09-13
FIVE HUNDRED MORE.

There are the doubtful aud skeptical TO be
found all over the state when il comes to the
wonderful growth of the future city of Kan
sas. understanding little of this valley and
its actual magnitude. little of the location OF
the city or It's environments and less of the
spirit of its people, they cannot comprehend
why it is that Wichita should make such
wonderful strides in such short periods.
therefore doubt the facts and figures SO often
given them by the EAGLE. 1t is the same
way with reference to the productions and
wealth Of this valley. The undisputed fact
Sedgwick did actually. within weeks no
tice, contribute, donate. deliver and ship
thirty-one car loads of corn, l240O bushels.
TO the Ohio river sufferers, failed to convince
the people of other portions of the state that
this was SO wonderful corn country until a
few bushels of ears were sent to the state
fair for actual comparison with the nubbins
of other localities. As to the increase of
Wichitss popsiation only those who come
and look at the town for themselves are ever
convinced. Everybody said last spring that
the idea that Wichita had increased four
thousand in population in about thirteen
months was preposterous. Not that We ex-
pect to convince any nonresident, but sim
ply to keep up the record, We viii announce
that the rolls Of the public schools, which
opened this week, show upwards of FIVE hun
dred new scholars since the schools closed
last June. What or how much Of An addi-
ton TO our population this fsct would indi-
cate we leave for those interested TO figure
out