The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-24
BRIEF MENTION.

Twelve of the twenty-one transiatols
of the new version of the Old Testament
died during the twelve years occupied IN
that work.
There are ,000, 600 acres OF coffee fields
in Brazil. upon which are 100000, 600
trees. Each tree averages one pound OF |
coffee every year, and 100000 hands
are employed in this industry
South of Long Island, six fathoms be-
meath the Atlantic, are the remnants Of
= vast marsh. In very clear water roots
Of great trees can be seen from a boat,
and in stormy weather masses of decayed
wood and peat are thrown npon the
shore
The census of 1880 shows that the cap
ital employed in glass manufacture dur
ing the preceding year was about $S@o'-
GOO 600: that "a. 600 men, girls and boys
were employed at wages aggregatinS
go 0Oo. 600. and that the profits OF the
nanufacturers were $4,000,000. Thus
tbe average wages earned by the labor
ers were 1870 year, and the profits OF
their employers were 20 per cent. 10
give "a, 900 people an average OF a dollar
{ q dav and enrich a few glass barens the
nrice of nearly every article of glassware
/ consumed in this country is doubled.
The Florida Chautauqua was organized
. last week at Lake Chautauqua, n
It's prosident is Colonel j, w. Sloss, the
Iron King of the South" The Florida
5 Chautauqua Assembly" will open II
h February with fifteen days session a
h its grounds on Lake de Funiak, Fla Z
3; very prominent feature Of the "florld;
:; Chautauqua Assembly" will be 1t
2; called Southern Forestry Congress
) Forestry and the culture and preservatio
Of trees is a subject of vital interest t
the south. The Rev. A. II. Gillet Is 81
,. Darintendent. and Mr., c. c. Banfil, sec
reta7.v Of the Florida Chautauqua.
In the department of dress at the l4oi
don Health Exhibition there is q mo-
pseful exhibit, according to the CORE
nondent of a New York doctor, relatln
ly 70 special dresses for particular occop
y, tions Among others there are dlsplayt
at suits for women engaged in the care
or machines where gearing or betting
at used. dresses for use in lead, wall paI8
n paris orecn and other factories, and {
he peciallv the so-called breathing ores
ng to enale persons to work in noXio
he cases. \ curious exhibit is an asbcst
be- fra-nroof dress. which, according to t
dle account. appears TO be destined to u
es, full career, as with its aid, one may ?;
md through fire without even discomfort
1: Yep OF the English system - parliam,
he tarv representation Mr.. Joseph Cha
t.5 -. barlain saws that in 1858 one-sixth of
- voters returned one-half of the House
- Commons. and the only improvem'
- since then was that at present one-h
instead of one-sixth of the voters
turned one-half of the members.
rr. million people, in eighty-tive count
-, send 1876 members TO Parliament,
tho same number in PIT boroughs 81
900 members; whereas, another 6,000,t
living in small towns and villages, s.
h;s only thirty-six members. Another
-, - trast cited is that of Warwick, with
,,af 600 inhabitants, sending two member
-, Parliament, while only one more |
:. = that number is sent by the great tow
l,ar Birmingham, with its population
-, 400 00o In what is known as
-. s.Blaclz Country" out Of eight mem
3'; sent TO Parliament, four represented
60 goo people and the other four q
,aato coo. .000
aned yellow fever has made lis appear
have in Hermosillo and at several other p
within the state Of Sonora, Mexico