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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-06
TALMAGE GIVES A sEANCE.
The Absurdities of SpirituaIism Elk
posed by the Brooklyn Preacher.

posed by the Brooklyn Preacher.
Dr. Talmage treated his hearers i'll the
Brooklyn Tabernacle Sunday last, says
the New York Herald, to a discourse in
which be ridiculed the practices of me-
diums. and showed the evils of spiritual
ism, We are surrounded, he said, by
mystery The wall between the material
and the spiritual is very thin. To unlatch
the door between them all the fingers of
superstition have been busy Modern
spiritualism proposes to open the door,
but it has not one reasonable credential.
BY their fruits We shall know them"
BY that test conclude that the tree of
splrituaIisrn, which yields bad fruit con
tinuaiIy, isone of the worst trees in all
the orchard of necromancy.
DR.. Talmage here exhibited a number
of spirituaIist photographs and declared
that all the pretended materiaiizations
were swindIes He said that a member
of his church had rushed into one Of the
seances and discovered the false hair and
MASKS with which such apparations We're
made up. The letters from the other
world were models OF condensation, for
they contained more bad autobiography,
bad grammar and bad morals in the same
space than any other writings. The
preacher then went on to sketch the his
tory Of spiritualism in this country, be-
ginning with the Fox manifestations in
New York over thirty years ago Ages
ago. he said, the Brahmins had their
table rockings. Spiritualism was a very
old doctrine.
Again said DR.. Talmage, spiritualism
takes advantage of people when they are
weak and morbid. and overthrows the
soul. One peculiar thing-after being in
the illumination of heaven the spirits for
get how to spell Just think of spirits
enthroned in glory coming down to crawl
under table and break the crockery and
ring the bell before supper is ready
Spiritualism is an affair of the night be-
| cause deception prosper5 best inthe dark
ness. For many of the individual ex-
periences Indigestion will account. Take
late supper of lobster salad, mince pie,
icre cream and a little cocoanut, and you
will be able to see fifty materialized
spirits.
Spiritualism ruins the physical health
and is a marital and social curse. Orgies
of obscenity have taken place under its
wing. Women by hundreds have been
pushed off into life of profigacy. If
spiritualism had full swing it would turu
this world into a pandemonium Of car
nality It is an uncIean and adulterous
religion, and the sooner it goes down to
the pit from which it came up, the better
for humanity. Spiritualism produces
insanity all over the land. If you put
/ your hand in the hand Of this influence
it VIII lead you down to hell, where there
/ is an everlasting seance Spiritualism
+ ruins the soul and makes men infidels.
+ The whole system is based on the IN
su1iiciency Of the Bible as q revelation. I
invite you to a Christian seance. Don't
/ sit at q worldly seance either in fun or in
/ earnest. Have your tables so well made
that they won't tip. Don't insult your
! departed friends by asking them to go
into dark closet to cut up capers or
! crawl under an extension table
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-06
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKLES.
THE LATEST NEWS FROM ALI.
PARTS BY WIRE AND CABLE.

WASHINGTON, May 3.-The Secretary
of the Treasury this afternoon issued a
call for SO, 900, 900 three per cent. bonds.
Notice is given that principal and ac-
crued interest will be paid at the treasury
on the Goth day of Junenext and interest
will cease on that day.
Secretary Chandler this afternoon re
ceived a telegram from Lieutenant Emery
commanding the Greely relief steamer
Bear saying: THE ice conditions are
considered favorable. The Dundee whal-
ers Norwhal and EsquimaUx left this
week. The Polonia and Arctic sail in
few days, all bound for northern waters.
Their early departure is due to the Greely
reward, which they propose to accom-
plish."
The House committee on rivers and
harbor to-day finished the river and har-
Dor appropriation bill with the under
standing, however, that it may be changed
at final meeting to be held Monday
morning. If any change is made the
members say it will be reduction Of
some Of the more important aPpropria-
tions. The total of the bill, as completed
is $12, AL 900 For the Mississippi, from
the mouth to st. Paul, So, 300, 000; for the
Missouri from the mouth to Sioux City,
$500, and $780, for the portion
about Sioux City and for removing OBJ
structions; for the Ohio from Pittsburgh
to the mouth 5000, 600, one-third being
for the Improvement of the canal at the
falls at Louisville. There are apprOpria-
tions for creeks and of the appropriations
asked for one hundred and five were re-
jected. In the way of legislation a gen
eral provision was inserted to prevent
the obstruction Of navigation by bridges
BOSTON, May 3.-The Executive Com
mittee of the Tariff Reform League have
unanimously passed the following:
Voted that the Massachusetts, Tariff
Reform League urgently requests the
members of Congress from Massachusetts
to vote against the motion to strike out
the enacting clause of the Morrison bill
in order that all hope of securing cOnsid-
Grafton of any measure for immediate
and substantial reduction of tariff may
not be destroyed.
G. johnson, merchant at Port-au-
Prince, writes under date of April 10th,
that the sloop Grappler, flying the Eng
lish flag, commanded by Samuel F. Pur-
rington, a submarine diver and working
on Cay Island, about eighty miles west
of Port-au-Prince, has been captured and
burned by the natives. She had on boarI
some $4,000 worth of the wrecked cargo
from the Royal Mail steamer Nile, which
was plundered and destroyed. The crew
were either killed or driven to the noun
tains by the natives. The government
has despatched a ship-of-war in search Of
the crew, but it is feared that they have
been murdered, as the natives who seized
the Grappler are savages.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-06
STATE PRESS.

Marianna Times: We have talked
with numbers of our best farmers dur
ing the past week They report the
crops all looking well and in fine condi-
ton, and labor plentiful. All expect q large
yield, and consequently they are happy.
Lake City Reporter: Gen. fl. S. San
ford, at Washington, is trying to induce
the Agricultural Committee to make an
appropriation for an acclimatable farm
for Florida fruits He made a fifteen
minutes talk before the committee the
other evening, which excited good deal
of interest.
Leesburg News: Alr. Baxter Lanier
brought to Leesburg this week a turnip
which he raised upon his place on Corley
Island. 1t measured twenty-six inches
in circumference, and weighed ten
pounds, and was grown without the use
of fertilizer. Mr. Lanier has numbers
almost as large.
Tallahassee Economist A party of
Dutch immigrants, men, women and
children-thirty in number Just on from
Holland reached this city a few davs
since with a view of settlement They
are mostly agriculturists-several gar
deners-and desire to secure small homes
near the city. They are just the class
of people for twenty thousand of whom
we have room in this county-without
crowding.
Tropical Paradise: There is but one
Florida. Say all against her that may be
said, take all from her that may be taken
and still this potent fact remains. As in
her nontransferable attractions and indi-
vidual advantages she stands alone, so
in the unforfeitable possession of these
she stands also unrivalled and unequalled.
The vast wealth with which she was en-
dOwed by nature in the beginning, can
not be wrested from her, and the breath
of calumny cannot dispel the ife-giving
influences of her sea-bOrn breeZes and
semi-tropic sun. That which made her
what she is will tide her ON to the full
fruition of a perfect development and
the fame of a name yet more glorious
among lands.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-06
NEW EINTERPR :.
FARRAR & JONES,
UNDERTAKING.

4 full stock of embalming and self-Sealng
Caskets and Burial Cases. from the cheapest 10
the finest. Undertaking rooms open day and
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-06

Sickness of a Prominent SOutherner.
Philadelphia Press.
A prominent Southern planter and rail
road builder, Hon. w. S. Lawton, Of
Jacksonville, Fla. has been for some time
past under the care of DIR. Lewis at JEFF
ferson Medical College Hospital. Col
Lowton has had to submit while here to
a very painful surgical operation, bat is
now doing well. He was formerly q
prominent politician in Georgia, and was
declared by the Democracy to be elected
to Congress during the reconstruction
period from the Macon district of that
State. The Governor, Bullock, refused
however, to issue his certificate. The fl
deity Of the negro is strikingly illus
trated III Col. Lawton's present attendant
who was born q slave and reared in the
Lawton family and who attended the
Colonel as valet during his career as a
Confederate officer.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-06

puted. The company is at liberty to re-
ject any risk, but all questions are to be
considered ended when once the risk IS
taken, and as long as the insured fulfills
his share of the contract in the payment
Of his premiums just so long and 50 far
is he entitled to the insurance he has
paid for, and his policy is to be honored
with no more question than would b7
had over a promisory note when due.
When this sound principle is universally
accepted the legitimate business of life
insurance viii regain the public conf
dence which technical contests have gone
so far to impair
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-06

Doctor, said the grateful patient,
selzlng the physicians hand, Il shall
never forget that to you l owe my life. =
"1ou exaggerate, . said the doctor, mild
ly; you only owe me for fifteen visits. :
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-06
Bad Memories.

Bad Memories.
WilliamspOrt Breakfast Table.
DEAR HUBBY: Please send by money
order $50. | want to get a dress.
GENEVIEVE.
P. ST. had almost forgot to send my
love. Your little wifey. G.
DEAR GBNEvIEvE: I send you my IN
dying best love. Your husband
CHARLES.
P. 81 had almost forgot to say that
[ can't send the $50 With kiss
CHARLES.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-29

A Womm has been tending a
switch at railroad junction near
Macon, Ga, since 1862, having sue
ceeded her husband, who was switch
man for ten years previous. She is
at her post from six in the morning
till six in the evening, and during
the whole long period of her service
has never misplaced a switch. She
is sixty-two years old.-Elizabeth-
town News.
We once went to school to a wo-
man who was also in the switch
business. She was at her post from
eight in the morning until five in the
afternoon, and there were often time,
when we would have Jared better il
her switch had been misplaced.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-29


FLouR-Patent process, $685. choice XXXX,
$50 to $40; XXX, 1928.
CORN MEAL-UnboItcd, So to 60; Pearl, or
bolt,d, 81.
BRAS-7jc per cwt.
PROVISIONS.
Forks to lOc net; Sc gross.
BacOn-Cear SIDES, 10 ITO III C: hams, l5c;
sugar cured, l6c; 3hou icrs, 10 l'c.
Lard-Country, il to ~ &c; snowflake lie.
GROCERIES.
Coflee-Choic', 10 to lSac: prime, ~ TO l'c
an1ard'granulGted, S'4 10 lOc; pow
dered, III to las C; coffee A. 0 to 9ac; rural Z,
~ to DC; extrz {, "a to sac; New Orleans
SIC.
Molasses-is zoe.
Syrups--l5 TO iOc: kegs, 200 10 S2.I0.
Salt-7-bushel barrels, $40: 5-busacl, $40.
Soap-Pcr lNN, White Russian, 500; Blue In
dia, 1925; Irish, $3.50; $. Il. $780,
Oyster,-Eer dozen, lib cans, full weight,
Sl.2O 2lh full weight. 1910; lib, light weight
$l.OO; 21b, light weight, $lGO.
Sardines-l. boxes, 25c; French, 35c; - boxes
lOc; French, 25c; y boxes, Mustard. 1873 to 2Oc'
Narls-S3lO lOl 25cladditional ~ taller Sizes
Soda ~ to 10; in iegs sc.
Candleg--lS to 0c.
Oils-Lard oil rs TO SOC; Lubricating 10 to PC;
Coal oil is to sc; nlrpentine SOC.
Seeds-Ciover Sce,l $G.25 to G.4O;irimothy 2.4O
I Orchard Grass 80; Rluc Grass, Red Top 75c;
Seed Dat COc.
CANNED GOODS.
Corn, doz. sl.2j to rs; Tomatoes Ito to 80;
Pine An plrs .. % to +.5O: Pears l5O; SiIawber-
ries $50 Blackbcrries $50 Peaches 2O1to $50;
Pickle, per gal. so.
| Chez ,e-Factor,' 1917 to 10; Young ucrlcan
Is to &c N. Y. Che Ida ato 2Oc.
Rice ~ toSac
lGn IONS 2jc per doz
Ora nges 80 cper doz.
Tea s-Chocc to Fancy Csc to LOO; Mixed 10
gOOI 20 to I5c.
Chewing Tobacco-Greenvilc 81 TO 5Oc;
Gras' ly 80 to zoe; Stonewall 4Oto SOC. Havana
! CliPp ngs for smoking So to loc per package
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Eet ns-Navy 1928 to 800 per bu.
| Ella ckeyed Peas $2.00t0 2.25
| Pot atoes-Irish co y. Y. State Early Rose
1901 ,bl.- l.2O bu.
Il ggs l2l.c.
WHISKY.
| n, clson County Bourbon $50 gal; Anderson
Coz nty Bourbon 800; Monarch DaviesS 20
Te, messee-Woodson's make, Sour Mash i.Oo 10
I2.5 }; Browns Robertson county LOO to 2.25.
aApple Brandy $50 to 800. Ginger l.'O TO ~
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-29

Hon. Jas. A. Mckenzie is the choice
as he richly deserves to be, of our
people for one of the delegates at
large to the Democratic Nationa,
Convention. Mr.. Mckenzie in every
sense of the word, is representative
Kentuckian. lie is moreover, a gen
tlcnan Of high culture, captivating
public speaker, deeply vcrscd in the
history of American craftsmanship
and contemporary politics, and in
fac, possesses all the elements that
60 to make up man of Drawn and
brainS.-Ilartford Herald.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-29
NEWSPAPER ROUTINE.

1t is hard to tell, from this distance,
whether you are fitted for the hard life
of newspaper writer or not That is
the only question to be decided, for
qualification is quite immaterial. You
must be prepared to rise from your bed
us early as 10 a. M, in order that you
may have finished reading your private
mail by noon. Lunch is always paid
for by the Office, but you have got to
accustoD yourself to but five courses
and to only two kinds of wine-some
papers stand three, including cham
payne, but they are the exception rather
than the rule. AT 2 p. m. you are ex-
pected to read the morning papers, and
il you are not too much exhausted by
the effort you can have game OF
billiards for no well-regulated news
paper office is without well-appointed
billiard room.
Att p. m. you are expected to tell
the city editor where you will spend the
evening, so that he can send for you in
case your friends call, and then you can
go to the theater, opera, ball or dog
fight to which tickets and carriage
will be provided. If you think you can
stand such laborious work, come on and
we will see what we can do for you; but
you must understand that there is none
of the luxury to which you have been
accustomed in newspaper Office.
Plain velvet carpets are good enough fol
this class of laborers; lounging chairs
are of course Indispensable, but they are
upholstered in plain satin with no tides.
Only one roll-top desk and four gold
pens are furnished by the Office; if you
need any more you will be expected tc
furnish them yourself. But one sofa
and one silver drinking cup are allowed
to each man, 30 you can see there are
some discomforts to be put up WITH
Boston Post.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-29
WHAT TO EAT IND WHAT WE ARE
MADE OF.

One Of the plainest rules for taking
food is that which insists that we must
find in our nourishment the substances
of which the body itself is composed.
If we think of it, such a rule is in strict
conformity with the dictates Of common
sense. We are bound to obtain from
our food the matter the body lacks and
any food, however pleasant to the pal
ate, butwhich does not contain elements
naturally found in the frame, may be
unhesitatingly rejected from the lists Of
our dietaries. 1t follows, therefore, that
to know what foods are required for
sustenance we must investigate the
chemical composition of our frame. In
this way we discover, for instance, that
we are largely composed of water. Two
thirds of human body by weight are
composed of water. A body weighing
.165 pounds will include in its belong
ings ITO pounds Of water. Water fur
Their permeates or enters into the com.
position of every tissue hence, the rea-
son why thirst is so much more painful
than hunger is that, while the latter is
comparatively local condition, the
former affects the entire frame. And we
also see the Importance of water as an
article of diet-a phase in which we are
not usually accustomed to regard it, II
we take even the most cursory survey Of
our bodily composition, we find that our
chemical structure is of the most motley
and varied description. Thus we shall
find large selection Of minerals in our
tissues; lime, magnesia, ETC., in our
bones common salt in our stomach and
elsewhere iron in our blood and phos.
phorus in brain and nerve. Then, com.
ing to our soft parts, we find that these
may be divided into what Psychologists
call the heterogeneous and non nitrogen.
GUS compounds. OF these, the former
contain the element nitrogen in addition
to other elements, while the latter want
this element. Thus the "albuminous
or interchangeable substances existing
in our frames contain nitrogen while
the fats of the body and the sugars and
starches do not. To these latter we
may add water and minerals, as also non.
heterogeneous in their nature. When we
eat piece Of beef, We are receiving
heterogeneous" food in its juice and in
its fibers and We are also obtaining the
other variety of foods from its water, its
fats, and its mineral matters which are
not heterogeneous in their composition.
If we eat an egg, we are presented with
more perfect compound and union Of
the two classes Of foods for in an egg
water, fats, and minerals are present, in
addition to the white and other parts
which consist largely of albumen OIL
heterogeneous matter. 1t is perfectly
clear, therefore, that for health We re-
quire mixture OF the two kinds Of food
| just mentioned.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-29

Tilden G. Abbott, formerly con-
nected with and now charged with
robbing the Watcrtown (Mass.) Bank
of $4,000 last fall, was arrested on
Monday night of last week at Pierce
City, where he has been living fol
the past six weeks under the name
of j. ii. Foster. lie had purchased
considerable property, stocked q
store with $1,000 worth of clothing,
and was living with a woman said
to be his niece. lie has a wife and
four children near Boston. His ell
tire property was seized, and he was
held until the officers of the bank ar
rived to take him away.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-29
THE LAMENT OF THE ANCIENT

Whittier art thou travelling, venerable
Joke? The way is rough, the air is
chill, and thy strength is we'll nigh spent
and thy habihments are threadbare and
torn. Come, rest thee thou hast lived
long, thou hast visited many chimes,
thou hast acted well thy part. And
the Joke replied, "Nay, I was present
in the garden; I beguiled the tedious
confinement of Noah and his family
during the deluge; 1 have appeared in
all languages in all ages and among all
peoples. I have one duty to perform
ere I die. I have only to appear in the
Harper's Drawer Then may THY
servant depart in peace" And the ven
cradle Joke tottered slowly away, mum
bling prayer that strength might be
given it to reach the asylum for super
animated witticisms before laying itseli
down to the sleep that knows no waking
Boston Transcript.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-29

II strikes us that Arthur and Ed
munds are getting pretty close to-
gethor, Edmunds says Arthur has
made a good President and is enti-
tied to the nomination. Arthur says
Elmunds is u mighty fine man, and
If he can't get the nomination it is
probable he will throw his strength
TO Elmunds. The combination will
likely down Blaine.-Louisvillc Post.
Now let Blaine form a combina-
ton with Lincoln or Logan that will
down the admin stration.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-29

1t is said that The Town, the new
paper to be started in Louisville in q
few days, is unable to get lady mem.
bers for its staff because propricty
would not permit them to tell what
paper they were on. Our private
opinion, publicly expressed, is that tho
sooner the managers shoot that nam,
the better it will be for all concern
oil
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-29

The Louisville Democrat cOunsels
the defeat by Democratic votes of
Democratic candidates who will not
stand on local option platform.
There is party principle for you, and
it is not so bad after all that Gov.
Knott did not avail himself of the
counsel and advice of such a Demo.
crat as the editor Of our misnamed
contemporary.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-29
KENTUCKY KNOWLEDGE.
The state Senate defeated the scalp
law which recently passed the House.

The state Senate defeated the scalp
law which recently passed the House.
The Park City Daily Times has
been enlarged to an eight column
paper.
Cherry Smith, col, is in jail at
Franklin charged with numbering
! her infant.
Mr.. Jno. A. Eel, editor of the
Gcorgctown.Iimcs, is the father Of a
bran new boy.
Wm. Austin, an Allen county lu-
matte, threw two Orhis children in the
fire and roasted them alive.
! lie Henry College Lottery concern
has suspended on account ofthc Wig
orous opposition Of the postal author
tiles.
\ large stove factory belonging 10
Collector Farley, at Paducah, was
burned Friday. Loss $4,000; inSur-
ancc s. 90,
The merchants of Madisonville
have entered into an agreement not
to open their stores after night be-
tween May and Oct |.
The Senate has voted to IS al fish
the county Of Knott out Of portions
Of Laurel, Knox and Whitley. a
bill 10 form the county Of Adams was
lost.
At Woodtri Il Brasiicld's blooded
stock sale at Lexington last week. 80
head Of horses were sold at an avtr-
age price of$379. One horse brought
$3.50.
j. j. C0rnclson, who cowhided
Judge Reid, at Mt. Sterling, has been
put under Il 5000 bond and will be
tried at the June term of circuit
court for assault and battery.
f. NJ. Morgan, Rep, was sworn in
as Il member Of the House from
Caldwell, last Thursday. lie was
elected over Wylic, Dem, by one
vote. There are now II Republicans
in the House and ) in the Senate.
4 friend in Logan county reports
4 chicken with four perfectly dcvcl-
opcd feet. The extra feet with part
Of another body were attached to the
breast. The curiosity lived several
days and was rocked TO death by its
mother.
Wesley Dlakemore, col, shot and
killed Lee Allen, col, at Cedar Bluff
College in Simpson county. The ju-
~ found the killing to be willful and
unproyokcd. The same day and in
the same county Dink IIorges shot
aud killed Sam Ballcw, col, in a
quarrel.
AT Crabb, Hornsby & Co.'S horse
sale at Eminenco last week lbs head
were sold at an average of $205. Buy
rs from seventeen states were pres
mt. $1,000 and 500 were the best
prices and $50 and $S5 the lowest
The Constituencies says this was
the best sale ever made in Kentucky
Joe Flynn and Bill Hale, both no.
tOrious characters, quarrcled in Estil
county and Flynn shot Hale through
the heart. Strange TO say Hale did
not fall instantly but stood long
enough to put two bullets into Flynn
one in the head and the other in his
bowels, MORALLY wounding hm
Hale then fell dead an Flynn subse'
| 1uputlV died
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-29

Frank James, was acquitted at
Huntsville, Ala, last week, but was
Immediately arrested for the Otter
vile, Mo-, train robbery, by a Mis-
souri, sheriff: A Minnesota sheriff
was aliO present to arrest him but
the Missouri officer was the quicker
of the two, 1t Is not at all probable
that a case can be made out against
James in either state and the noted
outlaw will soon be ready to enter the
lecture field.