The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-02
BRIEF MENTION.
The honey crop of the United States
reaches 100, 900 pounds annually.


reaches 100000 pounds annually.
Chiverius, who is charged with the
murder of Fannie Lillian Madison, at
Richmond, is a descendant of John
Tylers brother, Watt Tyler
The youngest member of the New
York Cotton Exchange is youth of
fifteen summers, and the oldest a veter-
an of eighty-two years.
The Board Of Health of New York has
ordered the prosecution of several well
known druggists in that city for placing
upon the market adultereted quinine.
Victor Hugo, although over eighty
years Of age, is said to have the teeth ola
wolf and the stomach of lion" He
has as many hairs on his head as when
he was one and twenty, only they are
white.
The Presidents manuscript is said to
be positively painful to decipher. The
style is sharp and decisive and many of
the words end in marks that are little
more than nervous shakes of the hand.
He writes with almost a telegrapher's ra
pidity
Tho latest counterfeits are genuine, a
paradox which is accounted for by the
fnct-that the silver in a half dollar is
worth thirty-eight and a half cents The
counterfeiters melt up trade dollars and
recon them into half dollars, exactly
like those from the mint, at profit of
% per cent, as greatas many legitimate
branches of business pay in dull times
like these.
Mrs Phelps. wife of the new Minister
to England, is n rery handsome woman,
little above medium height. She is
quite fond of society, and has a small
fortune Of abont $4,000. which was
paid to her by one of her husbands eli
ents, VINO knew Mr.. Phelps faculty of
spending money, and so, with Mr.
Phelps consent, paid the money over to
hr. Mr.. and Mr.. Phelps are at present
in mourning for an only son, who died
last summer in Michigan, where he was
engaged i'll his profession, that Of civil
engineer. This son was about thirty
five years of age, and was meeting with
great success in his business.
The Mudir of Dongolia, who is now
attempting with his native troops the
perilous advance upon Berber in which
the English recently failed, is one of
those able and successful soldiers of for
tune who have always been abundant in
the East. Born of Circassian parents,
he. like his great predecessor, Mehemet
Ali, began his career as a slave, and
fought his way up to almost uncontrol-
led power by the same personal ability
and INSCRIPTIONS determination. Still
only forty-three, though looking much
older, he is now one of the leading po-
tentates Of the Soudan, and England's
staunchest ally in her recent difficult
ties, which would have become insur-
mountable had the Mudir yielded Don
COLA to the Mahdis tempting offers six
months ago. The first impression of his
large iawed, hooked nosed, high-cheek-
ed face, with its struggling black beard,
and his mountebanl dress of orange
colored turban and flannel coat, loose
linen trousers and red-tipped shoes. is
not particularly attractive. But no one
who has talked with him or has seen
him transact business can doubt that he
is fully worthy Of his reputation.
Florida oranges are being exported
from Boston to Liverpool in large guam
titles. A lot of 100 boxes, which We're
shipped some three weeks ago, arrived in
good condition. and were sold at salts
factory prices, although they came in
competition with the Mediterranean or
anges, which are sold in England at low
prices. An extensive fruit dealer in
Malaga, Spain, is now in Florida, look
ing into the matter of orange culture in
that state. In regard to the handling Of
oranges he is quoted as saying: Oranges
should be handled as carefully as eggs
in their transportation, and also at other
times, and not as if they were bundles
Of hard wood. / have been surprised tc
see how carelessly they were knocked
and thrown about while being loaded or
boats and cars. 1t requires from eighteen
to twenty days to transport them from
Sicily to New York, yet they arrive there
in good condition. This is the result Of
careful picking, packing and handling
There is no reason why Florida oranges
which are superior to the foreign fruit
should not keep equally as long.
speak Out Jeremiah"
Pittsburg Observation-Disclosures.
a good wife IS heavens greatest gift
to man, and the rarest gem the eartl