The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-16
BRIEF MENTION.

Inc earliest cannon are StIu 70 nave
been breech-loaders; and hammerless
guns were known long before the days of
percussion locks.
In three towns of England, Ely, Rugby
and Salisbury, consumption declined
from 40 to 80 per cent since the land was
thoroughly drained.
A New York wedding is to be celebra-
ted with the addition of fox-hunt after
the breakfast, in compliment tothe bride
who is "a fine equestrienne.
Roscoe Conkling said to a Chicago re-
porter: Il live solely for my profess
ion Ny private affairs have been sadly
neglected on account OF legislative ser
vices, but l manage to receive a COM
potency in quite a comfortable way
Several thousand houses, ranging in
size from eight to twenty rooms, and
provided with every modern convent
ence. are to be built in Philadelphia, be-
sides a number of French flats, several
large and costly churches and half
dozen or more public institutions.
One Of the most splendid collections Of
armor is that Of Mr.. Stittart, an English
man, at Florence. 1t is mounted with
great taste in a vast hall. He estimates
that for twenty-seven years he has spent
at the rate of $1,000 a year on it. He
means to leave it to the City of Flor
ence
Last winter, during some heavy wealth
er, the United States steamer Michigan
threw overheard upward of 200O sacks of
flour, and it is now reported that eight
or ten farmers in the vicinity of Oak
Creek, Wis, have secured from 10 to 100
sacks each. The -four is in good state
of preservation.
May God deliver us from war" said
Admiral Symonds, of the British navy,
recently. II deem it my bounden
though most painful duty % state that
I consider the navy so starved, so weak
in numbers, armament, structure and
personnel that if war broke out to-
morrow do not see how we could avoid
disasters.
From some experiments made at the
University of Kansas, it appears that the
average person can taste the bitter of
quinine when one part is dissolved in
1852, 900 of water. Salt was detected
with one part in $40 of water, sugar in
2S8 of water, baking soda in 4S of water.
In nearly all cases, females could detect
smaller quantity than males.
A man who fell over some carpet pla-
ced across a London sidewalk for party
guests to tread upon brought suit in
damages for his injuries. He said atsthe
trial that he did not see the carpet, as he
was star-gazing at the time, and the jus
tice awarded him $500, saying that a
man had perfect right to pass along
the street with his eyes fixed on the
stars.
The counties in Western Kansas, to-
gether as large as the States of Della
ware, Rhode Island and Connecticut,
propose to utilize the waters of the Ar
kansas river for purposes of irrigation.
Experiments seem to demonstrate that
this arid region, with its soil of almost
limitess fertility. can be turned into
most productive farm and garden lands.
The elaborate Icing" used on cards
where frosted surface is desired Is said
by the Midland Medical Miscellany to
consist of powdered glass. 1t is danger
Gus material to have about the house,
especially where there are children. The
girls who manufacture the cards and
breathe the sharp PARTICLES of glass
die early, or soon become helpless inva-
lids
The trout is better protected than any
fish in American waters, It is the pet OF
the Legislatures. The new law recently
signed by the Governor of New York
makes it illegal to use net in trout wa
ters. Any one can burn a net found
upon the shores Of trout stream. TIE
close season is extended from Sept. l t,
MAY instead of April, and amy one hav
ing trout less than six inches in his pos
session can be fined. This is the strict
est fish law ever enacted in the State.
The rural population of Illinois is at
stand-still. and in some counties has &C
tually fallen off since 1870. Farmers
children flock to the cities and manufac
turing regions, or emigrate still further
West and vet the price of land has riser
and the big stock men continue to NOV
out the line fences of their already i'm
nense estates. Grain may be low ant
crops poor, but so long as fifty cents pc
month is paid for pasturing cattle pc
head. land is worth money.
At the time of the Geographical Con
rress in Paris there was a conversation
at the house of NJ. Theirs. and anon
those who were present were Lor
Lyons, Prince Orlof and NJ. de LeSsep'