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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-29
Great Auction SaINi

I will sell at public auction, at my store, cor
Her Lemon and Second street. saturday. May
End. Second hand buggies. fine new buggy
harness, brides, halters, whips ana second
worth of dry goods, which | shall offer for
sale to the highest bidder, without reserve.
These goods must be sold. Hours of sale from
II Il M TO , 2 m. Don't forget the day
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-29
abundance,

The Kansas Supreme Court has been
called upon to decide a point probably
never before raised. 1t seems that when
the jury went one of the number propos-
ed to open their deliberations with pray
ca, and thereupon proceeded to pray
'long and loud. The verdict was against
the defendant, whereupon his lawyer
moved to set it aside, on the ground of
undue influence exercised by one of the
jurymen by means of public prayer in
the jury room"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-29

REGISTERED AT THE PALATKA Posi- OFFICE
AS SECoND-CLAss MAIL MATTER.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-29
TENDENCIES IN GOVERNMENT

Tendencies IN GOVERNMENT.
In his paper on The Man VS.. The
State, Herbert Spencer has this to
say on the growing influences of
certain laws in unexpected directions
which may well make legislators
careful of what they do:
"Phe licensing of public-houses
was simply for maintaining public
order: those who devised it never
imagined that there would result an
organized interest powerfully inhu-
encing elections in an unwholesome
way. Nor did it occur to the "prac-
tical'' politicians who provided
compulsory load-line for merchant
vessels, that the pressure of ship
owners interests would habitually
cause the putting of the load-line at
the very highest limit, and that from
precedent to precedent, tending ever
in the same direction, the load-line
would gradually rise in the better
class ships; as from good authority
| learn that it has already done.
Legislators who, some forty years
ago, by Act of Parliament compell-
ed railway-companies to supply
cheap locomotion, would have ridi-
culed the belief, had it been express
ed, that eventually their Act would
punish the companies which impro-
we'd the supply; and yet this was
the result to companies which be-
gin to carry third-class passengers
by fast trains; since a penalty 20
the amount of the passenger-duty
was inflicted on them for every
third-class passenger so carried. To
which instance concerning railways,
add far more striking one disclos-
ed by comparing the railway poll
cies of England and France. The
lawmakers who provided for the
ultimate lapsing of French railways
to the state, never conceived the
possibility that inferior travelling
facilities would result-did not fore
see that reluctance to depreciate the
value of property eventually coming
to the state, would negative the au-
thorization of competing lines, and
that in the absence of competing
lines locomotion would be relatively
costly, slow, and infrequent; for, as
Sir Thomas Farrer has lately shown,
the traveller in England has great
advantages over the Froneh traveller
in the economy, swiftness and fire.
quency with which his journeys can
be made.
"But the practical" politician
who, in spite of such experiences re-
peated generation after generation,
goes on thinking only of proximate
results, naturally never thinks of re-
suits still more remote, still more
general, and still more important
than those just exemplited. To re-
peat the metaphor used above-he
never asks whether the political mo-
mentum setup by his measure in some
cases decreasing but in other cases
generally increasing, will or. will
not have the same general direction
with other like momenta; and whe-
Their it may not join them in pres
emily producing an aggregate ener-
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THE DAILY NEWS.
BENZ. HARRISON. Editor.

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pALATgR BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


THIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PALATKA,
Il successors to VIM. J. Vinegar 4 Co. A
general banking business transacted. Front
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-29
EAST FLORIDA EXPRESS.

pullman BuueJ Sleeping Cars via WayCrUss,
aud Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars Via JesuD,
Jacksonvil!e to Cincinnati. Connections 1t
Atlanta with western and Atlantic and East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroads
for all points West and Northwest,
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars Jacksonville
to Louisville via Tn0masyillc.
Pullman Buffet and Sleeping Cars Jackson
vile to Washington, d. c. Connections at
MONTGOMERY with Louisville and Nashville
Railroad for New Orleans and Texas
points and the West and the Northwest. At
Savannah with Central Railroad of Georgia
for all points West and Northwest. Charleston
and Savannah Railway for all points North.
with steamships for New York, Philadelphia.
Boston and Baltimore. At Charleston with
steamships for New York, Philadelphia and
Baltim ore.
Through tickets sold to all points 10y Rail
and Steamship connections and Baggage
Checked through. Also Sleeping Car berths
and sections secured ut COmpany's Office in
AstOr's Building, 81 Bay street, and at Depot
Ticket Office, and on board Peoples Line
Steamers II. b. Plant, Chattaho0chee and
Jennie Lane.
JAS. L. TAYLOR,
General Passenger Agent
A Nj IVES
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-29
Savannah, Florida & western ny
waycross Short Line.

All trains Of this road are run Icy Central
90th) Meridian time, which is So minutes
slower than Jacksonville time.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17
Ara Important Service 10 Sur.er7s
Virginia New Enterprise.

ASltte t-NSf.J Inter 1tiSS-
Lloyd L. Majors rendered an important
service III the cause Of surgery when he
undertook, q few days ago, to break out of
jail. Ii his fight with the ,iailers bis arm
vas broken, and he died on the scaffold
with the wounded limb in splints. Until
Majors died the surgical profession has
rarely had an opportunity to study the
earliest processes Of repair i'll fracture.
The felon,s corpse wa quickly carried
to the dissecting table, where the
wounded arm was amputated.
The investigation was profitable. It
exploded a false theory, n which very
likely in practice has been attended
with serious consequence to peo-
pie who have suffered with
broken bones. The immediate per-
feet adjustment Of fractures has not
been deemed absolutely necessary to per-
feet repair. From an examination of
Majors arm the precious and practical
truth has been evolved that it is unwise
to delay the work Of perfect adjustment.
In his case a temporary union Of the
broken bone had already taken place,
not by callous material-but by means
Of the organization of the blood which
had been poured out about the fracture
at the time Of the injury. This dis
closure is Of great scientific value. It
demonstrates not only that surgery is a
progressive science, but also that it is
not true that the worst use to which a
ma may be put is the hanging Of him.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17
A Memory OF casatntcczola.
[Fore.gn Co. Eos N ~raalscript.
At the concert in the hotel parIo1


At the concert in the hotel parlor, a
young lady, who hal sung, re-
auested the English gentleman who had
accompanied ler to play someth ng.
STRANGELY enouga lie began Cl1opin's
~"Euuecal Match" \ Frenchaan
shrugged his shoulders, and, vi b tie
remark, Tile In jli,4nl4n would bury
us with lis muse. Ill 50 outside till
he is through Ii" the room. Tie
renchman cut o. al that company,
alone y as saved. in the 9ining-room
telow. twenty-six at It tallo: Oh. only
wa rescued al.va. In t at debris. the
strings Of the Iano, still strung,
were prominent, and bes:de them a
dainty slipper. Or guide swept his
hand across the strings. It may have
been fancy, but SO ha-srtrenling and so
human sounded the cry th,t We FED
silently and Iearisjl.Y away, and hushsi
am heartbroken took gu seats GA the
steamer to await tLare, rather than Oh
the land, the hour for setting out for
Naples. Sesuvtus leo ed cruel that
evening, yet it is not a Burning noun
tan ore need fear. 1t il the slumber-
ing Volcano. Nesusius hal not sent
forth fame or smoke ior centuries until
that day, when, like al explosion. it
belched forth the accumulated ashes
which destroyed bompaii.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17

i Co, Of A:s=oula, own d large share
Of the remainder. e, /. Bonner, a
prominent Montana business ,nan. IS
general manager of the company.
The Northern Pacific has been alloy
ed to cut ties, bridge timber and Ia;n-
Der for depots from the public land,
where there had been no survey, all
along its route. To do this this the
Improvement company was organiz-
ed. The company has done not only
this but has engaged in the general
business of stealing government tim
Der, manufacturing it and selling it to
settlers.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17
A Tobacco Trick.
ICincinnati EnGuirer.1

The field hands in Kentucky and Vir-
ginia recognize the poisonous nature Of
the weed, and when the sun is e1cep-
tlonally hot, or from any cause they
have a particular disinclination to work,
it is q common trick for them to bruise a
leaf Of tobacco and place it under their
armpits. In an hour after doing SO the
strongest among them will be seized
with a shuddering, his face will grow
pale as death, his muscles refuse to act,
and after a time he falls to the ground
in the most horrible spasms. OF course
in the first stages Of the illness, he is
generally excused from work by the
overseer;; but if the leaf is retained in
position for any length of time it is
weeks before the man is able to take up
his old duties.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17
LEFT HAND WRITING.
Eeaefs5ag aslab3dexfrous Pennanshfp
IN s2usisesa CoiAr~es.

gP,ttshnrg IjispatsA
rs ambiGextrous CT left hanG writing
saue,tt much roHaaays?' a reporter
asked It's principal Of a leading business
college w.lcre the study of p~enmanship is
one Of tie great features.
Eyes was the reply. 'There is not
an institute Of ~pcnmanship in this city
Shat does not devote almost as much
time to the development of the chiro-
graphic faculties OF the left hand as to
those Of the right. Years ago I exploded
the then prevailing notion that the action
Of the muscles that induced the forma-
ton of script characters was natural to
the right hand alone. In fact there is
nothing natural i'll writing. Good pom
mansiiip is the result Of incessant prac-
tice, ia which the left hand may be
trained with as satisfactory results as
the right. And viewed from both an
educational and business standpoint, the
PRONUNCIATION Of ambidextrous ~instruc-
tion is certainly desirable. In the first
place it is q wel-bnoWn fact that per-
son who train their left hand always
become more proficient in penmanship
with their right. And what an aid it is
to The people who earn their living by
the use of the pen TO be able to write
with both hands. Penman's paral-
ysis is unknown, and if an accident
should happen to one, the other is al
ways ready for duty. A great many
clerks down town are proficient ambl-
dexterists. When they are tired Of
writing with II hand, they change the
pen and thus avoid tho fatigue ccnsc-
quent upon the use Of the same hand
throughout the day. Take for instance
Mr. Z. G. Cockey, Of the Western Union
Telegraph company. With his right
hand lie is able to send a message along
the wires, and with his left take down q
copy Of the same. Very handy, is it
notl This prejudice against the use of
the left hand is dying out, as it should"
Mr.. Il. 4. Spencer, son of the founder
OF the Spencerian system Of ~penmanslip,
was seen BY the reporter ambidcxtrously
writing in his study.
"WIthin the last four years" said he,
''the number of pupils whom / have
taught successfully to use the pen with
both hands may be counted by the thou
sands, and may be encountered in nearly
every part of the United States. Through
my efforts two Of the principals of public
schools in this city have taken hold of
fllo matter, with extremely gratifying
results. No, there are no rules for the
development Of left hand writing. All
| Go is simply to instruct the pupil to
write his signature with his right hand
IN pencil and then go over it in ink with
his left. This is the commencement.
Next, the signature is written without
the aid Of the penciled copy, and prac-
ticed until q sufficient degree Of perfec-
ton has been obtained. Can | give 0
an estimate Of the number Of ambidex-
terists throughout the Union? Well,
only a few years ago | taught q class in
Washington OF 500, one in Baltimore Of
leo, and one in Galveston of 200, and
instructed several thousand children in
the New Orleans public schools, and as
/ am only n of the many teachers en-
gagged in the business, you may calcu.
late accOrdinrly."
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17

Much to the satisfaction Of Montana
democracy in general, VIM. B. Webb
of Billings, was appointed Secretary
Of Montana. The Argus says Of him:
MI. Webb was one OF the first loca-
tors in Billings, has always been
prominently identified with the town
and Yellowstone county, and resigns
the chairmanship Of the board Of
county commissioners to don the toga
of his new Office. BY following in the
footsteps Of his worthy predecessor,
Mr.. Tooker, he will make an excellent
official, yet our acquaintance with Mr..
Webb justifes the belief that he will
Prove superior to any Secretary Mon
tana has ever had.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17

TIMES I improving all over the
country and in nearly every branch of
industry. The Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph says: "On all hands there
7 to be seen, even by the careless
observer, signs of returning activity
in the various branches Of commerce
and manufacture and a gradual re-
s%toratioD of confidence. Street traf-
fc is more active than It has been
since 1879. Wholesale dealers and
jobbers report trade increasing in vol
ume and Of a healthy character. The
mills are nearly all running to their
full capacity, and on orders. People
I paying their bills promptly
than they did three months ago, this
remark applying to both sellers and
consumers. Taken by these indica-
tons, the situation can be called fair
ly satisfactory and the outlook en-
couraging,"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17

The scourge Of smallpox in Mon
treal is alike terrible and d~isgraceful,
and as smallpox is a winter disease,
and as the Weather-espeoiallv at
night-must be growing cold in the
dominion, it is hard to estimate when
the disease will be put in check. But
that any civilized city would wait su-
pinely and permit such an epidemic
as smallpox to assume the phrase that
smallpox has now assumed in Mon
treal, is a disgrace to its people and a
reproach upon the government il
which it occurs. Had it been intelli-
gently aud p~ersistently fought at the
start, it would have been confined to
q few isolated cases. Now the poor
wretches are dying at the rate Of two
hundred a day, and at the same time
are fighting the only means which
promise to stay the contagion. It
sounds more Asiatic than American.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17
q sEaread Move.
[P Ia elpi:.t Cal.

L. EsI| %Nf t'@Hsf Sth-
M;nks-1es, my 10y, I am going to
Salt Lake City to I've.
Ii. ks-But yoa Go4't expect to be
come q Mormon. do yol?
Enthusiastically not; but don tell
Mrs. Minis / said 50. iou see. / have
a special ol>5c II : tS.in5 where a man
can ha e as many lives as he wants,
though Of coarse, [ VIII never haze but
enc.
iinks-A SPECIAL Oh ect?
II inks IS; ! er IAN set Mrs.
Minks t. keep my h4ttons aewal on,
bat. | tank I er.. vii b. 10 mUre
trouble abo tint When We settle q
Salt Lake / }JF
liALs Why not?
\ n s-W 81 the bHtscn; are Of I
vii Just emit. hin: to IS. ink thas
she uot<ts n,t,lG Leln, "nl tEcy vii ~
IN il a .i}sg-
Nothing makes a true d'Ude feel 50
much like vanishing into thin air as to
have a horrid Lutcnah, to whose pie
beian establishment he has gone in 4
weak moment to oblige his mamma, ask
him if he will carry the veal home in
his hat.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17

SECRETARY LAMAR has requested
Acknowledgement Garland to bring
suit against the Montana Improve
ment company to recover for timber
cut off the public lands in Montana.
This action assumes a great deal Of
Importance from the fact that it is one
Of the first instances where lamar has
been willing to go into the courts to
reclaim what has been stolen from the
government. The Montana Improve
ment company is a part Of the North
ern Pacific. the latter company hold
ing a majority Of tie Improvement
company stock, and Eddy, Hammond
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17
ROBBED BEATEN.

Town Talk: A Frenchman from
Anaconda namel 4. Palletier, was
robbed by two men in an clubhouse on
Gaiena street, who succeeded in get
ting away with about ST, which they
took from his pants pocket. Pelle-
tier had something over $500 in the
inside pocket of his vest, which was
fortunately overlooked BY the rob
bers. although they made quite a
search for valuables. Pelletier was
pretty badly used up, but was able
to reach a saloon near by, and in a
short time the police were on track Of
the parties.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17

DAKOTA has Suffered severely from
field fires this season. Immense
quantities Of wheat has been destroy
ed in the northern part. The crops on
q hundred farms are said to have been
completely destroyed, and as a farm
outtflere counts a good many humid
red acres, in some eases thousands, it
is easy to believe that the losses will
be very heavy.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17
The Plain Old Lady.
TChicago Tribunal

IViIICt5V iosIi-
It is related that when Lady Dufferin
first went to st. Petersburg it was nee
essary for her to be received in audi
ence by the empress. At the time APP
pointed she arrived and was ushered in
the room. There she found a lady
very plainly dressed. who approached
and asked her: Did you see my
daughter before you left England? ."
Excuse me-" said Lady Dufer1n, "but
who is your daughter?' MY daughter
is the duchess of Idinburg," sad the
plain lady, who was meme other than
the empress.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17

From the reports received at the
department. it appears that nearly all
the postmasters speak well of the fu-
ture Of the special delivery system,
and the business is increasing. Local
matter equals outside matter in vol
ume. The reports show that letters
generally have been delivered with
surprising pzomptness, the average
time required for delivery being nine
minrtpS
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17

ONCE again We have testimony Of
the strongest kind in favor Of the es-
Enlistment Of the whipping post fol
wife beaters. It has been found to
work like a charm in Baltimore. The
grand jury Of that city, in a recentr re-
port says: "tSince whipping has been
instituted for that brutal offfense, there
has been hardly a Ease before Us,
whereas, before, such cases occurred
almost daily"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17
Largest Artificial stone,
ATLANTA Constitutional

The largest artificial stone in the
world is the n just finished and which
is to form the foundation for Bartholdi's
statue of Liberty on Bedloe's island in
New York harbor. The stone is made
Of broken trap rock, sand, American and
foreign cement mixed, and water.
Twenty thousand barrels Of cement were
used. The mixture for the stone was
emptied into the Jacket" or mold, and
then the surplus water was squeezed out.
The stone rapidly hardened and will now
bear 100 tons to the square foot.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17

TRADE is booming all round, every
body appears to be busy, and conse-
quently all or nearly all is z.happy. It
is just as we predicted all along. The
good time was sure to come, and. what
is better, has arrived. and we hope it
will stay for alongperiod. Philadei-
pllia Star.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17
NOTICE.

Mr.. GEORGE BJDIsGFoS is the au-
thorized agent of the TRIBUNE to so
licit subscription, job work and ad-
yertising. All contracts made by
him will be faithfully carried out by
this Office.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17
CARDINAL McCLosKEY is dead.

IN his annual report General Miles
deyotes considerable space to the In
dian Territory, which, be says. is Il
block in the pathway Of civilization."
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17

Eats,5pr for Health.

A good cleansing of the entire body
with soap and warm water once a week
is all the bathing the human system re-
quires for purposes of health, in ordi-
nary circumstances.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17

leaving home this morning for tbs
Office. we kissed or Little 4-year-olJ
goodbye. saying 10 him: "Be a good
boy to-day lie somewhat surprised
us b. saying i sill. be a good man,
papa" Sure enough W. t?oaght. We
need the exlortat on more than he,