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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-08
Kidney Complaint.

For oNe<. siN. years have been u terriil"
suTegc- frCIaL troublesome complaint for tin
vel CT of which have spent over $50 witA-
out benefit, the most noted sO-caiicd remIticS
proving failures. The nsc of one singh bot
tie of Il. IL. r., has been marvellous, ewing
more relief than all other trcatTpent com
bincd. 1t is Il quick cure, while 5ttser., Il
they cure ut all are in the distant future.
e. IL. ROBERTS.
Atlanta Water Works.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-08
THE DAILY NEWS.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Solicited on all interesting topics through
ont the state We will be especially grateful
for All local items Of interest % the public
News sent by wire 4horffd be abfevsated whea
practicable, and sent after O'Clock y: m. ad-
dressed to PALATISA,I DAILY NEWS
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-08
Estimates Contemplated on Pubic
School Property
Editor Palatlka NEWS.

Editor Palatka NEWS. -
The attention of the public is respect
fully solicited to the accompanying esti-
mates. BY an examination Of them 1t
will be seen that thorough OVERLAPPING
OF the building, inside and out, is con
templated- properlyfurnisliing it, clean
ing up and fencing lot-and putting the
building and lot in frstclass order. The
property when improved will reflect
creditably upon the enterprise and liber-
atty of the citizens iof2Palatka. The es-
timated cost as will be seen by estimates
is $1,000. 60. 1t is to- be hoped that the
people of this city will Additionally in
raising this amount. Every class is in
terested in making these improvements.
A well informed public man estimates
the loss to this citytef no less than one
hundred families in the last five years,
because of its poor educational facilities.
Material and work required to repair
school house:
10 box frames with sdshand blinds
compile, size 2-1Ox..-2 including f.
work. .-..s.-..-.-.-.-.. . 01.oo
doors ana frames on Win II
lights including hasps and
hinges q .--.-- o4.oo
1900 feet flooring and work. 49,. 1900
5000 g siding and work. ...-.. 1000
1900 g wainscotting and work 1000
100 " 2x4 and work to prepare
for pIastering.. .....-... $500
1000 g piazza and work. $50. 1900
= 700 " cornice and work. $50. 5000
$40 yards plastering a 24cts per
ward S1.GO
Painting building inside and out $500
Back sink and material !. 1900
Thoroughly and elegantly furnish
ing building 26O. 90
Fence and cleanup lot. 80. 5000
Turn building TO centre of lot and
make it front on Sd street. ..... 125. 90
Total. n !. =. !. .sio69. 60
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AGENTS FoR THE NEWS.

The following gcnttc men are the antnOrlAeu
agents of TIE PAfATkA Daley AND WEEKLY
NEWS. in their several localities:
w Dewitt, San Mateo.
w G. Valentine, Nashua.
@ Packard, Welaka.
Il M Bard Norwalk.
] II Marshall, Fruitlandy Fla.
7 l McCaiium, OrangesMills, Fla.
Il Bartlettc, Gcofget,Wht -
Daniel Dlrlino- Dr1yton Island.
Z e Higly, La q George.
] L. lsurtOn, Crescent City. -
G Strickland, Interlachen.
A Munroe, McMeekin.
VIM G Braddock, Seville.
s Cewdon, st Autgustine.
"A II Vogelbach, M cirose,
Charles Moore, Lake worth, Fla
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CITY NOTES.

The base ball club was out pracllcihg
Sunday afternoon.
Clear skies and cool and refreshing
breezes yesterday.
Mennen's Corn Cure, the best, at Mo
ragne & Kersting's.
Dir. j. H. Harp, of Crescent City, was
in the city yesterday.
Fresh lot of Mockinc b. food, just
received, at MoraGne & Keisting's.
Rev. J. p. Lee and family returned
from Fernandina Sunday evening.
Freights over the j., I. q K. w. and
the Florida Southern roads are heavy.
n car load of fresh apples and potatoes
Just received by Vertrees s. Go.
Florida lemons. japanese persimmons
and pomegranites are il the market.
The coolest place in the city is the inn
nense freight shed on the j., 7. & X. W.
Railway.
The wort, of getting the Graham ready
for the entertainment cf guests is being
rapidly pushed.
Messrs. Vertrees 6, 90. have just re-
ceived a car load of choice flour. Call
and examine -four and get prices.
The unloading of spikes, fsh-plates
and iron rails from the schooner. Belle
Russell is about completed.
The peace and order of the city con
tinues good. No'new cases hefor" the
mayor for the past few days.
September is upon us, and soon cool
weather. br;sI, Business among our mer-
chants and better times generally will
be in order.
MIR. w. G.. Gargrove has one of the
finest Displays of orange nursery trees on
his Folly" on Palatka Heights, to be
seen in the state.
The Peninsula was well represented in
the city by citizens from that desirable
section yesterday, and our business hous-
es did a rushing trade.
Mr.. Harry Teasdale was in the city
Saturday, aud reported heavy travel on
the river. The time Of dull seasons of
travel on the st. Johns IS a thing of the
past.
Mr.. J. w. Dyches and bride, nee Miss
lizzie Cornwall. Of Chester, South Caro-
Ina, arrived in tie city Sunday evening
en- route 10 Leesburg the home OF Mr..
| by ches.
Mr.. w. IT. Newell and bride arrived in
the city Saturday from North Carolina.
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pALATKA, FLA, SEPT. s, 1885.
The Daily News
Reading Notices.

For SALE-Thousands of old papers.
good for many purposes. Apply at the
News Office.
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A Horse That Prefers Music To Oat'

A Horse That Prefers Music to Oats.
New York Tribune.
s'There is n horse that would rather
listen to music than eat" said the driver
of q Brooklyn livery coach team, point
ing to a bright-eyed, Roman-nosed,
shapely nag. s.The way found out is
this: feed my team at 4 O'Clock in the
afternoon to get ready for the afternoon
calls. Then go home for half an hour
for my own supper. Well, usually he
would have his mess all eaten up clean
wh.sS. got back but once week l
would find his oats untouched, or that
he had just begun to eat. 1t puzzled me
for a number of weeks; but one day l
happened to stay at the stable all of the
afternoon and then found what was
the matter. Our boss, who lives next
door to the stable, las 4 disabled child
and one of he ;sIlArseutcnss Ec give hcr
is to have some of these italian street
musicians come and play under her win
dow for twenty minutes or So, when the
little girl threws-them a quarter. This
makes them come very regularly. The
6IteTnoOh SpeSsA ~ 1iioN c'hSic,
and just as they struck up that horse,
whose stall is near the door, turned his
head and seemed To listen as ;ittentively
as a Kerson. One day the boss asked me
why / didn't feed mt the right time.
told him the musicians had been around,
and related what | hal discovered He
seemed to doubt ahe story; soto prove
it to him took a harmonica fro.n my
pocket, an experiment had often tried
before, and played several lively tunes.
ger and kept It up, with ears cooked and
nostriis wide, until I stopped. Old OPP
era,' as we call him, has become curl
osity in the neishporhood, and has quite
an audience whenever the band comes
around"
The census returns present some rath-
err funny incongruities. One man in Or
ange county is reportedsto have raised
2,090 dozen eggs from twenty five chick
ems in one year. That is nearly five eggs
per day for each chicken, which is pref
ty good laying for common chickens.
Another man .insthe same county raised,
according to Tire report, 800 dozen from
ten chickens. In Jackson county every
man is reported blind, deaf, dumb and
uneducated in one of the districts. If
the census is correctly reported one man
has died in jefferson county with prolap-
sus uteri, and another man died during
the catamenial climacteric period.
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in ChanCery.
In tho, Cir,.uit,s curt Fifth Judicial C'rr"lt Of
th.- state. of Florida in and ion the
County of Putnam.
n

Joseph g Chase M, c>.,. r,f,-.,...
ibiii ~ h'''''''
Martha Aun Chase - -, 49,,
itappe, mig 10y affidavit tlca IN inc 60, IT,.
cans. chat the defendant. Martina Ann i'h"''
b,S r6.ssovetI ont OF the state OF Fiofl1'a, 80
that ordinary process cannot ID" HciNc ~, -
bar ap-t thaf her place of residence Is I'M
kuowu Now ON motion of ~ W. 10y 9util;
ES,I - citor for complainant IL = ortltIt'
s,,,f .h.e defendant. Martha Ann hiSt., 90 il-
near and answer dcmUr TO S;tld d III on :,
befor.. the first Monday III November, =. ~
TESS, sts ag,iin=. the said defendant FROM.
ed thst n Copy of this order bc published iof
the sn..t. of three months in the Paldtkd
Ne w. y newspaper published IN Putnam
cOu nty Fla Witness nay hand anu Tue 80
of aid circuit court, at Palatka. alof''sdIh "i
this 10Th day of July, A ID. 1852
WIN. L. FORWARD.
Clerk Circuit Court.
Putnam County. Fla.
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A MONSTER CANNON,
The Pneumatic Dynamite Gun just Cast i'm
Jersey City.
Philadelphia Bulletin.


Philadelphia Bulletin.
On roughly-hewn trunnions in the center OF
Ribbon & MARGINS shop, in Jersey City. yester-
day. there rested a peculiar looking mass OF
tubing that was explained by the foreman to be
the most powerful gun in the world. 1t has lust
been finished, and the last polish was being put
on by a dozen mechanics. The monster, for
such it is, was cast for the New York Pneumatic
Dynamite Gun Company. and If the expectations
are realized, nothing afloat can withstand one OF
it's terrible broadsides. The barrel is sixty feet
long, breech-loading, and weighs forty three
tons. 1t is of heavy wrought iron, brass lined
throughout and with a full bore of eight inches.
1t was cast in four sections, fifteen feet long,
with iron collars which are welded together with
stout steel bolts. The barrel is bolted to eight
reservoirs where the compressed air necessary
to fire 1t is stored. Brass nozzles connect the
reservoirs to the barrel, and the amount of air
necessary to throw out the p~roiectile is regulated
automatically. Upright castings carried on
twelve inch channel irons support the whole,
which is moved by compressed air to any posi-
ton desired by the gunner.
More formidable looking than the gun itself
is the prolectlle fired. The cartridge which in
CT BRASS, is five feet long and fits the bore snug
~. In an iron cone at the head of the projectils
$50 pounds of dynamite are stored, covered
with a slight cap Of tin metal, which is easily
broken off. exploding the p~rcjectile wherever it
strikes. When the gun is charged the gunner
takes his stand On a platform behind the barrel.
and by means Of a lever closes the breach. By
simply turning a crank the desired elevation ia
obtained and fixed. The lowest of the levers
opens the nozzles leading from the air chambers
and instantly the shaft cartridge is thrown out.
Sufficient air to fire six projectiles is stored in the
cylinders. There is no recoil, and the position Of
the gun remains unchanged.
AS soon as the carriage is completed and the
gun mounted it will be taken to Fort Lafayette.
where the tests will be made under the s~upervis-
ion of a commission Of naval men appointed by
the government to report the result Of the ex-
periments.
Yes, sir" said the foreman, as he proudly
surveyed the gun, yesterday, that is the biggest
piece of ordnance ever built in the world. It
puts in the shade anything ever made by Krupp,
and then it was all made in this little shop.
Work was begun in October, but the boring was
so difficult that it required much longer time
than we calculated. 1t has been tested, and
shows no sign of weakening under a pressure Of
2, 800 pounds to the square inch. / feel sure
that it will revolutionize modern warfare, and
for coast defense L think it has no equal
The company expect to sell the gun to Secre-
tary Whitney if it proves serviceable, and they
hope to get orders for more of the same kind.
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The Egxptian Question.

LONDON, Aug. 3.-The Sultan of Turkey, in
the negotiations regarding the sending of an
expedition to the Soudan, has raised the ques-
ton of an early evacuation of Egypt by the
British troops, offering to substitute Turkish
troops in their places. Mr.. White, the
British representative at Constantinople
has been instructed to decline to discuss the
question of a British evacuation Of Egypt. Ad-
vices from Cairo state that the prospects of the
British leaving the country are more remote
than ever. Positions on the staff of garrisons
which have hitherto been held temporarily
have been converted into permanent positions.
General Mcpherson succeeds Sir Frederick
Sleigh Roberts as commander-in-chief of the
Army of the Madras Presidency, and the Duke
of Connaught will succeed Lieutenant general
Hardiuge as commanderin-chief in the Bombay
Presidency.
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~MUGWUMPERY DEFINED.
"A Democratic Organ Sizes Up Its Late Part
ners-Shocking Language.

New York Graphic.
Our conception of a mugwump is that of a
holler- than-thou sort of a person. full of ~affecta-
ton and pharisaism who believes himself to be
the salt of the earth, who looks upon every
earnest party politician as a blind r~artisan
and a spokesman, and who is persuaded that the
Eatonian machine is the most perfect and bene-
tcent invention ever known in the political
evolution of mankind. To contend that the
Eatonian system shows flaw or imperfection is to
invite the fiercest wrath of the mugwump.
Now, the Graphic is heartily and zealously in
favor of honest civil-service r~eforin-for which
reason, precisely, it finds fault with the bur
lesque which Mr.. Eaton and his colleagues have
devised and are %enacting. We believe that
worthy and competent candidates alone should
be appointed to Office; we emphatically. do not
believe that a board organized to pass upon and
certify the educational fitness of aspirants
should be vested with any power to dictate the
actual nominations. No man should be appoint
ed is ct dS r IIGdahied to discharge the
duties of the position he seeks, but the mere
fact that he is thus qualified should not and
does not necessarily entitle him to appoint
ment. Any view opposed to this
is clearly unconstitutional. AS to the numerical
strength of the mugwumps, it is grossly over
rated. They are clamorouS and arrogant, but
the tail should not attempt to wag the dog. Our
correspondent displays some unmistakable mug
wump traits in his reflections upon 1.-The Irish
Catholic vote We do not think that the de-
lection of sh-American Democrats was by any
means aslarge last fall as Mr.. Blaine's adharents
represented it to be, and it might have been still
less but for the irritating tone of mugwump
organs. Finally. there is no such thing in ex-
istence as a Democratic m~ugwump." The real
mugwump is AN ex-R epuhlican who strives to
Kill every party which will not accept him as a
boss.
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J. FL. Sucker, near old Augusta, raised IL
bushels of wheat on one and a half acres Of
ground this season. He used for seed Hedges
Prolific" and sowed the usual amount to the
acre.
An Arab proverb says: 1.-THE two greatest
enemies of the horse are rest and fat" The
average cross roads stallion contains these two
elements in perfection. Hence, ''weedy and
washy" colts.
A Michigan farmer tells how he manages to
conquer Canada thistles by the help of his 200
sheep. He puts a small handful of salt on each
thistle at the root. The sheep eat the thistles
close to the ground. The sailing is repeated az
~oftengas may be necessary. and the thistle seldom
appears the second year.
The capacity of the stomach of a horse is said
to be three gallons, and that of the OK FIVE gal
Ions. Consequently the horse, having a mall
stomach, must be fed frequently, while the OK
can take up a large meal at a time and remasti-
cate it at leisure. The stomach of the sheep is
proportiOnate to that Of the OK, and it should be
fed in a similar manner.
Regarding the different fertilizers on straw
berries, plaster, when applied to the bed, Is
said to make the berries more brilliant, though
lighter in color. Nitrate of soda largely in
creases the size of the leaves and berries, but
at the expense of frmness. Sulphate Of potash
improves the flavor, color and tirmness, while
super phosphate increases the yield.
How milking is done in the Island of Jersey
is thus described: Tall buckets narrowed near
the top, with widened mouths, are used. A
linen cloth is tied over the top; then a smooth
sea-shell is pushed down in the depression to
receive the milk. The shell prevents the wear
ing of the cloth by the stream of milk. When
the milking is done the s~training is also com
pleted."
One of the simplest and readiest ways of
loosening a rusted screw is to apply heat to the
head of the screw. A mail bar or rod of iron
fat at the end, if Redeemed in the fire and
applied for two or three minutes to the head Of
the rusty screw, will, as soon as it heats the
screw, render it's withdrawal as easy by the
screw driver as if it were only a recently-in-
serted screw.
Professor Burrill, of the Illinois Industrial
University, says, so far as known, the depressed
rough spots on potato tubers, usually called
scab, are the result of normal growth carried to
an excessive and destructive development through
surroundings adverse to the potato, and there is
nothing of a contagious character in the malady.
The scab on the seed in this view, cannot affect
the succeeding crop.
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GRANTS CABINET MINISTER'S.
Six Deaths Among the twenty-five Men
Chosen During Two Terms.

SaSkk
Chosen During Two Terms.
Washington Special.
The following is an official list of the members
of General Grants Cabinets. OF the twenty
FIVE six have died. Those who have died are
indicated by a star. There was no member of
General Grants family who had a list of them
to invite them to the funeral Of General Grant.
1t was on that account that the invitation was
sent cut by the press, SO that none of them
would be overlooked. This list also gives the
date of their appointment:
Secretaries Of State-Elihu B. burne,
OF Limos, March 3, 1869; Hamilton Fish, of New
York, March IL, 1869.
secretaries of the Treasury-George S. Bout
wen OF Massachusetts, March ii, 1869: William
a: Richardson, of Massachusetts,. March II.
1919; Benjamin II. Bristow. of Kentucky. june
q, 1874; Lot NJ. Morrill,, of Maine. July 1870
Secretaries of War-John NJ. Schufeld Of
New York. continued in office; .,Jobn A
Kawiins, of Illinois, March IL, 1869; William n
Shermanr of Ohio. September Q. 1869; William
w. Belknap, of Iowa, October I3, 1869; Alfonso
Taft, Of Ohio, March s. 1874.
Secretaries of the Navy-James ID. Cameron.
OF Pennsylvania, May 22. 1876: ~Adolph X. Borie
OF Pennsylvania, March 5, 1869; George III. Rob
esor, OF New Jersey, June %. 1863.
Secretaries OF the interior-Jacob u. Cox, Of
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THE LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
Anglo-Ameriean Telegraph Company
Rejects the Smith-Chester Proposals.
Lord Chief-Justice Coleridge to Marry an
American Lady to Avoid a Suit for
Breach Of Promise.
THE MONEY
Condition of Affairs on the Stock Exchange
and the Continental BOurses.

Condition of Affairs on the Stock Exchange
and the Continental Bourses.
LONDON, Aug. 2.-The discount market was
harder during the past week, being affected by
the heavy Judgments against applica-
tons for the Egyptian loan, and by
the customary requirements connected
with the Stock Exchange settlement.
On the Stock Exchange business was quiet,
with a tendency toward frmness. The exchange
being closed to-morrow-a bank holiday
many members began their holiday on
Friday, causing a stagnation at the
close of the week. A better business
is being done in American railroads, chiefly pur-
chases of low-priced securities. Those most in
favor are Fries, ST. Paul, and Lake Shore.
Progress was made in the reorganization
schemes of the Denver and Oregon roads, Gre
ating a further demand for the bonds of both at
higher quotations.
Affairs On the Frankfort Bourse are reported
lethargic. Where a change occurs the move,
ment is upward, but speculation is dormant.
Harvest reports from Austria Hungary are
rather favorable. After supplying the internal
demand there will be a quantity available for
export. 1t is estimated that the product, even at
the present low prices, will bring so, 900, 900
f10rins. A rise is expected in Austrian railways
under the stimulation of expectation. Russian
advices confirm the reports of a bad harvest in
that country.
Business on the Berlin Bourse has been dull,
but on the whole, the transactions for the week
were better than for the preceding week. Tho
rush for the Egyptian loan was purely specula-
tive.
The Paris Bourse has been in a state of
an9miad during the week, and has been almost
deserted. The daily transactions were chiefly
confined to purchases for cash. The issue of the
Egyptian loan gave two days of spasmodic life
to business, but the week closed with renewed
dullness.
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a recount necessary and doubles the

makes a recount necessary and doubles the
work.
To do this requires constant attention, and iS
a great strain on the nerves. as each note has
TO be scrutinized very closely TO see that 1t is
not a counterfeit. and the counter in" must
know the name of every bank that has q count
erfeit upon it. and have in his mind a full de-
scrlptlon Of the false note, so as to be able to
detect it at sight. The superintendent saws
counterfeit notes are thrown out by these experts
without hesitation every time they come to
theIn. they have a line of notes passing before
their eyes all the time, and any flaw or defect
they notice on the instant.
Two hundred and forty Appointments have
been made during the eleven years of the
agencys existence, and forty of the ffty.seven
employees now there have served from the first
a new hand is doing remarkably we'll if he or
she learns In SIX months to count 500 per day ON
the assortment, which is the easiest. while these
old hands will count 10. 900 a day if the notes
are fairly good. Women are EMPLOYED for this
business because of the d~elicacy Of their touch
and ON account of the fact that they
are not so apt to have bad habits.
They must be young, quick and healthy and
we'll educated, and their salaries, which are paid
in through the Treasury by the banks. for tho
three grades of work are rated at 5000, ST. 900
and 81, 200. The cashiers and two or three Of
the counters are men.
10 witness the silence and system in the Office
is a remarkable sight; the eye of the counters
cannot for an instant be taken from the notes,
and their fingers Ny through the money like fine
machinery, one greenback following another in
a never ending procession all day long. 1t in
said thatthree counters (or countresses)s see every
line of engraving on the face of a note at a
glance as 1t passes through their fingers.
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St, Louis To Be Represented

ST. Louis, Aug. 2-That the city of St. Louis,
which was for a number of years the residence
Of General Grant, and where he had many old
and intimate friends, may be directly
represented in the obsequies of the
dead soldier and statesman, Mayor
Francis has appointed a delegation of
some thirty leading citizens of the city to 60 to
New York and take part in the solemn cere-
monies of next Saturday. This delegation will
leave here On Wednesday in a special Pullman car.
The mayor has also asked some twenty prominent
St. Louisians now in the East to meet at the
Fifth-avenue Hotel on Friday morning and join
in paying this last tribute TO their old and
honored friend. General Hancock has been
notified of the appointment of this delegation,
and has been requested to give it a suitable
place In the procession.