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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-06
KNICK-KNACKS FROM kEUkA.

Elder Moore and his wife took trip
to Grove Park the other day. They also
went out to Magnesia Springs. They
were pleased with their visit but return
ed cnntented with their home beside the
lake.
Mr.. B. B. Sterritt lost a valuable horse
last week from what is supposed to have
been blind staggers. The horse was very
handsome and a great favorite in the
settlement.
Mrs. John d. Teeter had an old-fash-
ioned quilting bee last week. Seventeen
ladies were present and exchanged ideas
about quilting, warm weather and cow
peas. The feast on the occasion will
long be remembered by those who par
took of the bountiful supply served.
erty in town we will state that lot on
Boardman avenue, that originally sold
two years ago for $14, was sold last sum-
mer for $40. Last fall it was resold for
$50, again for 800, again for $125, and
last week for $3.50. A lot purchased by
Louis FaIk for $23, was sold by him for
$50 last fall, has since been sold for $10G,
tt125O, 1926 and last week to w. Ill.
latin, of Danbury, Conn.,, for $50.
Dr. w. A. Mann, of your city, will To-
cate bore and open a drug store and prac-
ii. l,is profession. We are reaching out,
an if l'alatka don't look out we will
ha'3 some more of her energetic citizens.
j Toore raises enough on his place
toi 10 chickens, n horse and n COW.
Heeay ne time for buying hay has
gone b. with him.
Mrs. y w., Miss Maggie and Arthur
Mann, OF Mannville, spent day visit
ing frienca on the banks of the beauti
fnl Lake keuka.
Ed R,.slsy has ordered, through ad
vertisiLg agents, his advertisement in
three thousand papers. He believes in
printers ink and pays for it, too.
Our merchants carry big stocks; from
six to ten thousand dollars. They are
drawing trade for twenty miles around,
as there is no longer any need to go to
Palatka for goods.
1t has been ''all fired dry for some
time and we are badly-at this writing
needing rain. If it don't come in a
few days, we propose to order n camp
meeting by express, G. o. ID.
When you want to tell whether an
egg is good or not, you look through it
towards the sun. If it looks clear and
translucent you can shut your eyes and
: swallow it. When you want to buy
map of Florida look at it and see if
Keuka is on it. Ii SO, you can be as
sured it is a new map and o. X.
The OZARK heaves sigh as he sees
the supply Of watermelons grow eradu-
ally less. OTHELLo.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-06

ing his fondness for chicken bones and
spoons is only equalled by the menda-
cious storytelling abilities of the ''irreg-
ular," and it may be said that when the
two travel together the bananas and
other good things have to roost high.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-06
ALIVE
Watching the Market.

| am the oldest Furniture House
in the city, therefore, my experience
in where to buy and what to buy IS
superior to any other house l keep
constantly on hand Chamber Suits
from SIS 90 to s25 90 and upwards,
Chairs and Rockers in endless varl-
ty at ali prices. Bcdsteads all sizes,
styles and prices. My stock IS al
ways new, because the inducements
| offer in prices and styles never al
low my goods TO remain on hand,
but make them move-in other
words l have my goods to sell, not
to keep and only low prices, well
finished goods and latest designs,
will do it.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-03-26
Baseball Of To-Day.

Now the game is as wholly profess
sional matter-except where it's played
by boys on the common-as. a perform
ance on the the trapeze or the spring
board in circus. 1t may be worth the
price of admission to those who care
for it, but it has no title to fill up as
much space in local news as a session
of the city council or an anniversary OF
a charitable association. 1t is no mat
ter of local interest, except as any dis
play of professional dexterity may be.
Hardly a man in any club claiming the
name of city belongs to the city by
birth or residence. One year he be-
longs to Detroit, another TO Indianapo-
Lis, another to Buffalo or Cleveland.
The whole body of professionals. and
that includes every player of any con-
siderable skill. is exactly like the CON
dotiere'' of the middle ages, who
hired themselves as soldiers to one
State or another as they were best paid.
and changed sides on sly adequate in.
ducement, and fought as wen for the
second party as they had previously
fought against it. A city can feel no
local pride or interest in a club thus APP
propriated to it, and there is no sense
in making a stir about the formation d
a local club, a. filing columns with II
tcirQps feats.-IpdianQpotis JowTHQ&
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-03-26
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Rufus J. Childress, poet and
magazine Writer, and a well-known
resilient of Louisville, Ky, has become
insane.
The London newspapers have 3
curious etiquette fOrbiddirg one to
either quote or comment upon anything
that appears in the columns Of another.
Ida Lewis, s.the Grace Darling Of
Lime Rock" near Newport, K l., has
sent a contribution to the treasurer Of
the Grace Darling monument fund In
England.
Rufus Choate, when somebody
threatened to challenge his vote on the
ground that he could not write, an
swered: If you do will give you a
specimen of my handwriting, and chal-
lenge YOU on the ground that you can
not read."-N r Conmercial-Adrer-
laser.
MIR. Sarony, the New York pho
tosrapher, although over sixty years of
age, rich and very fond of sketching in
charcoal and chalks for the Tile and
Salmagundi Clubs, of which he is
member, still attends personally to
posing the sitters in his great establish
mcnt.-N. Y. Post.
-..bilr' Nye invites the Prince of
Wales son. who has just come OF age,
to be his guest when he visits this coun-
try. Il tender yon,@ he writes, Tho
freedom of my double-barreled shotgun
during the prairie-chicken holocaust. L
know where the anglewOrm grows
rankest and the wild hen matches her
young"
The new book, 1.-The Money
makers" which is said to be reply to
1.-The Bread-winners," has just been
published. and it has been generally
understood that Congressman Martin
A. Foran. of Cleveland, is the author;
but that gentleman denies the report.
and there promises to be the same
mystery about the book rs there was
about 1.-The Bread winners. '-Ch'cdJo
| Inter OcaGf.
The late David Kimball, of Ports
| mouth, N. H., had un several occasions
during his lifetime the rare experience
of seeing under the roof-tree of the Cd
house at Topsfield, Mass, seven gene
rations of his own blood, namely. his
own great grandfsther grandfather,
father. mother. his own generation. his
own and his brothers children and
| srandch ldren, and his brothers great
| Srandchildren.-BO Boston Journal.
| Policeman Richafu l.. Eldredge, of
| New York, has been retired from the
force and will hereafter receive PEN
son of fifty dollars per month. FL
dredge has been in continuous service
for fifty-two wears, and is now eighty
seven years old He was one of the
four men who stood guard at Cas.t
Garden when General Lafayette WAS re-
ceived by the citizens of New York. ard
was the officer called by the mob after
the murder of Helen Jewett many years
ago. 1t was he who found the Ratchet
| wifi which the murder was committed
and the cloak of the murderer.-N i.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-03-26
A HINT TO BUILDERS,
INSTRUMENTATION in Brjckwork Con-
demned by ConnOissear.

Over-OrnamentatiOn in Brjckwork Con-
demned by a Connoissear.
The desire for the ornate has given
rise of late to the most elaborate and
fantastic attempts il bricks ard in the
methods Of putting them together,
said a real estate agent yesterday. ''In
many Gases of newly built houses this
matter has frequently been the occasion
for the display Of bad taste in the cree
ton of a cheap, fiashy and wonderfully
designed wall. While this, when new.
is not unsightly to the average eye, the
wear and tear of the elements on the
various projections, inches, balconies
and the like render the extei Tor appear
ance of such a house much moro I'M
slightly in a given time than that of
building of more substantial and less
startling appearance.
1.-The various projections and recesses
form convenient place for dust and dirt
constantly blown about, and to add tC
this damage the ornamental hrickwork
of the cOrnices offers a snug abode for
that numerous little pest, the English
sparrow. When the white deposit, so
common to brick buildings, Daakes its
appearance the dinginess and general
air Of past glory and damaged splenS,r
is increased. If builders would oily
recognize the fact that the effort spent
in this direction would be better appre-
ciated if directed toward the interior
finish of house the result would be ad
vantageous in many ways.-Rtil'del
pkia Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-03-26
% IT.. -

"If you were me, and were you.
And all the world was twisted, too,
What do you think that you would do
If you were me and were you p
'If were you and you were me,
I'd be as good as good could be;
I'd never fret, nor tense, you see,
If were you and you were me-"
"If you were me ard ! we're You,
You think that you be good and true
Well, it's as easy a thing to do
When AIN i, and you are you"
"Since In not you and you're not me,
Suppose we try. each day, to be
So good that nobody can see
Which one is you, and which is me.
-Pdnsu.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-03-26
DISCERNING CATTLE.
A Simple Operation of Considerable Prac
tlcal Utility.

tical Utility.
Dishorning cattle is attended with
great suffering, if performed after the
horn has attained size that makes il
impossible to cut it off close to the head,
without disturbing the cellular, bony
core, or base supporting the horn.
Such an operation is also attended by
some danger of the death of the animal.
The writer has seen in the Chicago
Union Stock ards. in one pen, two or
three carloads of bulls, all of which
were suffering severely, and some dying
in agony ndescribable, because their
horns had been sawn off within about
four inches of their skulls. Flies had
deposited their eggs in the exposed,
marrow-like substance contained in the
cells, of the bony cores, and the grubs
or larvae had worked their way towards
the brain, Their every motion causing
Inconccivable degrees of torture to the
helpless beasts. 1t is to be regretted
that the day of the auto da te has passed,
and that therefore, mild justice can not
De legally meied to the savage who
would inflict such dreadful anguish
upon even the most vicious of brutes,
for little gain.
As it is impossible that any reader of
the Prairie Farmer can wish to do so
cruel a decd as to cut the horns off a
mature animal, there is no need of de-
scribing the method of doing it. But
there is a way by which the horns may
L. f.,I
the operation is attended with little
pain, and that little is mOmentary.
When a calf of horned breed is few
DAYS old, little Jumps will be found on
the he'd, indicating the spots where
the horns will grow, if not prevented
by the prompt removal of the little but
tons of incipient horn, lying loose be-
meath the skin. To remove them, two
small Sits, crossing at right angles,
are made with a sharp knife. The
buttons can then be easily lifted out,
the slight wound closed with a bit of
sticking plaster, and the work is done.
Some prefer to scar the spot where the
horns are to be, using a very hot iron,
that the operation may be more quick
" and efectually; done. One or two
shakes of the head express the calls
disapproval of the fashions of the
world which are yet quite new to the
youngster, and that seems to be the
last of suffering on account Of the
horns of that animal. As there is no
way in use for determining the exact
extent of the suffering Of any animal
from an injury. one must decide fos
himself whether or not the pain attend
ing this operation on young calves is
equal to the suffering their horns
would infict upon other animals. il
those dangerous and useless weapons
were permitted to grow. As TO the
economy of the operation, there will be
no doubt in the minds OF those who
have lost valuable animals, CT much
feed. patience or profit, throues the
existence Of horns on mischieveQa q
vicious bruteG-Prosie Former:
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-03-26
HUMOROUS.

The principal seasons illustrated 1t
the roller-skating rink are fall ard
'.sprinc." Some of the remarks they
provoke are summary. - AOrriStoOn
Herald.
Joseph Marmaduke Mutually. how
dare YOU, sir!' exclaimed the indig-
nant mother of a st. Louis boy. Take
your sisters ear muff off your feet in
stanter and find your rubbers. Don't be
so lazy, sirr' Pittsburgh Chronicle 7elc-
graph.
Look here. this piece of meat
don't suit me. It's from the back OF
the animals neck" said man to q
German butcher mine fricn', all dol
pcef vat l sells is pack of dot neck.
Deere vos nOdding but horns in front Oh
dot neck. ~ y Independent.
do YOU manufacture trucks as
well as roller skates?' '.Oh, no."
but was down at your factory this
morning and saw several put together.
..Oh. those were not trucks" MOI
mo, they are the kind of skates we are
shipping to Chicago. "-Boston Post.
SO you didn't succeed very well
with your school in Illinois," mo;
had to give it up at the end of the
first month ..Did you use the black
board much?'' mo; it was too large
But used all the other furniture about
the room that wasn't nailed down. -
NJ Y. Graphic.
-"Aunt Jane. is it quite true that a
lady may ask a gentleman to marry her
if it is leap year?'' "Yes, my dear.
it is quite true ..But if he don't want
to marry her, Aunt Jane, what must he
do then?'' HE must give her new
black silk dress, nv deaY, and then she
understands. '.Oh! Aunt Jane! Aunt
Jane! Now know why you have so
many black silk dresses. y Chicago
Tribune.
MARY. what does this mean?
find bill for the use of hose" .'Slre.
marin. man called to know if you
used hose. told him you did and he
left. that BILL "Why did you tell him
we used hose, Mary? We never do. ="
Mary's face showed surprise. distrust
and reproach: "Why. we do, marm!"
with vehemence. Hose? Mary, we
haven't any," "Why, marin! What
does Pat take up the weeds with?"-
Boston Transcript.
Just listen to this, Martha"' ex-
claimed Mr.. Jarphly, who was reading
his evening paper; zone of the dogs at
the London prize snow is valued at
$4,000. Good gracious! That's more
money than / ever expect to be worth
in my lifer' Some dogs are worth
more than others. jeremiah" quietly
remarked Mrs. Jarphly. And Mr..
Jarphly eyed her for q moment and
said she need not sit up for him that
evening.-N Y Herald.
-Barnacle was forty-two years of age
yesterday. His wife presented him with
handsome pair of carpet slippers-cost
fifty cents. Barnacle was grateful, but
thoughtful. At last he exclaimed:
IT lines have changedr' why, dear?''
asked Mrs. B. "Wen, before we were
married. you gave me slippers worked
in. floss and silk, embroidered, mono
grammed, scalloped in morocco and
patent-leather with wool soles, at a
cost Of several dollars = alb, times
changer' "Well John, replied Mrs.
B., after . thoughtful pause, II had the
slippers charged to y~u. ! thought You
wouldn't want eopay teg . costly pair.
~}fevtaeNoo AoUe
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-03-26
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.

The fashionable sandwich is made
Of thin bread and chopped chicken COW
cred all over with thick paste.-N r
Herald.
Beech wood should always be sea-
,oned under cover. If left out exposed
to all sorts Of weather it soon becomes
almost worthless as fuel.-Erchan9c.se
An English gardener states that
fruit does not color SO well in a sunny
sunshine. There was more sunshine in
England last year than during any sea-
son for half century. but :tiil the ap-
pies. pears and peaches were very poor
" colored.
To make apple SNOWFALL. Boil one
half pound of rice in milk till nearly
cooked; then strain; peel and core
some large apples without dividing
them. Put a Glove and some sugar
into the centre of each apple. and the
rice round them. Tie each up in q
cloth separately; boil for three-t uarters
of an hour; remove the. cloth and place
on a warm dish.-N y Herald.
"A nurseryman asserts that apple
trees which have straight and upright
tops have roots of a similar character,
and that those which have low and
spreading tops have bushy roots. Even
the color and peculiar markings of the
bark of some varieties extend to the
roots. The nurseryman is therefore
able to distinguish several varieties by
their roots alone. Chicago Times.
Cracks in floors around the mold
board or other parts of room may be
neatly and permanently filed by thor
oughly soaking newspapers in paste
made of one pound of flour, three
quarts of water, and tablespoonful OF
alum, thoroughly boiled or mixed. The
mixture will be about as thick as putty.
and may be forced into the cracks with
a knife. 1t will harden like papier
mache.-Boston Globe.
Everybody should learn how to
propagate fruits. When you buy rare
plant for your garden you may increase
it to hundred in short time by Civ
ing it little attention, and if you do
not desire the increase yourself you can
do your friends favor by placing such
gems in their garden. The professional
fruit-grower especially needs all posi-
bic information on this subject.-7roy
Times.
Many farmers mako mistake in
fitting their land before they know
where seed for sowing or planting it
can be had. They place themselves at
great disadvantage by this m;smaaage-
ment. for nearly always at seediag
time there is scarcity. which advances
prices Seedsmen do not change their
catalogue rates, but if orders are de-
layed till spring they may find all stock
sold out so that wants OF customers
can not be supplied. Prairie Farmer.
Geese should be supplied with ioo'l
adapted to their natural wants as far a
it is possible to furnish it. These bird !
are more herbivorous than any of our
domestic fowls. AS a matter of course,
diet coming nearest their summer
grass forage suits them best. Fire
hay, soaked in warm water and sprink-
led with meal or bran, is acceptable.
Boiled potatoes, mixed with meal,
serve well. Beets, turnips, potatoes OK
apples, chopped fine, are good. Cab
bage is favorite food and ought to tie
generously supplied. Corn is relishe'l
by them. but too much makes them
over fat.-N. f. Farmer.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-03-26

self: he wished he could shake hands
with the portraits-even Drewgood.
He could forgive him everything now.
What would not he give to see the face
of the Widow Garrison when she should
hear the news of his marriage to Mrs.
Peabody, the wealthiest single woman
in town!
A little gentleman with plump lady
on his arm inquired at a residence in
Newburg the following Tuesday for
Rev. Mr.. DOobury.
Yes, he is in. Do you wish to see
him.
well. yes," he answered, twitching
his cane nervously, 1--WE thought we
made I'D our minds-that is, we've con.
Guided
1--WE wish to be married." inter.
rupted his companion sweetly.
''COme right in, then," said tNe lady
who had opened the door. "A couple
is in the parlor now waiting until get
some witnesses to their marriage, as
was just going out to do, but You Nil
answer just as well. "
They We're met at the door Of the
parlor by the Clergyman. to whom Mr.
Kennedy made his most deferential
bow, and was about 10 state his bust
ness when his glance fell on the couple
at the opposite side of the room. ''Je
hosiphatt' he calculated, and stood as
| if paralyzed.
sit VIII do you no good to follow us.
Mr.. Kennedy" said Mark Dickinson
hotly. You cannot prevent our mar
riagc if you try"
prevent it?' cried Mr.. Kennedy.
darling like shot across the long room
and shaking both of Marks hands over
and over again. prevent it?" he
shouted in ecstacy; God bless you.
Mark, you're the finest fellow ever
/ saw in my life. Jehosiphat! I'm proud
to have you for son-in-law. Good
gracious! l didn't think l could be SC
| pleased over anything"
"He's crazy again." said Katie, look
ing around at the other amazed faces
in the room.
"No, I'm so relieved. I've wished
you and Mark were married for a
month past, but didn't see any way
to fix it up-naturally, as l would
feel-ycu know" he explained inco-
herently, land Mark can begin work
in my store tomorrow if he likes"
.Thank YOU" said Mark, with slight
sarcasm in his tone. Il am sorry to
decline, but l already have situation
in Bateman's drugstore.
"Well, never mind, you can have my
house to live in. for I'm going why,
good gracious, Miranda. I'm SO upset
almost forgot what we'd come for"
care you goirE to marry Mrs. Pea
body?" asked his daughter, who for two
or three minutes asd been cycling that
lady suspiciously
Before he cou!, reply Mrs. Peabody
clasped Katie with both arms about the
neck, and. kissing her tenderly, whis-
pered: II am going to try to comfcrt
his lonely heart for your sweet mother 8
sake, Katie dear"
Mr.. Kennedy, who had been shaking
hands with Mark over again, now
grasped the hand of the amused clergy
man and said, jubilantly: ''Now, MIR
Berrydoodle, you see how it stands;
they we're afraid of me, and l was afraid
of Katie, SO we all ran away from each
other and"
"Now you can have double wedding
and all be happy" suggested Mr.. Doc
bury, good-humoredly.
Precisely just what was about to
remark; they're happy, Mirauda's
happy, and I'm the best fixed man in
Posey County,. "-Chicago Tribune.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-03-26

.@An communications for nu pslss
Should be accompanied BY The name Of the
- an evidence of good faith on the part Of
the writer. Write only on one side Of the %
pcr. Be particularly careful in giving name
Nd distinct
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-03-26

evening, and the old gentleman's habit
ual INDIGESTION and evasiveness made
him shrink from recurring 10 the SUBJ
ject.
DO you suppose Katie will Object?"
asked Mrs. Peabody the next evening,
after Mr.. Kennedy had succeeded in
overcoming some other faint objections
on her part to a speedy marriage.
''Well-Mr. Kennedy looked troubled
II am afraid-that is, am rather in
clined to think that she will. Whist do
you think we had better do?''
''She need not be told until it is all
over" suggested the prospective bride.
Mr.. Kennedy looked rather alarmed
at the idea of such an act of insubor-
dination. Il don't quite see how we
could help it, he said, anxiously.
"You old Innocent Miranda smiled
and pinched his arm. You're too
honest for ANYTHING. Suppose should
go up to Newburg for little visit;
suppose you followed the next day to
buy goods. and when we return home
Miranda Peabody would have become
- here she stopped with quite q
maidenly assumption Of modesty, but
Mr.. Kennedy delightedly finished the
sentence. Miranda Peabody will come
back Mira.ida Kennedy. What head
she's got" looking for sympathy to the
portraits Of his three predecessors in
Miranda affections. I'VE couldn't do
better he said, patting her plump
shoulder What do you say to going
up Moaday? I'll come Tuesday, and
"Wednesday well be back here and sur
PRISE everybody, eh?" Mr.. Kennedy
could not contain his satisfagtion. Ha
Wahed be could shake hHde NTH him