The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-28
BRIEF MENTION.


000.000 horse power, or nearly one-fourth
of the whole steam power Of the earth.
Statistics on emigration from Great
Britain recently compiled by the London
Board Of Trade show that in thirty-two
years past ), 648, G98 persons Of British
and Irish birth have emigrated. OF these
$3.50, 454 came to the United States, l.
iii, 522 went to Australia. and 571 1866 to
British North America.
Miss Cleveland is evidently beginning
right. She intends to attend TO her own
line Of duties and allows her brother the
same privilege Miss Cleveland, when
interviewed in regard to wine, replied:
My brother and I are two. While I
have my convictions on the temperance
question I shall not interfere with him"
The Venezuelan Congress meets on the
goth of February of each year. The up
per house is composed Of two senators
from each state, elected by direct vote
Of the people, and serving for four years.
The lower house has one representative
for each $4,000 population, elected for
two years, also by a direct vote OF the
people.
The modern garden OF Eden is the Is
land of Jersey, the home of the famous
race Of cattle bearing that name. It con
tains only about 90, 600 acres, and yet it
supports about 10000 people and 10000
head Of cattle. The farms are gardens;
and, indeed, they must be, when it is
considered that rents amount to an
average Of SAB per acre.
One of the latest anecdotes OF Fred
Burnaby is that, when in Africa with
Gordon, one Of the native tribes, capti-
waited with his feats of strength, wished
10 make him their king. To convince
him of their sincerity in khe matter they
threw the old king into the river, and it
was only with the greatest difficulty that
Burnaby succeeded in inducing them to
allow the old monarch to swim out.
The ninth volume Of the tenth census
report, Just issued, shows that the for
est product of this country for the cen
sus year amounted to $7O0,O 600 in
value, while the wheat harvest, valuing
the product even at 81 bushel, amount
ed to only $3.50, 900, 600, and our iron and
steel production is less than $500, 000,-
COO. All our coal, soft and hard, for the
year. was valued at 100000, 600, while
our wood burned for domestic purposes
alone was estimated to be worth more
than three times that sum.
Discussing habitat and environment,
Gen. Walker shows that the greatest
population of the United States is found
between the 10th and 41st parallels and
the list and Goth meridians, One-ffth
Of the population live within 100 feet of
the sea-level; two-fifths within 500 feet,
and only .03 above an elevation of 1900
feet. The manufacturing and CONNER
ciaI interests Of the country are located
on the lowest levels, while the prairie
and grain lands are from 500 to 1900 feet
above the sea. The mean elevation OF
the country is $500 feet while the mean
Of population is found at seven hundred
feet.
A brother-in-law Of the vice president
excites no little interest among frequent
ers of the Fifth Avenue hotel, New
York city. lie Is a retired physician
named Pierce, and lives in ease and lux
ury in palatiaI house on Twenty-third
street, Just after his marriage in Indian
apois, thirty years ago, he built house
for himself and wife which, for those
days, was palatial. 1t was q three-story
brick with q mansard roof. While the
workmen were completing their labor
the dott found that he was unable t.
buy front door suitable for such house
without running himself in debt HC
therefore boarded up the front entrance
ard made his bride and her friends enter
the house through the rear door until he
accumulated enough money to purchase
the one he wanted.
From the New York Times we CLEAR
the following statistics of the roller-skato
industry: There are about 400 persons
engaged in the manufacture of thest
skates, and the monthly product is no
far from 200 pairs. The most o
these cost about fifty cents a pair; ar,
sold at wholesale at 81 81 per pair and COS
the skater Sc. Complete machinery i
the cause of the reduction in first cost
The aim now is to make skate 70
fancy skating that will turn in less thar
seven inches-the present minimum
There are about $4,000 Kinks in th,
country, and the demand for skates i
greater than the supply. The craze will
Of course, die out, and even should it no
the industry viii be overdone. Mean
while the makers and roller Kinks far
making the most of the shining hour.
The Department Of Agriculture has is