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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-12
Hreen Manl,riMg.

By the term green manurlng, is
ment the practice Of growing and
plowlng under crops in the green
state, to enrich the soil. \ soil Is
said to be productive in proportion
to the amount Of humus it contains.
Humu. is formed BY the decompo.
sition of animal and vegetable mat.
ter. II a heavy growth of vege,a-
ton, grain, clover or weeds is plow.
ed under, a certain amount Of plant
food is returned to TIL" soil It
would be very natural 20 suppose
that the lecayei stem Of one plant
would contain good aec"p'al,e" food
for another. If plowiug under has
been done on a yellow clay soil, six
months afterwards, by 1iggiugdosn
through the furrow. dark stratum
will be found where the wct IL fel!
and rooted. Repeated ploHing M.
der of green crops will I'LL the ground
with humus, and restore the Wor.t
worn ont land te fertility
One objection to thi, method Of
fertilizing i. the length Of time re
quired, as several year. must elapse
before many crop. could be added
to the soil 1t is very important
then, to adopt the rotation that "lII
admit IT the greatest number Of
crops in the shortest time Some
plant. add more fertility TO the ,oil
than others, but these are not always
the ones that arc easiest grown, "s.
pscially Oh poor ground, and It Is
very important to get good growth
to plow under. Rye will grow
where no other grain will, and yield
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-12

i ialr crop. Another advantage is
Ms growth iii winter. In the iati,
.'id" ct Southern Illinois. rye NAV
DC ,aaa IN November and plowed
under when fully headed out in Nav.
and the ground sewed immediately
with southern COW peas and plowed
IN July or August. Another sowing
OF pe@s will make partial crop by
the first frost, when It can be turned
under and ground again seeded
TO rye. This makes three crops
plowcd under in one year. Theo.
dore Goodrich. in American Agri.
cnltnrist.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-12
The Hawaiian Treaty.

10 tif'utSkVS-
ed toward The continuance of the
Hawaiian treaty, which has taken so
much money out Of the national
treasury and given thi, country
nothing IN return, the advocates of
that measure have rebai,ed their hook
and are offering us, in aidional to
certain castomhouse privileges. the
right 10 establish a naval station on
learl river. a most valuable fran.
chlse, We arr told, and one greatly
desired in Germany.
\ great many congressman hav.
ing been deceived once by the lila.
waiian governments in the matter of
this treaty ar li>po,.l to look this
g'i, horse IN the mouth before
accepting il; anl they declare that
II is biz \ fraud a. the treaty il.
s,lf. u lsnot known What we wan,
with a naval station in the Hawaiian
Island, As we have no navy there, as
indeed We have more navy wards
than vessels nowadays, aud have re.
rcu,ly been compelled to consolidate
SOME Of the formor; hn, il We did
want one, we would hardly BE- like.
ly % accept this gcncrou. offer.
The Pear river gi, is a b,g job. l,
Nnn'd cost A25,ooo,ooo to pm, the
harhor in condition to receive our
fleet, and the chlcl beneficiary from
the cXp, nai,ure of this large sum
would be the Hawaiian Islands.
AS it is admitted that the treaty !
is injurious to American interests,
that 1t takes an excessive amount /,
from the treasury and gives nothing
IN return, and that j, has crippled
home industries, etc, the gift Of "A
naval station to cost S25, 1000, DO
nearly the entire value of the Is.
'anls will no, make the treaty any
less injurious and inimical to our
home interests. New Orleans Times
Democrat.
An American fishing schooner Ina
been seized in the Bay Of Fundy by the
l.ansdowne. She was there to buy bait,
and was clearly violating the provisions
,f the treaty Of 1858. Moreover, her
'aptain must have realized that he was
n danger for he had tackled II strip OF
,anyas over her name; Nevertheless,
he Gloucester people demand that Soc.
'etary l'ayarl shall make an interna.
ional question over the seizure. and
,hall demand the release Of the schooner.
# the American has any rights in this
natter, they exist under u British stat.
,,c, which was passed in return for "A
similar statut" enacted. by congress.
There will be no violation Of treaty oh.
igation il the schooner shall be cOniis.
,atcd. The only remedy left to this
'ountry, if Great Britain fails to en-
orce her law, will be the repeal Of our
,wn statute. = New York Star.
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We have heard great deal about
inc Of transatlantic steamers with an
american terminus at Montauk Point.
,ut nothing quite so interesting As that
'lt. torbin has succeeded in enlisting
he rich Duke Of Sutherland in his pet
cheme. We believe the project to he
oasible one, and had hoped that il might
rave been developed with American cap.
tai and fly the American flag; but 80
ong as our ocean carrying trade must be
nonopolzed by British gold and British
bottoms, we suppose that the dukes
money is as good as any other man's.---
\. y. Star
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-12
FE.DERiEP POlNTITENS.

Did you see the brillian, circle arounl
the sun last Friday:
The weather continues dry and cool
Petitions are in Washington for TIVE
new post offices in ST. Johns county. On.
at Warritieids Station on the st. Angus
tine and Palatka railway, the other neal
Moccasin Branch settlement on the samt
roaI.
Mr.. Rentz, of bridgeport. had settle
with his carpenter last Friday. From
the appearance of the carpenter We
should Judge that Rentz got the best Of
the fracas, striking the man in the fore.
head with steel knuekle. cutting quite
cash. Squire Dorr will have a hear
ing Of the case to-day.
T.. s. Mosier, near Warriiields station.
has had some trouble with his new
neighbors, two of the families are NOV.
ing to this place. Rather bad outlook
for new colony.
Your correspondent neglected to state
in last weeks items that the Federal
Point base ball club played game at
Moccasin Branch with the club from st.
Augustine. the Magnolias. April ~.
Score. Federal Point 90. Magnolias 3.
Il F. Drake has the lumber on the
ground for his new house, and the
foundation has been laid and next week
ile will 20 about the work Of building in
earnest. t--l
Fede.al Point. May 10th, 80.
Como" in Reply l." mo. ~"
.ain ~ PNiu NEWS:
"Prccin, No. l.'s" letter. which purports
to be a reply 10 "0!d Come none Of
whose charges or enquiries however does
it answer. Although "Old Como" never
once mentioned Pomona nor spoke Of
.'om0 rs anything but the popular name
If precinct No. ). yet No. II" crowds
his long letter with silly reflections on
como settlement, and vulgar blowing
about Pomona. We are very sorry this
old envious animosity is still alive, but
smile at the ignorance and imbecility
which feed it. How soon will Pomona
stand aside and allow some other place
% Ee the laughing stock Of the county:
NO. Il" says that the railroad com.
pany built their depot while We built
ours ourselves. by subsorip,ion0we did
build our own depot, but sir. il We
found it easier to go down in our pock.
cts and DO this, than to take of our coats !
and grade q portion of the road.bcd.
which the Pomona psopl" hal to lo in
payment for their station. 10 it anything
70 he ASHAMED of
oar sister settlement need not worry
itself ahaut Como's growth. During the
last two years We have had fve new set.
tiers to every one that she has attracted.
In what connection it is hard to say.
NO. !" informs the county that Pomo.
"a i. going to have a church. and he
hopes II will do them good. We hope
80 to-. 1t is sadly needed. In our great
JOY We forgive ALL we might sdd
that Como has cheorrully given what
she coud towards said church, but mod.
estly refrain. Yours &c.
f'HNn
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Administrators Notice,

I'HE EisIDNEU HAVING TiIIs DAY
i been duly appointed and qualified "a ad.
mlnistrattix de bonts non, Of the estate oi
Joseph H. Mann, late Of palatkn Putnam
county, Florida, hereby notifies all persons
who have any demands against the estate Of
joseph II. Mann, fo present them 10 her with.
In the time prescribed by law
paatka March %. lssi
ADELE MANN.
su.nner &. Chandler, sollcitOr ap-sw
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-24
A Cure for Insomnia.

4 lady Who took exception to her hls,
bands habitual wakefulness is credited
with the invention of mechanical de-
vice that it is promised shall do more to
induce sleep than al the opiates, chloral
hydrates, and raw onions have ever done.
The machine looks like very long S:
and is M dc in ha d rubber, with pad
on one of its inner curves. At one end is
q soft leather strap; at the other its curve
forms handle. In use the left hsnd
pulls down the strap-after the instru-
ment is plac ed on the nerk-and the
right hand laid onthe handle presses down
firmly, but not too firm y, the pad which
rests on the carotid artery, so as to dl
minish the fow of the blood to the brain.
During sleep the brain is apparently
bloodlcss. A rush of blood to the brain
creates insomnia. 1t was not remorse so
much as an e, cess of blood in bis brain
that kept the Thane of Cawdor awake:
The ''somnolizcr" keeps back the blood
and sleep ensues naturally.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-24
The Mandolin.

The mandolin is the reigning fash
ionable caprice, having quite superseded
the banjo in the esteem of the ladies.
That it should have done SO is by no
means strange, for it is really charm
ing little instrument when at all de-
Gently played, is not very difficult to
learn, and has o good deal more style
and finish about it than the banj 10 has.
The only unpleasant feature about it to
the learneris the knife blade like sharp
ness CT its fine wire strings. There arc
eight strings. in pairs, all of steel wire.
Two pairs are wound with German Sill"
yer, and are not so cruel a. the 9th 'r>
but the unwound four, hardly thicker
than borse-hairs, seem to cut to the bone
the finger ends that press down upon the
frcts. Of course that pain and trouble
ends when each finger of the left hand Is
tipped with bony, callous spot. and
one must expect some such trouble IN
fo:mIg c,ose acquaintance with any
stlingt d instrument. When nature has
provided that protection, the mandolin
player. if an expert, can produce some
very pleasing effects by producing the
tones by percussion on the strings over
the freis, instead of by stunning with
a bit of tortoise shell held between the
thumb and forefnger of the right hand,
which is the ordinary way Of playing.
Tie tone of the mandolin very much
resembles that OF this HtheE, having the
same clear penetrating quality, but the
compass of the instrument and its capa-
bilities are much below those OF the
either. -Meu York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-24
A Mania for Collecting Carpet.

A carpet merchant in Vienna has a
curious collection of ancient wooden and
linen cloths, including more than 50O
specimens. \ any of them have been
taken from tombs, and are stretched on
folios of cardboard to preserve them.
Some of the fragments ale only foot
square, but the larger ones make up an
enlir Roman toga, which is said to be
the only one in The world. There are a
great many embroidered dresses and a
deal of knitting and crcwel work.
Double chain stitch SCI ms to have been
as familiar to the Egyptian seamstresses,
sewing with Lone needles, IS it is to
modern women. Thee are some very
Quaint and unusual designs in the old
collection of cloths, Iut there are also
some very common things. 1t is cu:ious
to find that the common blue check pat
tern OF our busters and workhousc aprons
was in general use among the gyptlans
more than o thou, and years ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-24
Ducks in Underground Pouds.

Panther Creek is stream in North
eastern Colorado. One Of the sources OF
the creek is shallow, sedgy pond, from
which the water pours over a miniature
precipice some ten feet in height and five
or six in width. The pond is the resort
in their season of great many wild
ducks, who feed on the sedgy plants
growing on is margin; and shallow bot
tom. Last year neighboring ranchman
noticed that on disturbing these water
fowl, in place of flying off to distance,
they circled about for few minutes and
then dashed through the veil of waite;
formed by the falls coming from the
pond.
Though a good deal astonished the
ranchman had then no time for investi.
CATION of the singular circumstance, and
not until short time ago did he follow
the tracks of the ducks through the fall
ing waters. Beyond slight ducking he
experienced no Inconvenience in passing
behind the falls. Once there and the
way was clear. Opening before him was
a passage three feet in width, and OF
sufficient height to allow man to pass
upright. The walls of the subterranean
way were dripping with water, and un-
doubtedly passed directly beneath the
pond. He hal not gone many yards be-.
fore the sound of great quacking fell
upon his cars. fastening his pace, he
soon came upon large cavern, in the
center of which was lake. The sur
face of the lake was thick with ducks.
The water fowl was mostly mallard and
teal though several other varieties were
represented.
On the approach of the intruder the
ducks rose in an immense cloud and dis
appeared through an opening beyond the
lake. One adventurer followed them and
found another and similar lake, covered
with wild ducks. Again the fowl arose,
and with frightened and clamoroas
quacks thronged through another pas
sagc-way. Here the pursuer found tn:
la gest lake o. all, and the end Of the
subtcrrancan water chain. The ducks
now took the back track, and he could
hear the rush of their wings and the
sauud of their hash notes growing
fointer as they sought the safety of the
outer a,r.-Cieysnae (WyominO Leader
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-24
Cats I'm Great Britain.

The number of cats in the Uaited
Kingdom is estimated at fully 1000, 600.
A cfal ge this from the olden days when
cats were so scarce in Britain that strin
gent laws were Iasscd for the punish
mcnt of pc, sons who killed or stole them.
In IL osc times the cats belonging to roy
atty were specially protected, and if any
one killed one of the mouscrs that
guarded the Princes granary he had to
Day fine of as much wheat as would
cover the cat when hung up by the tail,
with its head touching the floor. Any
one " no has ever had occasion to make
a heap of wheat will know that. in the
case OF a coed sized cat, this would mean
no small quantity.
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A, T. StaWart's Watchfulness.

Stewards powers of observation were
astonishing, and when lie made his tour
through the wal lehouse there was nothing
50 trltiing as to escape his glance. An
instance of this which came under my
own notice. is as follows Six months
before his death 1 happened to be in the
palace of fashion when its master was
making his rounds, and I heard him ex-
claim as he approached the calico
counter "Don't cut any more of these
remnants if woman wants six yarls
and the piece has eight she can take all
or none" AS he said this his eye rested
on parcel which lay on the floor.
"Whose package is this ?" he inquired.
"Minc, sir,". was the rep'y. "Then,
SIR" said he, cit is in very unsafe
place" AS he passed on the calico man
said to the under clerk: "Why didn't
YOU pitch those remnants under the
counter when you saw the old man com.
ing :" The fact is, Stewart had noticed
they were cutting off small piece from
one of the remnants, and this watchful-
ness in man worth thirty millions shows
rare intensity of observation.
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Hints to Consumptives.

Consumptves should use food as nourshing
as can be had, and in a shape that will best
agreo with the stomach and taste Of the pa
tient.
Outdoor exercise is earnestly recommended
If you are unable to take such exercise on
horseback or on foot, that should furnish no
excuse for shutting yourself indoors, but you
should take exercise in q carriage, or in some
other way bring yourself in contact wlththe
open air.
Medicines which cause expectoration must
be avoided. For five hundred years ply
sicians have tried to cure Consumption by
ling them, and have failed. Where there 1s
great arrangement of the secretions, with
engagement of air-cells, there is always
profuse expcctoration. Now Piso's Cure re-
moves the engagement and the arrangement
Of the secretions, and consequently land in
this way only diminishes the amount Of mat
ter expcctorated. This medicine does not dry
up q cough, but removes the cause Of 1t.
When it is impossible from debility or other
causes to exercise freely in the open air, apart
ments occupied by the patient should be so
ventilated as to ensure the constant accession
of fresh air in abundance.
The surface Of the body should be sponged
as ofteD as every third day with tepid water
and little soft-soap. This is preferable to
any other.) After thoroughly drying, use
friction with the hand moistened with oil,
Cod-Liver or Olive is the best. This keeps the
pores Of the skin in soft, pliable condition,
which contributes materially to the unloading
of waste matter from the system through this
organ. You will p ease recoll,c we cure this
d sease 10y enabling the orrals Of the system
to perform their 1uncti,ns in rmal way,
or. in other ODDS, we remove obstructicns,
while the recuperative powers Of the system
cure the disease.
We will here say word in regard to cough
in the forming stage, where there is no con-
stitutional or noticeable disease. A cough
may or may not foreshadow serious evil; take
it in its mi. .des. form, 10 say the least, it is
nu sance, and should be abated.
A cough is unlike any other symptom OF dis
case. 1t stands a conspirator, with threaten
ing voice. mcnacing the health and existence
of II vital organ. Its first approach is In Whis-
pers unintelligible, and at first too often un:
needed. but in time it never fails to ma e itself
understood-never fails to claim the attention
of those on whom it calls.
Ir you have q cough without disease OF the
lungs or serious constitutional disturbance, so
much the better, as a few do es of Piso's Cure
will be all you may need, while il you 70 far
advanced in Consumption, several bottles may
be required to effect a permanent cure.
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A Retreat in Dull Times.

"Dull times are driving mauy people
to poultry keeping" says fam and
garden jonrnal. We can readily under
stand that poultry ke.ping would have a
tendency to enliven things when per
son found time hanging dull on his
hands. ? There is an exhilarat:on in at
tending to a lot of setting hens that can
be found in scarcely any other employ
mcnt. Nothing dull in that, certainly.
Keeping poultry out o. the vegetable
garden is lively occupation, too. Dull
ness and cnnui have no opportunity 10
get their work in when man fills thaI
task thoroughly. But for downrIs hi
recl cation nothing can possibly equal the
amount that man gets when he >its ur
nights with a shotgun and guards his
-roost fiom the deprcda!ions Of the
pIowling chickcn-thief. Finding times
dull, get thee to heune:y. and Quickly,
loo. Farewell.-1eras SVN"gs'
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to be no difficulty whatever in its work

to be no difficulty whatever in Its work
ing. The driving wheels Were of the
usual width, and where the ground was
soft sunk an inch or more into the soil;
and with the view of having a machine
which will serve both for corn and
wheat, it may he we'll to increase slightly
the width of the wheels, as corn ground,
from later cultivation. is commonly more
mellow than settled wheat land. The
shcaves, regulated in size by self.operat-
ing machinery, were quite uniformly
about eleven inches in diameter, and
weighed fifteen or twenty pounds. A trial
was made on q heavier crop, averaging
about six feet high and partly Frustrated
in some places by storm. The reaper
went through these portions without
difficulty when the swath was necessarily
a little narrower than with smaller up
right corn.
A trial was made at our request on
common corn planted in hills and we'll
loaded with ears, taking one row at q
time. The only difficulty in this work
was in the large size of the ears, which
tended to choak the throat of the elevat-
ing attachment. 1t was obvious that
this difficulty could be removed by max
ing this passage adjustable and adapted
to the size of the ears. Where these were
not large the cutting and binding were
we'll performed.
To those who have employed sickles
and haud-cutting, the great advantage
of employing self-binding reaper as
saver of labor must be obvious, especially
for filling silos. Cutting corn in this
way, raised in hills with flat culture,
where small and early ripening sorts are
planted for removal at the beginning OF
autumn, would lessen the objection to
sowing winter wheat after corn. The
difficulty of clearing tie corn off out OF
the way in time for the wheat crop has
been leading objection to this course,
which otherwise would often prove ad.
vantageous. Or late in autumn crop OF
rye might follow the corn for early spring
feeding, or for ploughing under in May
for green manure. Corn land which has
been we'll manuled before planting, II
thoroughly cultivated and mellowed,
would not be bad preparation for sow
ing winter grain, if the earlier aid smaller
kinds have been planted. 1t is hardly
necessary to allude to the advantage OF
being able to cut up crop of corn rap.
idly before threatened frost.-Counsry
Gentleman.
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To Extinguishg Burning Clothing.

J. Marshall, F. r. S, says, that if a
woman whose clothing is on fire will lie
down in horizontal losition, the flames
will become for the time nearly harm.
less. and time will thus be gained for
further action. If. then, we would sug-
gest, she has the presence of mind to
turn over upon the lighted garment, the
fame will be nearly extingui<hed. Any
bystandcr might then easily put out the
fire by means of some woolen garment,
coat, or rug, thown over the sufferer to
exclude the air. The above writer offers
a good suggestion for fixing this useful
fact upon the minds of the young Ee
recommends that there be at every school
an example of the effect of this mode of
action, or every term, by means of
two uprighe models, prepared alike. and
set on fire simultaneously; the one being
thrown down after two seconds, and the
other after thirty seconds. Example
would be better than precept," we think,
in this instance.