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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17
New Street Dress.

Ladies who keep up with the prevailing
styles have already learned that the under
skirt of the coming costume need not in any
way resemble the rest of the suit, and that
long as it is striped or of fancy colors it is
quite the approved fashion. To select, there
fore, from short lengths such pieces will
make the lower part and side panel of n walk
ing skirt is the objective idea of many shop
ping excursions. Judciously used five and
one-half or six yards of these elegant mate
rials Will make the required underskirt, and
be sufficient for any combination in the
basque, if it is desired.
In heavy fancy goods there should be no
foot plating or fullness of any sort for the
bottom of the skirt The breadths should be
plainly scanned up and finished out at the top
by the skirt lining, the thick goods does
not extend to the belt on account of its weight
and for economical reasons well. The
drapery should be carefully planned rs to
leave one long breadth on one side over which
the front and back draperies must part to
show the panel from the foot nearly to the
belt to the edge of the basque. Very rich
silks with fancy stripes, striped pushes, vel
vet and MORE will be made up for these skirts.
\ few very heavy high cost brocades are To
be similarly employed The over.iress should
be of wool, with long sweeping draperies,
plainly hemmed, or III some goods showing
the sevedge at the edge of the drapery. The
Basque must be short and with the severely
simple effect of riding habit. This is to bc
the characteristic walking dress of the conf
ing season.-Demorests Monthly.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17


AT PalatkH with .iack SonyfII.. Tam. q, r.
West Halfway, and ~. Augustine ,r,.I' 49,
RhiIwaS. and last river steamers Tor :.
yustlne, trren Cove springs .Ta.-L-..---.
dhd ali points Morrill, f5i>J West srf,t -. . =,
up river steamers tsT south Fl.rs..
with the Twin Screw Iron s-ts..t.s.r---, No.,
falatka, and Steamship CITY a.. Alr.-..--. f
Tor charleston, New York, fIUston VFif.,..-
shia. etc. r. --t--' e.
Mail trains make close connection b,.ts ~
Via ). = n; W KY, al Jacksonville With : -.
ihnt:c Coast Line. Fast Mani.
AT gainesville with through Pullman --.,...
err over savannah, Florida \ W,sts.rT, ~ y. =
New orleans, Cedar Keys, Pensacola -,
nan. ALBANY. montgomery. IUu5sx-fIls. Il.
Louis ana all points West -
At Ocaia with Florida hallway and N,s---
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Yer Springs
AT Astor with st. Johns river steamer 81. -
JacksOnNllie, sanford and way Iau,tff,gs
AT Leesburg with the 81. Johns ar.
kustls division OF the Florida Sourbsrr
way, and boats on Lakes Harris aUd p,
iOI points ON Lakes "
AT PembcTton's Ferry with South FL. ..
KY FOR Lakeland, Tampa, kIssirurD., Et.r-
orlando, SAM ord, Tuckcrto~n and Fort ~
AT Punta Gorca with steamer Alice II
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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17
shall Man Soar Like the Birds. /.

Professor Isaac Lancaster has presented to
the American Association for the Advance
inent OF Science an account of q discovery
about flying that he has made The learned
gentlemen of that body consider it a wonderful
achievement, 50 there must be something in it.
They have offered a prize Of $50 for the best
paper on the subject next year
4 nsa Sor Lancaster has devoted his atten-
t.4H .",.I floating soaring Of birds. He
obs II that a large bird will move forward
and rSi.,lin awning hours and hours without
a single Hap or motion He thought il he
could get the secret of it then any substance
shaped like birds wing, and no heavier
proportionately than that, could do the same
He studied birds carefully for months, cover
ing himself with green and brown cotton
cloth Ia disguise himself as a pine tree. The
artificial soaring wing he found must have
the un.ler surface rough to motion from rear
To front, and smooth from front to rear II
must have the front ledge on the under side.
Ii must have the elastic feather tips and h
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17
The Fly Pin.

A decided novelty is the fly pin" In
reality this is not pin, but an ornament to
take the place of brooches and other pins,
especially in delicate laces and thin fabrics.
1t embraces in its designs a large number of
winged insects and represents a sufficient
number of sizes to furnish ornaments for
many purposes. In word, it appears rs a
blue bottle fly on a bonnet ribbon, hum
ming bird for n brooch, gorgeous butterfly
for hair pin, or n dragon fly for n bouquet
holder, and SO through the family of
winged insects. Some of these pins are OF
plain gold, others are set with gems, while
others are enameled in faithful copy Of
natures hues. The novelty consists in tho
manner in which these pretty little orna-
ments are fastened on to the ribbon, tho
dress or in the hair. In the body of each fly
is concealed an ingenious continuance where
by the wings are movable. On being pressed
together backwards, two little gold prongs
underneath the wings open and, being laid
against the lace or fabric, gains firm clasp
on the same when the pressure is removed
and the wings are permitted to spread them
selves. The advantages, especially for deli
cate fabrics, are obvious, the fraiest web of
lace cannot be torn, and rs the ornaments are
of light weight there is no pulling or sagging
when fastened to thin materials. 1t is be-
ieved that fly pins will prove especially at
tractive on ball and evening costumes, for
hair ornaments, and fastening up lace drap-
cries and holding on corsage bouquets
jewelers. Circular
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17
How Iron Wears Out.

When worn car wheel trend is examined
under the microscope it Is perceived that the
surface Of the metal comes off I'm thin flakes
or scales. Examined under high powers the
scales are found to resemble portions of a
brick wall, the fractures being not in the par-
ticles Of iron, but in the material which unites
the particles in a manner similar to which
mortar unites the bricks Of wall Contin-
uous jarring breaks this cement uniting
material, thus allowing iron SO treated to fall
In pieces
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17

The cosmopolitan character uf Bombay is
indicated 10y "a missionary letter: Last week
Greenlander called, seeking work. Two
days after man from Australia wrote me
asking n favor. y few weeks ago West In
dian came 10 attend TO repairs on my house
Last Sunday night preached TO a congrega-
ton in which sat, side lay side, "a Russian from
the Baltic, and an Armenian from the foot Of
Mount Ararat. Among my parishioners Is
an Abyssinian, Turks from the DariancIlls,
Greeks from the Adriatic, See-ie,- boys from
Zanzibar. Norwe-,iaIs and South Africans
live, do business and die in this human hive"
Foreign Letter.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17

worn They are often made of wool or
sateen and worn over a different skirt, OF a
skirt Of the same can be made. The skirt in
this case is usually without draping, either
kilt plated, plain or with a broad fiounce at
the bottom
The model illustrated is Of figured pink
wool, lined with surah of the same tint. The
body Is close fitting, and has added to it a
short distance below the waist a box-plaited
flounce Of the same goods, edged with white
wool lace seven inches deep A jabot of the
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17
Invention of the Mint JnIen.

The mint Julep is an old colonial Virginian
drink 1t invented in Virginia by a
wealthy planter, who had a company Of
friends at his house. \ great hailStorm came
up; he gathered the hailstones, and, the
Inspiration of the moment, concoctei that de-
hcious beverage which we call mint julep.
Its fame spread, but at first they never made
it except when il hailed Chicago Herald
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17
Wooden shirt for summer Wear.

The Gooleu shirt for summer dress is all the
rage just ut present among the young men,
and they are manufactured in such tasteful
styles that for ordinary occasions they are ~
presentable rs the stiff white. As matter
of fact the WOODEN shirt l. said by physicians
To be the most healthful OF them all especially
in this climate OF sudden changes. Chicago
Herald
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17

An Austrian savant has ascertained that
the moon has an influence OH u magnetized
needle varying with its phases and its decli-
nation. The phenomenon is said to be more
prominently noticeable when our satellite is
near the earth, and to be very marked when
she is passing from the full to her first or sec
ond quarter. The disturbances are at their
maximum when the moon is in the plane of
the equator, and greater during the southern
than the northern declination.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17

same lace is along the front and deep frills
are ON the sleeves, which are gathered on the
shoulder and at the wrist. A passementerie
trimming of knotted pink silk cord finishes
the edges and seams and hangs in loops ON the
front
The breakfast jacket can be made Of serge
or of twilled flannel, white or pale pink or
blue; it is trimmed with white wool lace and
colored ribbon bows. Face the fronts an
inch and a half and the bottom an inch deep;
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17

INVENTIONS AND SCIENTIFIC FACTS
AT HOME AND ABROAD.

Photographed by the Lightning-Shal1
Man Soar Like the Birds ?-ProfessOr
Lancaster's Remarkable Invention.
a Chinese Duck Boat.
China is SO crowded that thousands OF fam
lilies live in boats on the water. They tie up
to shore, and move from place to place as
their owners desire. At Canton there are
many miles of family boats. Chinese poultry
raisers live on them in great numbers. They
remind one Of the prehistoric remains in the
Swiss lakes, which show that the primitive
man dwelt thus upon the water to protect
himself from surprises by his enemies Mr..
John b. German, in his book, speaks Of the
boat dwellers of Canton: I'm each boat you
see a little awning overhead-bamboo mat
ting-a small cabin at one end, and the
kitchen, with its tiny stove or brazier at the
other Every boat is crowded with children.
The Chinaman raises his pigeons, hens and
even ducks OH his boat. You see the coOps
setting on the ample decks. You hear the
cbanticleer crow amid stream"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17

Not long since Miss Lillian Paul, of Plain
field, n. j., sat up at night to wait the return
of a member of the family who was out. A
tremendous thunder storm came. Lightning
played, and ever and anon lit the house with
binding flashes that would have frightened
an ordinary woman out of her senses But
Miss Lillian is one girl who is not scarey,
thank heavenl She sat coolly enough, read
ing
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17

a tin tray, heavily plated with brass, stood
upon a little stand in bay window. The
brazen surface was brilliantly polished, and
had been hammered to resemble alligator
hide The lightning lit this tray in flashes Of
rather alarming brilliancy. Miss Lillian
thought she would remove it to q darker part
Of the room As she was about to do so an
overwhelming sheet Of light came that blind
ed and startled her. The tray cleaned as il
it had been ablaze. She seized it in a hurry,
threw a cover over it and put it under the
table. Then she left the room.
Next morning a perfect picture of the
young lady was found to be photographed
upon the tray. 1t was produced by the brass
surface of the tray beneath it having been
aulled and darkened to n deep buff color 1t
was u profile picture, and where her eye was
tho brass was left bright and shining, the
surface being here untouched, is indicated
in the illustration
Miss Paul has short, black, curly hair
Where it appears to be in q knot behind
lock must have been brushed up from leaning
against chair.
Such is the lightning photograph. How it
was made, who shall says Nobody is wise
enough to explain it as yet. A reflection Of
the girls face may have been thrown upon
the polished tray by light streaming from it
To the tray Chemical rays in the hghtning's
nah may have caught the reflection, acted
on it in an instant and fixed it But how
about the bright spot that was left where her
eye vast
Different and stronger rays may have
streamed from her eye, rays SO strong that
the electrical chemistry could not decomPOse
them How the picture came to be caught in
profile is also a mystery. She may have been
holding the tray at the moment 50 that q re-
Election of her side face fell upon it when tho
picture was made. But still it Is all not very
clear. We only know it is very remarkable.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17

This combing sack of white batiste, with
ruffies Of batiste embroidery headed by an
insertion of torchon lace. The ruffie around
the bottom Is four inches wide, while that
along the right front is two inches wide, and
Is set ON at an inch and n half from the edge,
50 that it covers the buttonholes and buttons
The pocket flaps are trimmed with embroidery
and set on the sides, and a ribbon bow is
placed at the throat and on the sleeves.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17
MAIN LI<E
CONNECTIONs

IA MLRS \ }. LANEAND BI~ta.
Make daily double round trims Of I+tI.. t-.
ana Harris. touching at all landings
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17

ihst mhIl trains stop only where time. Is
gwen. and only AT Lemon street. PaiatkH.
\ inlAed tram IL run between paiatk.t and
SANFORD, IA both directions. which STOPS at
all stations, in addition To the regular -. iI.s
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17

Inc l2sh D. IN. Fast Mail from jackson, ~
ana 30 a m Fast Mail from Sanford make
dlrtct connections with South Florida RuI4-
way AT sanford To and from Orlando, ki>siIl-
NEE, Harlow. Lakeland. Tampa, ami all sta
tiBns.
Steamer Musc"ttc leaves Tampa Tor Key
West aud havana twice Il we, h.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17

Trans leaving Jacksonville. - - u m. and
arriving iiu y. m, run daily between Jack
SONY NE Enterprise and Sanford. Others
daily except sunday.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17
ST. JOHNS & LAKE EUSTlS DIV
CHARLOTTE HARBOR DIVISION

Z. Ciose connections made with Stcamsr 2 ID
Fort Myers, etc
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17

Connections made IT. Augustine with
ftaIifaN RIVER stages for Ormond. Holly Hill
DaStona and other points on Halifax river.
city Ticket Office. NV cor. nay and logan 81.
NJ. IT, MORAN.
- Gen'l- Supt. and G.. T. A
L. C. DEMING. A. q. L. A
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17
WHAT SHALL WE WEAR ?
Combing Sacque.

The illustration shows very convenient
loose jacket for a lady to wear while combing
her hair, before putting on her corset and
dress in the morning.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17

tn" so a. III. and l. 30 D. m. trains from
JaT NsonH iiic, and he L. % y IN and - % D. m
t!h.liS from faiatka, make direct CONNER ions
ut fhlat h" with the Florida Southern Ie.IiIw ay
70 ANA from gainesville, Dcala, I.seshurls, Fort
Mason, IaVares, Lane Park Aston aud 9TH
points reached 10y that road.
connections made at Huntington with
stages Tor Crescent city; Orange city
Junction with Ii. \, %. 4. Il A IL. L. tor Lake
Helen: ut 1itusVIlle with cOmpany's steamer
Rockledge. Mondays. Thursdays and Sundays
Tor CITY Point, RUCkledge, ucorgiana EaII
DaIiIe, Melbourne, and landings ON that riV,-r.
81 AI-EI-S,II NE nIN-ISIAN
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17
MAKING LEAD PENCILS.
DAILY CONSUMPTION BY THE coUN-
TRY ONE-OUARTER MILLION.

Separating the Graphite Dust According
to Finencss-dixing the Clay and Fore
ing the Coil-The Wooden Case and
Filling, 1t.
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Occupation.

There are men and women, who having
worked during long period, find it impos-
sible 10 rest. Many will tell you that once
they could be moderately happy when rest
ing, now they dare rest no more. They may
try to make work less urgent, less feverish
but it will not do to stand still. They are kept
sane and serviceable only by giving the mind
perpetual occupation. Every one remem-
bers how Luther said, II rush out among my
pigs rather than sit still and do nothing" 1t
is sad, but it is true, that human beings,
not much like Luther in any other character
istic, are like him in this that they dare not
have a quiet think. Hence, the sorrowful
resort to alcohol, opium, chloral; hence the
craving for Inconsistencies, which is tempo
rary humiliation. Ifpigs can help you, as
they helped Luther, be thankful. Some folks,
both clever and good, need more than any
pig can do, or any variety of animal, for that
matter. Few minds are self-sufficing. All
human beings who have attained middle age
must be buttressed from without. 1t may be
sacred nature, green grass, green trees, gar
dening, pigs, horses, human companions,
worry or quiet occupation; but the longer l
live the more assured am that most men
live in mortal terror ofthemselves. They find
themselves but dull company. All people
must have occupation of some kind or they
will be miserable.
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2nettCal.
Ode on disappointment

oue Oh DishppOihtHeht.
Come, Disappointment, come!
Not in thy terrors clad;
Come in thy meekest, saddest guise;
Thy Christening rod but territies
The restless and the bad.
But L recine
Beneath thy shrine,
And round my brow resigned thy peaceful
cypress twine.
Though fancy flies away
Before thy hollow tread,
let meditation in her cell,
Hears with faint eye the lingering knell
That tells her hopes are dead;
And though the tear
BY chance appear,
Yet she can smile, and say, MY all was not
laid here"
Come, Disappointment come
Though from hopes summit hurld,
Still, rigid nurse, thou art forgiven,
For thou severe vert sent from heaven
To wean me from the world;
To turn my eye
From vanity,
And point to scenes Of bliss that never, never
die.
What is this passing scene!
\ peevish April day;
a little sun-a little rain,
And then night sweeps along the plain,
And all things fade away.
Man (soon discuss'O
Yields up his trust,
And all his hopes and fears lie with him in
the dust.
Oh, what is beauty's power?
1t tlourishes and dies;
VIII the cold earth its silence break,
To tell how soft how smooth cheek
Beneath its surface lies?
Mute, mute is all,
Der beauty's fall
Her praise resounds no more when mantled
in her pail.
The most beloved on earth
Not long survives to-day,
So music past is obsolete,
And yet twas sweet, twas passing sweet,
But now It's gone away.
Thus does the shade
In memory fade,
When in forsakcn tomb the form beloved is
laid
And since this world is vain,
And volatile and fleet.
Why should lay up earthly joys
Where dust corrupts and moth destroys,
And cares and sorrows eat?
Why fly from i'll
With anxious skill,
When soon this hand will freeze, this
throbbing heart be still?
Come, Disappointment, come!
Thou art not stern to me;
Sad monitress! own thy sway,
votary sad. in early day
bend my knee to thee.
From sun to sun
My race will run,
only bow and say My God, Thy will be
done.
Henry Krke White
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OaY Street Column.
NOT ICE.
MY STOVES AND TINwARE

After the expiration of this advertisement
there will not appear any future advertisements
from me in this PAPER
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A Fulfilled Prediction.

The Emperor Napoleon III. was by nature
very superstitious. The following anecdote
was related in 1864, long years before the
fulfillment of the prediction that it contains
Napoleon III. one day took it into his head
to consult the celebrated chiromancien, Des-
barolles, who died the other day at very
advanced age. Desbarolles. told him some
curious facts respecting his character, his
tastes and his past life. "Now," quoth the
Emperor, tell me something about the
future. Where will my death take place and
by what malady shall dies" Desbarolles
hesitated for moment. "Sine," he said at
length, you have asked me for aefrank re-
Spouse, and will reply to you fItdkly. You
are destined to breathe your lastWn English
soil, and you will perish by the knife" Very
curiously was the prediction fulfilled, though
the knife proved to be not that of an assassin,
but that of a surgeon.
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Epigrammatic Dispatches.

Logan ms smoke se Of Cmsars DISPATCH ' Veni sd
Uici, II came, saw and over came" as the
shortest in the annals of war. 1t is said that
Sir Charles Napier wrote a shorter one after
the conquest of Scinde, peccau, II have sim
ned !" but the story seems too good to be
true. Yet even this would not be the short
est military dispatch on record. When an
official inquiry was made to General Taylor
during the Mexican war as to whether the
horses of staff officers should be exempted in
the Interpretation of certain order in regard
to forage, he wrote as an answer the single
word NO" with full official address and full
official capacity,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-09-03
The Profit in Apples.

Brown Ito his wife)-"Did you notice
that old woman on the corner with a basket
of apples !"
Mrs. Brownies"
Brown-"She has stood ON that corner
every day for ten years with her basket ofap-
plies. How much do you suppose she is
worth ?"
Mrs. Brown-"H-m A thousand dol
lars ?"
Brown-"No"
Mrs. Brown-"A hundred thousand?"
Brown-"No."
worth more than million, John?'
Brown-"Not a cent, and she owes for the
basket"
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A Purpose In Life.

Carlyle once asked an Edinburgh student
what he was studying for. The youth re-
piled that he had not quite made up his mind.
There was sudden lightning flash of the
old Scotchman's eye, a sudden pulling down
of the shaggy eyebrows, and the stern face
grew sterner as he said: "The man without
a purpose is like ship without rudSer
a wait, nothing, a no man. Have apur-
pose in life, lift is only to kill and divide and
sell oxen well, but have purpose; and hay
into your work as God has given YOU"
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are sold by nearly every frst-class responsible
dealer in your county. and will be sold by them
at city prices. Therefore 1t is not necessary to
come to the city to make your purchase for their
goods. However, should you come to the city to
hnu
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: TO 3 PRICE.

Having secured many novelties late in the
Season from the leading Mills and Import
ers at great sacrifice to them, we can af-
ford to share the saving with our patrons.
and sell these gems of Clothing for Men and
Boys at to 3 usual prices. Every Sea-
sonable Garment represented.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-09-03
The Bug and the Elephant.

A bug which had taken its place on the
back of an elephant, was ordered off under
threats of vigorous treatment.
upon my word, exclaimed the bug, but
you could carry me, and not feel my weight
in the least u
"While that is true" replied the elephant,
''the principle of deciding for myself whom
l shall carry is the point at ISSUE"
Moral A privilege worth having is worth
asking for.-Bree Press.
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IS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY

a Year, In Advance.