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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-27
Strength of Marine Cables

a submarine cable is by no means Of
uniform strength, the thickness depend
ing to n large extent on the depth of
water. For instance, a shore end in the
shallowest water and subject to the great
will be the heaviest portion, sometimes
going as high as twenty-sven tons TO a
knot. In forming the shore end cable,
the core is covered with hemp and n
double sheathing of iron wire, the inner
sheathing being of twelve wires of q diam
eter of O. 125 inch and the outer sheathing
fourteen wires, with a diameter of O.2S0
inch. The outside is covered with hemp
yarn and bituminous compound the
whole weighing about sixteen tons per
nautical mile. a portion of the interme-
date cable is covered with twelves wires,
0.252 inch in diameter, weighing in all
five tons; another portion is covered with
twelve steel wires DIGS inch in diameter,
weighing about three tons.
The deep sea is covered with twelve
steel wires, 0.0S4 inch in diameter and
again covered with tape and twenty hemp
cords, each of the twelve steel wires be-
ing covered with tape and preventative
compound. The steel wire has breaking
strain of eightyfour tons to the square
inch. BY adding the hemp cords, the ten
sile strength is increased and the specific
gravity reduced so as To enable the cable
to be laid in very deep water. The total
breaking strain OF this cable is about six
tons and it will bear about ten miles of
Its own length In observation-disclosures
Gnzctte
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Why American. FAT, n ,rs~,o,.

Mr., Flower, who has visited Mexico,
tells me that has great possibilitiei for
trade with this country. One of his tray
cling companions explained to me how it
was that the Germans succeed in Mexico
when American fail He said that the
universal way Of starting an American
house in Mexico is TO take big shop, put
out sign which reads "biggity," such as
universal American Furnishing Asso-
citation for All Mexico" There is presi-
dent, secretary, etc, all with titles, to the
amusement of foreigners. Failure IS
pretty certain. The German goes at it
differently. He comes to stay, and does
not think of going across the ocean as an
American thinks of going home in a rail-
road car. So he settles down, marries a
senorita, and attends 10 business He be
comes identified with the people, who
have confidence in him. He does not talk
about Germany coming there some day
and taking the country anyhow, as many
Americans do, nor does he patronize the
people as an inferior race He succeeds.
of course, where an American who does
not copy his methods fails. York
News
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-27

Gen. Logan docs not appear to be
keeping things straight in his part of
the moral vineyard. Ex-Minister to
Liberia Turner, a coIored man of con-
siderable ability, is making Democratic
speeches up in Illinois. At Cairo, the
other night, he made an effective ex-
posture of the perfidious treatment the
colored men have received at the hanis
or the Republican party. 1t was pro-
nounced the best political speech ever
made IN the city. The detection of the
colored vote would give Illinois to the
Democrats.
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MRS. At. STEW, aRTDEAp.
The millionaire Nef chants widow
Suddenly Ps. ses Away

NEW YORK, Octoby 2j.-Mrs. Corne.
liza NJ. Stewart, wifr' IF the late million.
aire drygoods mer9 ant, A. 7. Stewart,
died suddenly THE y.norning at her res
idence, at Thirty-fo urth street and Fifth
avenue. Mrs. Stew art died at 10 O'Clock
a. M, of congestI On of the lungs and
heart trouble.
On Friday she To ok dinner with Mrs.
Henry Hilton, an d on her way home
contracted a heavy cold. On Saturday
she was so i'll she was compelled to go to
bed and DIR. Minor was sent for. Yes
terday Mrs. Stewart grew worse, and
DIR. Minor remained at the house all
night. At half past nine o'clock this
morning, ex-Judge Horace Russell called
at the Stewart mansion and was in
formed that although Mrs. Stewart had
spent 4 restless night she was feeling
better and was able to sit up in bed with
out any great effort. At a few minutes
after 10 o'clock eX-Judge Russell was
surprised TO learn from Il messenger that
Mrs. Stewart was dead.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-27
KcepinsUptae Breeding Stock

1t is desirable to keep up the size-in-
crease it il possible-of the fowls on the
farm or in the yards of the fanciers, and
in order TO do this a knowledge of the
science of breeding is necessary. The
veteran fanciers, perhaps, need no ad-
vice on this point, but the amateur and
farmer who have not already mastered
the science have much TO learn from ex-
perience, as well as advice. If possible
use only birds that are over one year old
they are then mature and the vitality
which would otherwise 20 to finish de-
velopment, will be transmitted TO the
progeny.
ln-breeding should not often be toll
Grated for more than two years. Always
select the finest specimens of the breed
to save for breeding purposes, and if you
must use the young stock, mate pullets
with cocks, cockerels with hens.
When it is desirable TO intensity or
perpetuate any fine qualities possessed
by male, or to improve these qualities
in the female, mate cock back to his
pullets; or in other words to the uullets
of his own get that is if the hens he has
been mated 10 to get the pullets were not
akin to him. Ii would not be desirable
to carry this further than one season.
Always select stock that is vigorous
and healthy, and that has made rapid
growth while young. In buying stock to
introduce new blood through, be careful
of whom you purchase you want to
know something of his antecedents !;
even If 1t is but n chicken. You may
Introduce defects into your stock that il
Will take time 10 eradicate indiana
EOylDFy
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Henry Watterson writes from France:
| have seen Paris in the height of its
imperial splendor, all gilt and tinseI,
sawdust and spangles, when the court
was debauch and the government was a
tOck-jobber, and fashion was a strife
who could live the fastest: | have seen
it in the dust and ashes of national dis
aster, newly come out of the valley of
death. yet wet with blood and tears, and
l have seen it a young republic, strug-
CLING Tor existence against every kind
of enemy, exterior and interior; and
with every change in its fortune it has
still been the same old seven-and-six
pence, happy go-lucky ,don't-care-a-cent-
for-expenses, now scotland now
you-dOn't. always ready to see company,
and just as self-satisfied and lively in
one lone chicken feather as in an ostrich
plume, 81 ging, laughing, dancing.
cheating and courtesying Cabling and
flattering. lending and spending, swear
ing, fighting, crying, and, in short, en-
joy'ng itself: not so rich, perhaps, as it
has been, but not a whit diminished in
the wondrous shine and flow of its ami
NAL spirit. 1t reveres nobody and vene-
rates nothing.
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Women's Work.

While the epidemic of politics raw
ages the country, burning men with
wrath, chilling them with hate, and lay
ing many names low with SANDER, it is
cheerful, says an exchange, to turn to
the calm and gentle methods of our wo-
men, who are constantly seeking and
finding wider fields and nobler works
for the employment of their activities.
In Akron, Ohio, the Women's Cente-
nary Association of the Universa!ist
Church is now in session. This is a ma
tional society, with officers in every
State of the Union, whose special benev-
olence it is to assist the families of the
clergymen. No one can tell just why or
how il is, but the clergyman has come
to be accepted as the most prolific of his
species, and while he is obliged to cut
his coat to suit his cloth, it isn't always
possible for him TO cut the pinafores to
cIothe his babies. Since the organiza-
ton of this society over $780, 600 has
been expended in making those clerical
ends meet, one of which is hard, de
voted and poorly paid work in the vine
yard, and the other the care and main
tenance of a large and increasing family.
Then in Louisville, KY, are now as
sembling the delegates to a womens con-
gress, another national society that in
terests itself in the literary and educa-
tional advancement of women, with
particular reference to progress in meth
DDS of employment and self support.
No one appreciates woman's needs,
better than woman herself, and the dis
cussions, experiences and triumphs of
women like Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Howe,
Mrs. Hoffman and Miss Mitchell, who
have spent their lives in an effort 20
emancipate their sex from drudgery and
dependence, should obtain wide publicity
and command profound attention.
The Women's National Temperance
Union convenes at Minneapolis on Oc-
tober 25tE, for the discussion of the
progress and promise of womau's work
in field that more than any other
arouses her tender sensi5ilities and active
sympathy, dealing as it does with the
sanctity of home AID the eternal well
fare of father, husband, brother and
lover.
And SO the good work goes on, with
the additionally interesting feature that
foreign delegates are present at most of
these conventions, and our own devoted
women will have the benefit of the ex-
perience and " isdom of their old world
sisters. Man may well cease TO worry or
philosophers about the future of woman.
She is carving it out for herself, practi-
cslly, definitely, nobIy. We wish her
Goispeed.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-27
Sewerage.

| Editor of the PALATKA NEWS:
You have devoted much of your valu-
able space recently TO the subject of sew
erage. Although il is a somewhat dirty
subject, il is an important and vital one
to the people of Palatka, and l am sure
you will gladly open your columns TO a
brief consideration o. it. In our daily
life, filth in its various forms is CON
stantly accommodating, and must con
stantly be removed. To people living in
the country this is simple matter. To
cult. To people living in a city the re-
moval of filth becomes a matter Of
trouble and expense. Just so much rs,
owing to the growth of population, the
trouble and expense of filth removal in
crease, Just so much does the danger in
crease if it be neglected.
This being true beyond q doubt, the
question before each community is
''What is the best and cheapest way TO
dispose of our filth ?" The question has
as many answers as there are commune
ties, and each settles it in its own way.
The world over, water is the great re-
mover of filth. People cleanse their
hands with water, they cleanse their
houses with water, and they cleanse
their towns with water. Running,water
is used more or less in every system of
filth removal, and before a town adopts
a permanent system of filth removal it is
well to inquire which way water runs in
that town. Not TO inquire whether it
ruus up hill or down hill. but to inquire
which way is up hill and which way is
down hill. In other words to carefully
ascertain the elevations and slopes of the
ground in the different parts of the town.
The people of Palatka have the ques.
ton of filth RENE VA b afore them, and are
disposed TO settle 1t. They are about To
adopt permanent system for themselves
and their children-a system which Will
not only meet the needs of to-day well
and economically, but which will be
capable of the wide extension which the
city's growth in future years will de-
mand.
The first thing necessary, If it has not
already been done, is TO authorize the
city engineer to take levels, and prepare
a contour map of the town and profiles
of the principal streets. When this step
has been taken, an efficient system,
adapted to the needs of Palatka. can then
be planned, and something definite laid
before the people for their approval.
ID. b. LEWIS.
Seville, October 25th, 1855.
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The EsteIline Bell numorIst.

Fred. II. Carruth is the mama of the
editor, owner, publisher and humorist Of
The Estelline (Dak.) Bell, whose witty
paragraphs have been so widely quoted
recently. Speaking of his paper the other
day he said: People sometimes write to
tell me what a blooming success | am
making of The Bell. This is all right, but
there isn't much money in it; for you see
there are only 80 people all told in
Estelline, and when you deduct from
these the women, children and Indians
not taxed, you can't have a very large
subscription list left However, / have
no fault to find, as i make a living and
something over, and have a good deal OF
fun between times. owe all the fame /
have got to the kindness of the press in
copying from my paper. New York
Tribune.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-27
To Strengthen scanolding Ropes.

1t has been suggested that, in order to
insure greater strength and consequently
more safety in ropes used for scaffolding
Representatives, in localities where
the atmosphere IS destructive of hemp
fibre-such ropes should be dipped, when
dry, into a bath containing twenty grains
OF sulphate of copper per litre of water,
and kept in soak in this solution some
four days; the ropes VIII thus have alb
sorbed certain quantity of sulphate
OF copper, which Will preserve them for
some time both from the attacks of ami
NAL parasites and from rot.-New York
sun
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from the diniug-room he found himself
AMI the offered reward the subjects of
their conversation. Several OF them cX-
pressed wish that they could meet
Robt. Aston, saying that if they did
that 50, 500 would be theirs. Walking
cooliy up to them, with two drawn der
ringers, Aston announced himself, and
asked any one who wanted the reward to
take him. No one moved. Aston
mounted his horse and coolIy rode away.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-27

The papers are again telling about the
swell member OF half dozen swell clubs
in this city who is paid about $4,000 a
year and expenses by u certain great
champagne house. In return for this the
swell member agrees on all occasions in
the clubs and elsewhere to drink the
wine made by this house and to run down
all other wines. In the same way we
hear of the young man Of fashion who is
paid handsome salary for wearing all
the new STARTS made by certain firm;
and IN these days of outre scar[s he
doubtless earns his salary.-New York
Tribune
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-27

The suicide is announced of young
Robt. w. Aston, of Georgia. Saturday
morning, in Washington. Aston.
through the influence of Gov. Gordon.
was employed In the Sixth Auditors Of
flee. but, thinking that he deserved a
better position. he became morose, and
finally took his life. His father, Col.
Aston, was prominent man in Georgia
politics and a staunch supporter of Gen.
Gordon. Col. Alston's death was no less
tragic than that of his son. He was
killed six or seven years ago in the State
Capitol, at Atlanta, after a desperate
duel with Captain Cox. The trouble
grew out of politics. \ strange fatality
seems to run through the male members
of the Aston family. They have always
been men ready to fight, and but few of
them have died with their boots off.
Three uncles of the young man who
killed himself Saturday fell in duels
each in similar encounters. The grand
uncle OF the subject of yesterdays trag-
cdy. whose name was Robert Aston.
killed three men in duels in Florida, and
the Governor of this State offered a re-
ward of 50, 500 for him. One day there
rode up to the hotel at Valley Forge, Ca,
a man on horseback, WHO coolIy read the
offer of reward posted on the door of the
hotel, and went in and got his dinner.
There were about fifty men in front of
the hotel. When the stranger came
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-27
FOR CONGRESS- DIST ICT.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY.

The Brooklyn Magazine voices this
opinion on the young men of the present;
"The young man of to-day is not, to our
mind, what he should or might be.
There is a tendency to look too lightly
upon the practical things of life, and to
pay too much attention to things that are
interesting of themselves, but that serve
as poor foundation stones upon which to
build successful career"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-27
bringing Up Orphans.

Twelve years close observation and thor
ough investigation have revealed to me
the fact that those who adopt and kindly
bring up orphans, actuated by no motive
but love, are always sure TO prosper 7
have never seen a single exception; in
fact, there can be no exception, for it is
not rule, but a fixed principle, and there
fore can not faiL-Henry Norman in
LYNN Union
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what Do You Want. Anyhow

SLOWLY the summer sun is setting" OBJ
served novel writer descriptively Well.
what of it? You wouldn't have the sum
mer sun set violently. like an impatient
hen in an egg-laying tournament, and
run the chance Of smashing itself into
small pieces aud bringing the summer
hotel season 70 IN abrupt and untimely
end, would you? We trow not. 1t will
be an extremely dark day for novel writ
ers when the summer sun sets that hard
-puck
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-27
Democratic HuIc ~. Republican
Rvie

In 1876 the valuation of property in
Florida was S2g oil ,4J3, on which the
Radicals assessed the people $3.50, 67S. IS
for State taxes. During nine years of
Democratic rule the increase in valuation
was $40, 80, 005, making the assessed
valuation for 1888 $40, G67, ijS on which
the Democratic government collected
only S217, 1861, or SI02, 907.54 less than
the Republicans wrung from the people
of Florida for State taxes when they
owned FORTY millions of dollars less
property. If the Republican rate of tax
alton for 1876 had prevailed in 1885, the
people of Florida would have paid the
enormous sum of SsiS. 009.49 for State
taxes instead of SER, 1904, collected
under the Democratic rule for 1885,
making saving to the people of Florida
OF $3.50, 23S.S6 for a single year under
Democratic rule as compared with Re
publican misruIe and extravagance.-
Tallahassee FIoridiQR.
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An Old Conductors Opinion.

y veteran conductor gives it az his
opinion that if engineers were fined 500
for every person run over, the list of such
casualties would rapidly decrease. AS it
IS, he says, too many engineers think that
when they have sounded the whistle their
responsibility ends.-Boston Transcript
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The End of the PRAYER.

Harry, a 4year-old Nebraska boy, was
listening to his sister as she recited her
evening prayer. "You say 'amen,'' he
remarked, as she finished: Il don't al ways
say that; I say seven of That was the
way he was in the habit of hearing tele-
phone conversation close -Babyhood
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-27
sprinkIins streets With Petroleum.

The people OF Ventura, Cal, are going to
try novel experiment III sprinklinS the
streets with crude petroleum instead Of water.
It is thought that oil, after two or three
sprinkIes, VIII lay the dust for months -
Pioneer Press.
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short hnt ELEGANT Extracts.

The sun was resting on the hill like 8
drop OF blood on an eyeIid.
peer IS but an accident of birth, but
great milliner is gift from above
His face showed me he had no liver and
my instinct told me he had no heart
From Novels Of the Period.
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He Didn't Insist.

New cashier should like TO have an
agreement with you TO the effect that 1
shall have a weeks notice in case don't
suit.
Bank president-That is easily fixed il
you will agree TO give US a weeks notice
before leaving.
View cashier (thoughtfully,-weIl, let
il Co.-Omaha World
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The system of private letter expressage
Is constantly assuming greater proportions
in Berlin In addition TO the two COM
panies-the Hansa and the Omnibus and
Parcels Share company-alr eady existing,
third one-the Lloyd-is soon to go into
operation. Chicago HeralE
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The Boston Transcript shows great
sagacity as a prophet when it predicts
that the Saturday afternoon holiday
movement will never strike daily
newspaper Office"
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The great mass Of mankind can only gaze
and wonder; if they attempt 10 think they
grow iStless and soon tire out-Uncle Eek.
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The order of ForesterS has member
ship of Ca, O57 in this country.
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DR.. o. W. Holmes is mentioned IN The
Critic as ~the young old gentleman
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-27

Boston IS trying noiseless pavement of
granite blocks set on concrete.
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THE DAILY NEWS.

THE DAILY NEWS is published every morn
ing, except Monday, ana delivered by carriers
In the city, mailed postage free, Tor % cents
a month, 81. 80 for three months, $50 for six
months, - per annum-
The WEEKLY News is an s-page b6-cOIurnn
paper. published every Friday. containing
AL the news OF the week, local and general. IL
Is the largest and handsomest weekly paper
published III Florida, ana will be mailed post
free for 81 year, or 81 cents TOT SIX
months specimen copies free TO any adcress-
Local advertisements 20 cents per me Tor
FIRST insertion and I'D cents per line FOR each ad-
ditiOuul insertion. Special notices 10 cents per
line Reduced rates on continued advertise
All advertising bills become due pro rata
every month. Local advertisements due At
tue expiration of the tim for which they are
In-ssrt.d.
All remtUs,nces should be mi-io ny expross.
mouey -Ur'i..T registered letter.
Address.
=. u. HAMMOND,
BUSINESS MANAGER,
PALATKA. FLORIDA
Rsat-TstHI Al THE PALATKA Posi- OFFICE
A. SECos D-CLAsS MAIL MATTER.
PALATKA, FLA, OCT. %, 1886.
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Rs.t-TstHD Al THE PALATKA Posi- OFFICE
A. SECoaD-CLAss MAIL MATTER.
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PALATKA, FLA, OCT. %, 1886.