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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07
Furnishing Obituary Poetry.

Another bu sin.sSs that is heard of now and
then, the furnishing Of obituary poetry, Is
successful in the hands of a man who lives
somewhere on the east side. He watches the
papers for death notices, and, having chosen
one that long experience has taught him Is
apt To Ike available for his purpose, he goes to
the bercaved locality, inspccts the house asks
what questions about the family he can OF
the neighbors, and then goes home and writes
n poem" appropriate to the occasion. day
or two after the funeral he calls upon the
relatives, and, expressing sympathy for their
aiiiiction, claims To have been "a friend OF the
departed, and moved by the termination of
his or her career, has written this little
tribute" which he delicately offers for n rea-
sonable sum 1t i, said that his price Is
usually 81 and that ne makes from $40 To sl5
n week from his literary efforts.
There is another sort of people who make
Il practice of inspecting the death notices for
business. The attention of these persons Is
women OF rather uncertain repute, and their
object Is to get an engagement as house
keeper for the widower. Their method of
operation is much the same that employed
by the obituary. poet But they sometimes
go further. heard of IA man who hal los;
his wife, and at the funeral was surprised tc
see several strange women Hardly was the
tons for the position OF housekeeper, each
one of the applicants having been seen ut the
fnneral-"Uncle Bits" New York Letter.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07

Perhaps the popular idea that German Is
a somewhat phleSnatic, uncxcitabie midi
vidual, with more staying powers than mo
mentum, is, take it all in all, n tolerably cor
rect one. II is n sore point To refer, within
the hearing of any of the Kaiser Wilhclms
sui ects, to Voltaire's doubt whether "un
Allemand peut avoir de resprit." Yet the
doubt must not unfrequently have struck
others besides the venomous Frenchman, IA
certain lumpishness being common to the
people at large.
No race is more frugal, more patient, more
hardy or more easy To govern; hence they
make the best of colonists, just the
Celt, and the Celto-Latin, the Frenchm IN,
make the worst. Yet these qualities, in
which he so abounds when transplanted to a
foreign SOIL are less marked ut home. The
heaviness of the German makes him, as n
workman, dilatory, unpunctual, slow, and
often "bungling" His handiwork has sci
dom the neatness of the Frcnchman's, and II
is not often that he can be depended ON to
finish what he has contracted to perform
within the stipulated period Hence, railway
contractors preferred the English NAVY, not
that he was So much stronger than the Ger
man, but simply because he did not find Sc
many excuses for Interference with his con
tinuous wurk.-Pcoples of the World.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07

The books she reads have tcCu written
about Boston will turn up its nose to hear
that her favorito novelist is "Onida. ami that
she considers wanda the most perfect tale
of fiction ever written. Eut what Of that:
Jenny juno, n lady Of excellent lit rir; taste,
says the same
After hearing of her favoTitc IA iriI"n II Is
amusing to ic told that Mr.. C!"Erluni enjoys
araumcntntiyc Presbyterian t:,,. -. i,'ll lit
eraturI.
Another handsome picture among the host
of photographs j. one taken in Il Hack dress
Whatever she may do ia the society season, 1t
appears that the presidents nc" vii" has not
vet caught the mania for very lnw-nccEcd
dresses. \ few OF the picture arr taken III
V shaped Bo,liccs, but most of thu Gowns are
high necketi With the black gown the lady
wears around her neck hand uf black velvet,
fastened with splendid diamond tar. This
ornament was one of her w"i'i!.E prC7cnts.
The sleeves are of black lavc. .l.lW ,ng the
arms through. A newspaper i-.- TppTov-
ingly remarks that Mrs. Cl"v, ~ rms are
more beautifully nodded THAI As
Langtrys arms were the s..... all the
way down, the remark may ""t lie n
compliment IL the presidents
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07

1t would seem that the Prince of Wales sons
have been guilty of very fragrant piece of
plagiarism No passage in The Cruise of the
Bacchanten has been admirably quoted as
the one written while between Barbados and
Martinique, which begins: We should be less
than men, and ending, but the sal memory
IF their useless valor," etc. IL is indeed n
Il most eloquent and effective passage, as well
il may H. for it turns out to have been copied
almost word for word from Charles Kingsley 5
charming work, AT Last where it will be
found i'll the second chapter. Canon Dalton
allowed it t. b. published, without hint, hap
PLY without suspicion, of its true origin The
princes, however, may console themselves I'M
der this unpleasant exposure by rejecting
that they have only initiated Lord Bcacons-
field, who, il may Ia remembered, borrowed
nearly half his elaborate Grafton on the Duke
of Wellington from n translation of work
by Theirs. Ii was stolen without the change
of single word. These royal authors have
plundered Canon Kingsley in much about the
same fashion -Chicago Times
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07
AROUND NIAGARA FALLS.


Changed for the Bctter During the Past
Two Ycars-The Cantilever Bridge.
Up at the falls things have changed won
derfully for the better within the past few
years The general appearance OF the place
Is more prosperous than l ever saw II before.
The liberality Of tho state of New York has
freed the visitor on the American side from
all the petty tolls and exactions that existed
around the great cataract All the usual fifty
cent places are free 1t is rather strange that
this expenditure of, 1 may say, millions, was
due to the suggestion Of Lord DuiTerin when
governor general OF Canada, and yet his own
country has not so far followed his advice. A
green fence made OF iron now stretches from
the falls two miles down to the old suspension
bridge. This is a great Improvement and
prevents you from tumbling into eternity by
a false step in the dark, as many persons We're
in the habit of doing. Nothing was ever so
serious interruption of a days pleasure at
Niagara than to take IA step off the cliif.
l am sorry to say the picturesque stone
towers Of the old suspension bridge are being
taken down and in their places steel towers
are to be erected, and the material therefor Is
being constructed ut this moment III Detroit
This improvement will be "a wonder OF engi-
neering, for the stone towers will I've taken
down and the iron towers put in their place
without for a moment interrupting the pas
sage of train across the aerial structure
The new cantilever bridge is finished, and
whatever il is as u work of engineering 1t Is
the most brutally ugly structure that ever
has been erected in America, which is saying
| IA good deal
1t is painted a dull drab color, which adds
| if possible, to its general hideousness. Ii
| gives the idea of great strength, which, doubt
less, it possesses, but it is angular and bald
| and altogether offensive to the eye In the
capital of Switzerland there is AN iron bridge
which spans the chasm similar to that of NJ
| agaru, hut the bridge at Bernie springs from
! its abutments into a beautiful airy and fairy
like arch that is pleasure to look at and Is as
strong as there is any need for. Instead OF
an arch at Niagara we have ugly angles, and
the bridge looks like difficult problem ii
| Euclid-Cor Detroit Free Press.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07

At PaiatkH with jacksonville. TaIupa s key
West Halfway, and II. Augustine 3tHu Talatk.,
RstII way, ami fast TINCr steamers tor 81 m
pr!stIne, Green Cove Springs, Jacksonville
AMI ali points North, East and " est and 9TH
up TIVUr steamers tor south FLORIDA Also
with The TWIN Screw Iron Steamer cry of
!Hiat ka, F" and steamship city oI Monticello,
Tor Charleston, New York, Bostun. FhiIu,Ici-
piIla, ciss-
Mail trains make clos, connection Euta ways
!. 4 n IN. " Ky, at Jack SONY Iiv with At
lhuI:C Coast Line, iHSt Mail,
AT Gainesville with through Pullman sivcp-
err over savannah. Florida y Western RS Tor
New Orleans, Cedar Keys, Pensacola, SssVs,u-
nah. ALBANY. 'inHiromsrN, Luui-t til,-, IT.
IuIIS AMI .tii points West.
AT Dcslll with Florida Railway and kaVIsa-
tion Co, =. :. e. y g. * AZ, and Hacks for sill
Yer springs.
At AstOT with st. Johns river steamers for
JaC ksouNlll,, Sanford and way landings.
AT IeCSburg with the ~. Johns ANA Lake
Eu>tis div iSIou ot thc Florida Southern HatI-
WAY, and boats ON Lakes harris ami Eu~ts
tOI points ON axes
At Pembcrtpn's Ferry with South Florida
E'y for Lakeland, Tampa. kISsimnc, Harlow,
Orlando, SAINT ord, IuCkcrTo~n ana Fort pEd,-.
At PuHta Gur.a with steamer Alice How
ard tor Liycruu.i, ruHIt I;asSt ami Fort
Myers.
=. CONANI, u. V. BROWN ELL,
General Manager. Gen'l Pass A gent.
4. q. COwAE. GeI' TRAY. Agt.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07
HANDSOME MRS. CLEVELAND.
To While Away Time She las Twenty
two photographs Taken.

TWO
Among the minor social topics are Mrs.
i,levcland's photographs. Whereas it was a
i;,dly sin TO make picture of her before
size became Mrs Grover, now it seems that
We c:innOs have too many.
The presidents wife has recently had
twenty two photographs taken i'll all manner
Of poses and dresses. She is "A beautiful
woman. The lucky photographer was Bell,
Of Washington. He wished his distine uished
subject to go TO his own gallery, because he
could do better Justice To her there, but Gro
yer wouldn't have it, and SO tho mountain
came to Mahomet The pictures were taken
i'm the " hitc House conservatory.
The portrait here given is from the photo
graph which good judges pronounce the most
striking The head is raised in n spirited
way and the profile shows the short, slightly
scornful upper lip. Young Mrs. Cleveland
weighs II6 pounds and has a will OF her own.
The dress she wears i'll this picture Is II cream
colorci flannel lawn tennis suit with blouse
waist AMI deep black velvet plaStron over
it The photographer was charmed with her
behavior while he was taking her pictures
He says: Il never had IA better sitter. She
poses very easily and naturally and tries her
best to do her part. have had IN make very
few suggestions in relation to her poses. She
has be-. 'ilc of the easiest ladies' TO please
ever had come to my gallery. She Is not at
all fussy She docs not insist on having the
negatives touched up i'll order to Halter her
like some customers that might mention"
To lac sur, though, it is no great credit to
her to wish the negatV left Just as the are,
for she i handsome enough To stand IT.
Just at resent she Is the most talked OF
woman ia t. world All sho says and does
is noted down and printed in the newspapers.
Not many women hut know how shc looks in
church
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07
The Knot and the Mile.

The knot and the mile are terms often
used Interchangeable, but enormously 50.
The fact IL that mile il less than - p.-r cent.
of a knot Thrrc and onc-half miles are equal,
within very small fraction, tn three knots
The knot Is 6,US1.1. feet in length The
statute mile Is 80 feet The result of the
difference Is that speed in miles per hour is
always considerably larger than when stated
in knots, and il a person forgets this and
states a speed at 81 many knots, when it was
really many miles, he may be giving fig
ures vergins on the Incredible Philadel-
phia Call
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07
sheen Often Wear Chamois skins.

The Boot and Shoe Record says that the
number Of animals from which the channels
skins are taken which are kiile,i in year
docs not exceed 600, while tens OF thousands
of channels skins are put upon the trade
yearly, and wonders what is the matter. The
Record should be aware that COOL many
sheep wear channels skins-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07

Mr. Stockwell, who owns the almost un-
known island of Anticosti, has been interest
in;. London people IN II and hopes TO have 1t
culUnizcsl Contrary 10 current opinion, he
saws il Is not altogether bleak and inhoSpit-
able but fertile in soil and genial in climate,
and able to support a population OF $4,000
instead Of only 2,coO as at present. Boston
Budget.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07
WASHINGTON CRANKS.
THE CURIOUS CHARACTERS WHO
SWARM ABOUT THE CAPITAL.
White House Cranks-The Crank Book
;suyer-Thc knight of Airy Castle-Ths
Nan Who Pads-IIOw Cranks Are Dis
posed of, Etc.
Ispeciai Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16-Washngton Is
tho mecca of the cranks Of the United States.
They come from all quarters Of the Union,
and "A day rarely passes that one or more OF
them are not under arrest. The police de-
part of the capital has a sanitary officer
who does little else than attend to this class,
and it is :, light day indeed when two or
three semi-crazy men not brought before
him President Cleveland's marriage brought
a number of cranks to Washington, and
every new event seems to turn out a new
class When Garfield died the cranks were
more numerous here than they have been at
any time since then, and they seem to in
crease OF diminish in proportion to the noto-
riety which any of their number attain
The White House crankS are more numer-
oig than those about congress or the Capitol
They come here on foot and on the cars and
some of them look as gentlemanly and talk as
plausbly many of our congressman One
class is represented by the man who is carry
ing the Union fia1 from one end of the
country To the .othea- He generally comes
here dusty, ragged and foot sore, and the
chances are that he does not get to see the
president at all Last fall a man called at
the White House to see Cleveland He was a
short dark complexioned fellow, with rusty
clothes a light blue brocaded silk scarf, and
a general air of dinginess about him he
demanded to the president and said that
lie wanted the command of the navy Of the
United States Cleveland had been nOmi
mated through hi, aid, and it was through the
mathematical combination of his brain that
he had been elected lie was very indignant
when he was s..nt away and went of vowine
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07

THE CRANK WHO OWNED THE WHITE HOUSE
1t il S,rgt. Dinsmore who has charge of
all such men at the White House, and 1t
would ic n crazy man indeed who would
assault Dinsmorg. He Is over six feet ia
height, and is almost perfectly proportioned,
with strong, well developed muscles and a
blue eve which shows that he will not hest
tate to use them. Still Dinsmore never uses
force when diplomacy will do just rs well,
ami il is often curious how he gets rid of
dangerous characters. Not long ago a man
cam. hpr,. who really thought he owned the
Whit. House. He had walked from his
home somewhere in Peniisy ivania, and he
came on the great Eortico of the presidents
mansion with his ..snt- covered with dust
Ii Was s.+.n az first glance that he was
crank, and Sergt Dinsmore told him that 1t
wo,,li IL announcement for the president to
move Just now. and he would Oblige them
greatly ii he would 20 of and call again
Several months after this the man came
back and said he was sorry To disturb the
president hut that he could wait no longer.
He was ont ri money and he must have his
property. Upon being told that it was inn
possible to ohii,se him he went of threatening
u bring the law tn bear against the presi-
dent, and started toward the attorney
generals office.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07
-. AUGUSTINE DIVIsI,

Connections made 1t -. Augustine with
Halifax hiXcr STAGES for Drmuud. Holly I'M,
Daytuna aud other points on Halifax river
city Ticket once. NV cor I'aN aud HOGAN 81
NJ IL. MpttAN,
GENT. Supt. ana c. J. a
L. T.. DEFINING. A. q. l.. i.
sstWn atn steamer come rom dCh zen
Good I,Nr, my ioVgh, Esud-''Sei
Iun,l.tl y AZ passengers Tor -ti'it- y
Guo,l-I, my iuNHii, govd-nyt,
~ h-.t-IN-- LmN Ynh tICkrt Nv The
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07
SUPERINTENDENT < |!|!,j!:M
INDEPENDENTLY
DIRECT ALI-RAIL ROUTE
-RETWEFS-
ION VIII l.

Magnolia. Green Cove Spring. ST. Augustine.
Paiatka. Gainesville, OcdiG, LeeSbHrg. De-
Land. Enterprise. HtgSYiie. Sanford. Winter
Park. Orlando, Tampa and Southern Flor
ida.
SCHEDULE IN Effect AUGI 81 sra, Isl
GOING SOUTH
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07
MAIN LINE.
rnNNE,rInNs

~'TEA MI \. }. LAN AND BI~fNTGH
Make dtuN dDuitl, round trips 81 LAKE, Iu~ti~
ami Harris, touching AT all landings.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07
CHARLOTTE HARBOR DIVISION.

Chose connections made with Siv.tult Tues
da1. Thursday ssIid saturday tpr FuHt ii.i>>;ss
Fort Myers. etc.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07

Whca H,y,s was president crank came
to the Whale iiads' WIN had gone crazy on
Religion. IL Alb, hiIi-,if the Red Man OF
th, K.S, =. i-..;. AMI t"ti the doorkeeisr that
his bu in l..l~ i.ai.n:; presidents, and that
he wo,ll! IA u Az President Hayes as he had
made hi-,. Ii Arthurs term a German came
t. the Li.:,' Ilnus2, and asked to see the
pr-,ri mt AL ,S'.I- Logan. He said he was
the o.. -i.l..I Jonah who had been swallowed
by IT. .lrlle an.i hal Till which he wanted
con- - pas for lis benefit He was
han ~ u thu police, but the doctors
f,,ll e. - ilarT:ii. =. and he was sent home
? wi,I,t = that hi Till would be passed
So lag crank came to the execu-
tive. RI a great bundle of manu-
scrt., - lie appeared to be All
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07
Savannah FlSr10a ~ Western Z
NNuNsro-s. Ssstor-s Lime
Az rs. IL ST

AHtralus OF tins road sUg yiu y tCuTg5-
t4Hh1 MyTItilt = time. which - AZ ni#uu'' .
slower than So. -k~,sss -Ellt time
an aud after Sunday, Nos n. isNa, 4. Is
" -,uNcT ITstus W.ii -'eyr aIsa .,ts1t"
InLINM--
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07

TIC T. ~ p. N. Fast Mail from IHCkSunNtllc
AMI -, IA. Fast Mail from sanford hiiAt
direct r..I,n.rttuuS with south Florida ttssii-
way At s;:utoU,i IL aud from Orlando. Ni-@Int-
uy,., HItt0W, lstt ctHud, Tampa, ANA "I SIT
tons.
steamer MI-,nttr i,avr~ Tampa Tor hcy
West and B;sN ana VICE We D.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07

Fast mhiI trains stop Only where time A.
given. AMI only al Lennon street. idlatbu-
4 mixed tram Is nun between FalJtkt amt
Sanford, IA both directions, which STOPS ~
all stations in addition to tJir regular trans
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07

Trans icaNIng jacksonville - 80 2. m, AMI
arriving | 4u y. m, run daily between jack
sonVillv, EntcrpriS" and sanford. Others
daily except sunday.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07
ST. JOHNS & LAKE EUSTlS DIV.

DINNER At Hcisht"n at = 10 p IN. supper "a
. - y m.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07

The SIu a m ana - - p. IN. tTnlns iron
IIckSoUN tilc, aud he l., ~ - IN aud = ~ T. III
Trains from i'Ilatkt, make direct connections
at ItIatka WITh tie Florida Southern tGtilWitl
10 and from Gainesville, DCuIst. I-cShur.r. f''t
Mason, Tly ares, Lane Park, AStur- duh "tb'
points reached 10y that road.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07

stages Tor crescent city Al orange 'lN
junction with l.. :, -. &. y y. *. X. Tor Lake
Helen. at TituSNIltS with company : steamer
Kuri i,.,iyr MONDAYS Thursdays AMI sundays,
Tor Jity Point, RucklcdSc, GV"Tpi.'II;i, Eau
Cattle, MctbuuTnc,a ud landings on That river
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07

Arrive at Washington, - a., ,itIly st--liFu =
ARRIVE at NCys York .ist4.y U5si
Pullman buffet and >i,.t ptuA Cars Iu.ES.,.-
wife ia New York without change
Pullman Palace igIticI >-ts gsiur cars, = .s-
au.sf..n tts iack-uuN Ilsss-
Pullman Palace, sleeping sIES- -idlt !.FsIhG
u 81 LOUIS N-gut, a. i4lgsi, Nss-slN It
.sfr.E tr1HF~Af
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-03-25
w OLCOTT.

George Clark, of Morrisville, has TAX
en- possession of the WOlcott House. as
sisted by Wick. Field, who knows his
place and keeps it, and that they have
started out with the determination to
keep a first class house. is evident by the
general satisfaction expressed by the
travelling public.
Geo. Richardson has struck out from
Potterville. and will locate in Craftsbury
Mr.. and Mrs. Shedd, of Burlington,
were in town on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Parker, Mrs. p. S
Benjamin, Charles Lawrence and t. c.
Arbuckle are slowly recovering.
Ira Grout has gone west.
A. ii. Young and wife have been visit
ing in town the past week.
w. w. Cate, who was injured in the
boiler explosion at Wilcox steam mill
the 10Th. is slowly improving, and will
recover. Arthur Little is found to be in
iured more than it was at first thought
| but will probably recover. ii. Ill. Pike
one of the victims, was buried at this
place on Friday with Masonic honors, the
church being crowded with relatives ant
friends. who came to pay their last trib
ute of respect to one they esteemed 81
highly, and to sympathize with thos'
that mourned the loss of one so dear tt
them. Rev. Geo. e. Burnham, OF Yves
Concord. preached the sermon, assisted
bv Revs. Vale and Whitney, of this place
Funeral services of Mr.. Frank Tinker
of Norristown, one of the victims of tn
boiler explosion, were held at the Con
uregational church last Thursday, Rev
IS. c. Vail otficiatin G, assisted by Rev
Mr.. Whitney.