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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-15

Charley Jones ha, already made
his little declaration Of inltpcndcuc.
and his littlc dagger vii soon be- in
our from, under the protection ui
uutkrc', shield instead of sticking
it IN the backs 1T oar standard bear.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-15

s-arch Of iaudsuau. The Colonel was
unat,l,. o. obtain iail and was iucke,i Up
at jefferson Market police court. Thus
ends, probably, the last expedition t" tn.
north pole that We shall hear tlsrIt the
rrmLaInl.r nf TIN. wear.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-15

The primaries IN the different precincts
VIII be held at the polling places on
saturday, July eth. at II Il. m.
liy ofi,r uf the tunS.ryativr ILma-
critIr ExrctIiiy" ,'ummitt,r.
T.. :. tI;lII., Chairman.
FEM. HARRISON. secretary.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-15

There is an impression in Jacksonville
that Gen. VIM. liaya has l+en excited
chief of the fire department Of that city
and that Me- rs. Hooker and j. J. liol.
land will be his able assistants.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-15
THE DAILY NEWS.

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PAIAThA. FLORIDA.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-15
Wednesday. July q, 1886.

al L m, - th'- IHrfa-,. If rl,,tin- ! ;
''l''latt'~ tn Tho Congressional C,,ftvrn
''''f to L. l'lrl IN tL-;,ll au lu.u-t ith
~ Z.
And al" to noruinat,. can.lidst..- tu
iiii a vacancy IN tie. State senate AMI
is" mrmtTr- If ti,.. Lower lIuUs..
Ea"h rrec!nct will IL. entitled Ia tia.
following approximation basel nn ,i,.I-
'cate i'r every y democratic VOTES
i'll''i At the last congressional election,
or fraciinn thnrt,,f
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-15
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PAIAThA. FLORIDA.

HgUI~rt A. THE FAIAIsa l'I-T pETICE
A. >E'USn-tLAs> NAIL MATTER.
FALATkA, FLA, JULY II, tssG.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-16
Needed Reform.

Among the needed political reforms
arc longer executive terms, and non
availability for reelection; fixed peri
DDS of service of appointive officers in
the civil service; and the appointments
and removals to be made by the Presi-
dent. These enactments would re-
move all temptation from President
to secure reelection through the use
of official patronage, and would make
him almost wholly responsible for the
manner IN which the civil service was
conducted.
Being eligible for one term of office
only; being freed from the interference
of the senate. the President would be
almost wholly free to execute the laws
for the whole people, untrameled by
political or personal influences.
The spoilS system is the bane of
American politics. 1t brings to :he
surface selfseebing demagogues, who
ride into office only to distribute the
emoluments among the chosen few
who lifted them into power. But the
greatest evil is that it drives from the
political field the pure and high mind
ed men, who will not go into a fight
where such questionable methods are
almost the only means Of securing sue
cess. BY inaugurating the reforms
noted. most the ''spoils'' would be re-
moved. and the senator or representa-
tive would have nothing to offer a hun
CRY constituency but faithful perform
ance of his trust.-St Paul journal
of Commerce.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-16

She added, Why he always wanted to
wear that suit TO the last. Poor dear!
and she dropped tear. In the mean
time / had pulled out an oiled silk
packet, holding six bonds for $1,000
each, and we found eighteen more in
the same suit. His trips to town meant
something, you see.
of course there are men who bury
money.
Such men always nave its hiding
place marked off, and. ten to one, they
want il buried where they can see,
as soon as they can see
ANYTHING in the morning, that
some thief has not discovered its hiding
place in the night and made off with it..
You can put ii down that men who
conceal money like to have il as near
at hand as possible. | have known
money to be concealed in the clock in
the bedroom. and so arranged that no
one could touch the clock without
alarming the household. Ii man
who hides his money has any special
idiosyncrasy it is safe to look il mp.
The more ignorant and crafty your
man. the safer to 90 by his crankiness. "
What sort of places have you known
of money being hidieng"
o, everywhere! In the upholstery
and bedding. under carpets, behind
the door castings. between partitions,
or behind the wallpaper, IN the old
family Bibles. behind mirrors, nailed
to the walls, in false ceilings, in false
bottomed drawers, in clocks, stoves,
Innings of old hats, steam radiators
(disused). bottles marked poison,
canes. shoes. vest and coat Innings,
tomato cans. tea-canisters, and in every
other conceivable place.
THE ways of the covetous are many
and their tricks are dark and peculiar.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-16

The German Government is having
a deep shaft sunk near Schladebach,
with the object of obtaining various
kinds of scientific information, and es-
pecially trustworthy data concerning
the rate Of increase of the earths tenn
perature as we descend into the in
terror. The excavation is being carried
on by diamond-tipped borer driven
by water. AT the BEGINNING of this
year the shaft had reached the depth
of 1882 metres, which is believed to be
the lowest depth yet reached by boring.
The temperature at successive stages is
ascertained by ain ingenious instrument
which serves rs speciel thermome-
ter. the principle of construction being
the fact that as the heat increases the
mercury will expand so as to flow over
the lip of a sufficiently short open tube
in greater and greater quantities. The
measurement of the differences of
those overflows will give the rate of
increase of the temperature. 1t has
been ascertained that the temperature
at the depth of 1882 metres was 40
deg centigrade, or 120 deg. Fahren-
heit. If the temperature increases
regularly at this rate, the boiling point
of water ought to be reached at a
depth of 5000 metres, and at 75 kilo-
metres we should find the heat at
which platinum melts. This would go
to show that, the earth's crust cannot
be more than about one ninetieth of
its radius.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-16
An Editor on Coffee.

The editor of this paper, who was
brought up So = girl to do homework,
knows about as much about that mys-
FERROUS branch of business as the mix
ing of a batch of double-eXtra-con-
densed French clarendon, monastic,
cabalistic antique gothic, italic hair
spaces, and were he ever obliged TO
earn his bread by the sweat of his brow
could secure a first-clasS situation as
a cook in any family. In his man9a-
vers in the arts as practiced in the
kitchen be often wondered at the I'M
methodieal manner in which every
housewife conducts her business. She
goes through her work year after year
and never knows what pie, cake, a
Lost of bread or dinner costs. Thisis not
the way we should conduct the bust
ness. Perhaps not one out o thous-
and even know what a cup of coffee Il
worth. A good many travellers at
railroad restaurants know what ii costs
them. but the cost 10 produce is anoth-
er thing. 1t costs just one-third of a
cent for a cup of coffee-not counting
the sugar and milk. Surprising even
the milk was worth ihe same p-ice as
TIE coffee, and the sugar the same, a
cup of coffee would not ye. cost the
munificent of one penny, The price
paid for one cup such as IS sold in
many cheap restaurants would purchase
a gallon. Half pound of coffee will
make thirty-twO cups of good coffee.
How many housekeepers could answer
that question if it was asked them?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-16
rnn seRuR cows soLILoouY.

The scrub COW looked over the fence that
divided the raw prairie from the clover patch,
and her mouth watered as she saw the i'm
proved aristocratc COW in clover six inches high,
eating bran mash aud some choice pumpkins,
chopped and made paatable with corn bread.
1T seems to me-" she said, ''that things are
not going right in this world Of fate. Here am
|, the standby Of this family for years, furnish
ing a healthy calf each year for the last five,
and last year keeping the family in milk and
cream and helping to keep down the grocery
bill with butter, left TO feed on this miserable
dry prairie grass IN october, While this upstart,
with her fine pedigrees, rs they call it, and
blue blood get the incest young clover and
the good things that the farm affords. And
then we shall hear about her astonishing milk
records Give me that feed and | will make
a record that will count.
"But then | am only a scrub and il Is not
fashionable TO speak Of the merits of scrubs.
And this is why it seems TO me the world is
going all wrong. Even the black man has de-
tenders who would die for him, and every boy
will fight for his yellow dog, but there is no
man, even though his children were raised on
her milk that will fight the hard battle for the
scrub COW.
POSSIBLY when | am dead and gone, when the
race of scrubs is nearly extinct, somebody
will experiment by giving the scrub COW the
same feed and care with the improved COW, and
find out that whilst she Is not much for beef
she fills the pail.
Then he will give her a new name the
Jersey red with the dmpled horn, perhaps and
time will bring its revenge. But that does not
make this October grass taste any better. ;"
--DeHuef Field and Farm.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-16

A new blanket" sheet is to be adj
ded to New York journalism. The Star
which has been run since its resnscita-
ton by Mr.. Dorsheimer as a four page
paper, modelled fter the sun, will, on
or about the 18th inst, be enlarged
to an eight-pags paper. The reduc-
ton of the price Of the existing eight
page paper to two cents made serious
inroad into the popularity Of the four
page two-eent journals. OF which the
Sun was the chief. The enlargement
of the Star is a recognition of the de-
mand thus shown for quantity as well
as quality in the newspaper line. The
general staff of the newspaper will not
be increased. it is said. but the local
staff viii be somewhat enlarged.
this connection the ruu0r is interest
ing that the sun contemplatcs either a
similar enlargement as soon as it can
put in the requisite Increase Of press
facilities, or else the reduction of its
price to one cent.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-16
EngiislnMnlnen.

There are English ladies with all
the accomplishments of any of their
SEX" writes Adam Badeau. "There
are beauties that no other land can ex-
eel. or hardly rival; there are graces
of manner that none can resist; women
Of wit, culture, breeding, and converse
tional power, all combined, whose
genius it is delight to remember;
whose Vaccinations it is worth while
to have experien ced and enjoyed.
These are the very flower, not only of
a class, but of nation; the expression
of what is choicest and rarest IN race
and an institution. They made me
think OF those costly affairs of the ORR
ent which require thousands of roses
for the distillation of single drop; the
labor of the garden, the influence of
the climate, the outcome of the soil,
and the destruction of the myriad of
flowers, all to produce one exquisite
result, which, after all, is for the de-
lectation of only the wealthy and for
tunate of mankind"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-16
Dickens, Mother.

Charles Dickens inherited from his
mother a keen appreciation Of the droll
aud of the pathetic, as also consider
able dramatic talent. She is described
as a little woman who had been very
nIce-looking in her youth, having
bright hazel eyes, and being a thor
oughly companionable body. She pos
sessed an extraordinary sense Of the
ludicrous, and her power of imitation
was something astonishing. On en-
tering a room she almost unconscious
ly took an inventory of its contents,
and if anything happened to strike her
as out of place or ridiculous, she would
afterward describe it in the quaintest
possible manner. In like manner she
noted the personal peculiarities of her
friends and acquaintance.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-16
Railroad systerns.

Poor's Manual of Railroads for 1886
lust issued, shows in its summary that
in the United States there were 3.l31
miles of road built in 1885, the aggre-
cate mileage from which financial re-
turns were received during the year
being 1881 miles, against 1878
in 1884. The capital of all the roads
making returns. which includes the
elevated roads. is S3,S17, 697, S32
AGAINST s.. 762, 616. ESQ for 1884; fund
ed debt, S3,705, 727 .O66, against s.
66s, ll5,7 72 for 1854; unfunded debt.
$3.50, los. PSI, against S244, 666,596 for
1881. The earnings equal SlIZ,0oo,-
S33. being an increase of 0.24 per cent.
OF this amount 1919, $50, 1892 was from
freights. $500. 883, 91l from passengers,
and Sol, 1913. $50 from miscellaneous
sources. The operating expenses OF
all the roads were S503, 074, 902; net
earnings, S269, 493. 931, or 80 per cent.
The amount of interest paid was
4 S189, 462. OBS, against Sl76.694,302 for
/ 1881. and of dividends S77, 672, lO5,
against ,s93. 244,8 $50 for 1851. The
earnings per mile last year We're So
POS. against So, 663 for 1884. while the
tonnage moved was 437,040.0 99 tons.
against 39g,074 749 in 1884, an increase
Of about 10 per cent. The movement
. 81 tonnage is steadily increasing, while
ri She same time there is a slight fall
inc off in rates. The Manual says:
The last year undoubtedly marks a
point of lower depression in the earn
ings of our railroads in ratio to their
cost end mileage than is likely to be
witnessed for some years to come,
the present year showing consider
able improvement upon the last"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-16

The best paid officers Of the govern
ment are the President Of the United
States, the Ministers Of England.
France, Germany and Russia, aud the
Clerk Of the United States Supreme
Court. The first receives 900. the
ministers Sl7 800, and the latter any
where from $1,000 to $4,000 in the
shape Of fees The next man on the
list is General Sherman. who receives
SI3.500 as retired pay Of me general Of
the army. ami after him comes Admir-
nj. Porter. whose salary Is Sl5.uU0
Next in order are the men who hold
the second class miSsiOns-Austria. IL
ally. Spqi.. Mexico. Brazil. China. etc.
who get $1,000. and the Collector
Of the port Of New York. whose salary
Is a similar amount. General Sheri-
dan receives : 900 and Chief Justice
Waite so, 800. The Associate Justices
Of the Supreme Court and third class
foreign ministers are paid $4,000 and
vice admirals Of thg navy, when they
are lit sea, which is seldom, get -. 100.
On shore duty they get 5000 and
when IN leave Or waiting orders So
0g0. Rear admirals get 10000, 5000
AMI $1,000.
There are quite number OF public
servants who receive salaries Of =. COO.
including the members Of the Cabinet.
the President Of the Senate. the Speaker
Of the House of Representative. the
Collectors Of Customs at Philadelphia
AMI Boston. the Naval officer and A.
sislant, Treasurer at New York and the
al 0rnev before the Court of Alabama
claims. although the later is not paid
by the government. but out of the
Geneva award The fourth class for
eIra ministers receive = 500. which Is
the pay Of the major generals of the
army The Collectors Of Customs 1t
Baltimore. Chicago. New Orleans and
San Francisco are paid $1,000 The
Circuit Judges Of the United States,
the Superintendent Of the Coast sur
vev. the Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue. the Treasurer of the United
States the Consul Generals at Paris.
London. Rio Janerio. Liyarp Of and
Havana and some other cons ular offices
receive IS. 600 and the Comptroller of
the Currency gets the same amount,
Il. 0uO of which i paid him for locking
after the affairs of the defunct Freed
mans Bank Some Of the consular
officers make from five TO eight thOus-
and dollars in fees. but they are very
few The entire number of public ser
wants who are paid more than $4,000
Is less than one hundred.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-16
History of the Goat.

The common or domestic goat was
originally native of the highlands of
Asia. Naturalists generally regard it as
having descended from an animal found
in the Caucasus mountains and the hill
country OF Persia, called in the Persian
language the paseng. Its legs are long
er than those Of the common goat. and
its horns are very much larger 1t is
not always easy to distinguish between
The species and varieties of goats. The
common goat has existed as domestic
animal in oriental countries from the
very earliest times. From there it spread
all over he world, manifesting re-
markable adaptability to climate and
circumstances. In this diversity of sur
roundings a great diversity of breeds
has appeared, such as the Angora goat,
the Cashmere goat, the Guinea goat of
Africa, and many others. No quadrup-
ed, except the dog, has shown such sus-
ceptibility of variation. These differ
ences show most markedly in the quality
and quantity of the hair. and in the re-
latiYe abundance of the two coats. the
long, silky outer covering and the softer
woolly hair beneath it. Goats are found
wild in mountainous countries only;
they are very sure-footed on narrow
lodges or rocks, and show great strength
and ability in leaping. They also prefer
as food the leaves and branches of
shrubs and the herbs found on noun
tains to the heritage of the richest low
land pastures. Among the Greeks and
Romans the goat was sacrificed to Bac-
chus because of its tendency to injure
grapevines by eating its young tendrils
and leaves. The goat is not found wild
in extreme northern countries, but when
under domestication thrives as we'll
within shed in the northern districts
of Scandinavia as in the hottest parts Of
Asia and Africa. All the species of the
goat are natives of the old world. The
Rocky mountain goat, SO called, of
North America, really belongs to the
antelope family. Atlanta Constitution.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-16

That curious bird. the apteryx. is
still 10 be found in New Zealand, but
it i probable that before many years
il will. like the gigantic diornis of the
same country. nave entirely dis
appeared Ii Is poorly armed Tor
self defence. and the only thing that
prevents its entire determination Is its
retired and nocturnal mode If life.
The number Of these birds mas
diminished very rapidly since the
colonization Of the island. and from
year TO year it becomes more and
more difficult 10 secure q spec!meus
Docs and cats are their worst enemies.
for they cannot only discover them by
their odor. but pursue them into re-
treats inaccessible TO man. Ii we add
to this constant destruction the fact
that they reproduce their species at
long intervals. and lay but a single
cog, il may be readily seen that the
entire disappearance Of the bird i
question of comparatively few years
1he egg Of the apteryN Is 4 genuine
curiosity, and. when its size i con-
sidered. there Is no wonder that this
biri does not lax more than one. The
twg = deposited III puFT0W 50 uilllcuIt
to discover that. in 8 journey Of q
thousand miles across New Zealand.
Prof Ward, Of Rochester. was able 20
procure but two specimens. The
natives tell Il host of stories about this
egg. Thus. they assert, for example,
that the bird buries its egg TO Ger
tain depth in the ground, ant then
makes burrow under il 80 that she
Gan enter the latter and let the eg9
rest On her back. This IS a fable
however. for Prof. Ward observed the
birds sitting on their egg just =,
others Il their race DO. The place q
the asteryx in n system Of classified
ton i far from being determined in :
satisfactory manner. Ii Is usual {
place il alongside the ostrich ans
cassowary. in the order Of c,irSorc.
or Runners. because il is deprived o
the faculty Of flying. Prof War,
- this H-5sav- If the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-16

The opposition to the study of the an
cient classics, so far as | have been
able to read the essays of recent writ
ers on the subject, is in reality an oppo-
sition to certain unhappy methods of
teaching them. No man who has
learned to read Homer or Demosthenes
in any measure as he would read the
best English or German authors, has
ever regretted it. No man who has
ever learned, through the knowledge of
the Greek language, TO appreciate IN
any measure the poetry or oratory or
philosophy Of Greece has grieved over
the hours spent in gaining that knowl-
edge | do not myself believe that any
such man to the end of time will ever
have such grief or regret, or viii be
otherwise than thankful that his mind
was thus lifted above the one work of
his daily life. The disputes about edu
cation which have filled the air for the
last few years, we may well remember
are not yet ended. 1t will be a strange
thing in the worlds history if in this
regard the permanent future does not
find its fountain of life in the perma-
nent past President D1Uight