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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-03
The Fart h1uakc at Charleston

We surrender a large portion of our
space this morning to the details of the
earthquake at Charleston. That city is
badly broken up. There are many people
without homes. To what extent aid will
he needed we are not advised. The i'm
preston at Jacksonville and Savannah
is that there will be a great demand.
One of our liberal citizens has headed
the list with a cash donation without
waiting for official notification. We
have received it and passed it to the
credit of the sufferers. Mr.. Geo. T..
Mundee, Of the Western Union telegraph
office, has a list also with "A number of
cash subscriptions. If other conttibu-
tiOns are made, it would be more con
venient, as far as we are concerned, if
the donors would hand in their checks to
Mr.. Vinegar. President of the First Ma
tional Bank. The News Publishing
Company will acknowledge all donations
and see that they are forwarded to
Charleston. We will announce to NOR
row the amount of the aid needed. The
and we hope t. have some definite in
formation on the subject by Saturday
morning.
The sympathies OF our people are great
and deep for Charleston's disaster, and
all that can be done to alleviate her
present suffering and want will be cheer
fully and promptly performed. We have
no heart for any other work at present.
1t seems strange how any of the citizens
of that city escaped, and a marvel that
SO few were killed. But the destruction
of buildings and general interruption of
business will entail great suffering. An
opportunity for the benevolently inclined
is clearly presented. Let US hope that
fuller particulars may not prove so I'M
favorable
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-03

RsGiETrRFD At TUE PALATKA POsT bFFICE
A. SECDND-CLAsS MAIL MATT .n.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-03
Aid for Charleston.

Charleston is in ruins, and hundreds
Of people are homeless. Their situation
Aid is needed. The News Publishing
Company will forward any contributions
in money that may be made. 1t will he
more convenient to us if donations are
handed to W. j. Vinegar, at the First
National Bank. The following contribu.
tons have been made up to date:
L. Cunneely 70 OO
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-03
Letter Of Acceptance Wanted

Editor PALATKA NEWS:
| see that Mr.. Dougherty has respond
ed Ia the committee who was appointed
to inform him of his nomination and
10y that response the people know that he
is a candidate for their suifraSes.
The convention of this county nom
mated candidates for the Assembly, but
whether they appointed any person To
inform one of the nominees who was
not present, l am unable to say. But
do know that there was one nominated
that was not present, and if that gentle
man has ever accepted that nomination
l am also unable to say. l have looked
for some public expression of his viii
lingness to abide by the action of the
convention, either in THE NEWS, Herald
or the Melroee Daylight, but so far
mum is the go.
Now, as editors are supposed to be Il
don't know WHY ency clopedias, will you
let the voters of Putnam county know if
MIR. Trioleau will accept the nomina-
ton. Also. what druggist in Palatka
deals in Ring Salve" and Moss Back
Bitters," l wish to deal in it a little.
j. L. w
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-03
CORRECTION.

In communication by Mr.. Thomas
Kinds, in the DAILY NEWS of the LIST
inst, where the word ORATORS appears
the word ''OratUrs" should be substi-
not Democratic traitors" The error is
ours. We trust everybody will make
the correction, a. the change in words
does MIR. HIND injustice. MIR. Kinds
manuscript and the earthquake was too
much for us i'm one night.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-03

There was a frost at Yankton yester,
day morning, and at Bismarck the tenn.
perature was only three degrees abb We
the freezing point. How different here
in Florida. with a temperature of 20
blue skies and balmy breezes-neither
too warm nor too cool.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-03
by, for time. not pausing TO see whether.
/ she toe alive OF dead
THE RUINS CATCH FIRE.

! by, for time. not pausIng TO see whether,
/ she be alive OF dead.
! THE RUINS CATCH FIRE.
4 \ sudden light flares through win
/ dow overlooking the street. 1t becomes
monentarily brighter ana the cry of lire
| resounds from the multitude. y rush Is
made toward the spot. \ man is seen
doubled up and helpless against the wall,
but at tins moment, somewhere out at
/ sea, overhead, deep IN the ground, L.
/ heard again the low, omInous roll, which
1 is already too well known To he mistaken.
Ii grows louder and nearer, like the
growi of a wild beas I swiftly approach
ing his prey, and pa Is forgotten again
/ in the frcnz lied idSh for the open suace
[ where alone there j. hope of safety, faint
I though 1t be. The till buildings on either
I hand blot out the skies and stars and
seem To- overhang every foot of ground
between them. The scattered Cornices
and copings, the tobs of their frownIng
walls, seemed piled from both sides To
! the middle of the street. 1t seemed that
a touch would send the shattered masses
! left standing down ON the people below,
/ who look up to them and shrink together
as the tremor of the earthquake again
passes under them and the mysterious
revcrberations swell and roll along like
! some Internal drumbcat summoning
I licIh 10 dlS. -Aill IL passes away ana
! again is experienced that blessed feeling
OF deliverancc from the impending ca
lamity which it may be well believed
evokes mute. but ea' lest offerings of
mingled prayer and thanksgiving from
every heart III the throng.
Again, far along the street and up from
the alleys that lead into it from either
s.de * heard that chol us OF wailing and
lamentation which, though it had not
ceaSed, was scarcely heard a moment
before. 1t Is a dreadful sound, the sound
/ of helpless, hon fOr-stricken humanity,
old and young, strong and feeble, calling
/ for help from their fellow creatures and
raising their ang uished voices in petition
to Heaven for mercy where no human
all could avail. Ii Is not "a scene To be-
described 10y any mortd' tongue or pen.
Ii II not "a scene Ia hc forgotten when 1t
/ has been witnessed, and when the wit
ness has shared all ITS danger and felt alt
/ It's agony.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-03
FOR CONGRESS- DIST RIOT,
CHARLES DOUGHERTY.


FOR SENATOR,
F. NJ MCMEEKIN.
FOR ASSEMBLY,
PHILIP PRIOLEAU.
HENRY HUTCHINSON.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-03
POURING INTO THE SQUARES.


C.owds poured IN from every direction
To the squa"e just described though II
had been indeed charmed circle and
life depended ON passing within its
grassy bounds. Street cars. carriages
and other vehicles were ranged i'll lines
on the streets surrounding the square,
while the horses stood still, with turned
heads, AZ through smiling the ground IN
anxious inquiry. The Colored people
everywhere were loud IN their declara-
tIons of alarm, IN the singing of hymns,
and ia fcrvent appeals for Gods mercy,
| in which appeals, God knows, many
proud heart who hea al them arising in
the night and in the hour of Ills won
! drouS might deVoutly and humbly and
! sincerely Joined. Danger brings all of
us Ia the level Of the Iowliest. There
were no distinctions of place or power,
/ pride or caste. in the ass mblagos that
! were gathered together in Charleston on
| Tuesday night Ii was "a cuT.ous specta-
Gle To look hack upon. IL Is IA good one
/ Ia remember tor white and black alike.
/ There were II stance Of unset ish dcVo-
ton, Of KIND and loving regard between
master and SCI ,'tnt, m'~trtSS and maid,
IN the presence at the common Ill and of
threatening ruin that show ed. as nothing
else could show, how strong IL ia" tie that
binds our white peopl" and our black
Itbi'ic t'E'tt'ir anu TINS LSSSbt ti ltit
I dread visitor wc may huua too will never
hc forgotten.
SEEKING SAFETY - TIE STREETS.
Arrived at his home the writer found
the same scenes ut destruction and
" Geek which marked nearly every home
in the city. A the hops = in the neigh
borhUod had suffered seriously, and the
str, Is, yaUdS and gardens were filed
with fallen chimncys and fragments of
wills, while the walls that were left
standing We're rent asund"r IN many
=: as from top Ia bottom, and We're badly
shattered III every instance. Women
and children, reused from sleep ar inter
Tdpt Il in their evening pursuits 10y the
sound of the ruin EeiBg affected above
and around them. rushed ont into the
streets ami huddlcd together awaiting
the end, What ever il might be. Invatlids
were brought out on mattresses and de
+, ;itcd III the roadway. No thought MAS
given t. the treasures left behind in the
effort To- save the peculiar treasure of life
itself. suddenly become 80 precious in
the eyes of all. Invalid. woman and
robust man alike. Jutil long after mid
night the streets were filled with fugi-
tiycs in sight of their homes. Daring
the long hours that followed few were
the eyes, even of childhood, that were
closed in sleep.
Charleston was fun of those who
watched for morning. and never. in any
city in any land, did the first gray shades
that mark the approach of dawn appear
SO beautiful and So welcome to the eye as
they appeared - thousands of people
that ha'led them this morning from the
midst of countless wrecked homes in our
thrice scorrged but still patient. still
brave, still hopeful. still autiful city by
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-03
CHARLESTON
IN RUINS1
FAIR CHARLESTON DEVASTA.
TED BY THE EARTH
QUAKE.

TwO-Thirds of the City Rendered
Uninhabitablc by the Dire Disas-
tcr-AbOut Fifty Persons Reported
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-08-13
OUR BABY.

A very small man in a great many
clothes.
With skin just as red as was ever rose;
And hands full of dimples, that are
clutching the air,
And eyes of deep blue, with an un-
meaning stare.
But that very small man, how large in
his realm,
And how balmy the breeze when he
stands at the helm;
While how quickly o'ercast becomes the
home skies
When the little mans voice is upifted
in cries.
In his dress only mothers can imagine
how rich
In hopes and fond prayers was taken
each stitch,
While the motherly love breathed into
that dress
Hovers over our boy like an angels
And rose not flower shy the calm
Bendemeer"
Was ever of our very small man the
peer;
And no perfume of Araby ever beguiles
The sense, like one of our little mans
smiles.
His hands though SO feeble can sweep
DER our hearts
A "Song without words" whose rhyme
meier departs;
Whose melody surges and never abates
Till it breaks into hymns at the great
pearly gates.
In the blue of his eye is an ocean of
That reaches from us to our Father
above;
Wherein argosies sail, only freighted
with JOY
And prayers for the welfare of our
little boy.
-Fyed Il HINT
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-08-13
THE INDEPENDENT FARMER.
WINTER OCCUPATION.

1t is frequent saying that the
farmer has nothing to do but enjoy
himself; that when the billiards.
send in their cards he can draw his
chair up to the stove, put his feet
in the oven and spend the day in
reading the Globe Dc Church He
raid and other moral works. Ac-
cording to tradition this occupation
is only disturbed when he adjourns
to the table and bauquets on mince
pie and divers meats. This is all a
mistake. A close observer will see
the Industrious farmer crawl out of
bed four hours before daylight,
softening his boots with hammer,
and commence his days work with
a lantern in one hand and a bucket
of frozen Stops in the other. He
has from one to q thousand hogs,
which shove their noses in his face,
and tip the contents of his bucket
on him, where it freezes until he
looks like skating rink. When he
has escaped from the hog-pen he
hunts up six or seven buckets and
crawls through wire fence to milk
twenty-seven COWS. These animals
wait until he has the bucket nearly
filled, when they kick it over, aim
ing so that the contents will calci-
mine such parts of clothing as the
hogs spared. Now and then they
vary the monotony by kicking him
instead of the bucket, which makes
him feel tired and homesick. When
the COWS have been MIXED and he
goes to feed the horses he finds the
sorrel mare doubled up in the manager
with collie. He then has to mix up
a lot of aconite and water, which he
attempts to pour down the animals
mouth, when it hits him on the
teeth with its front foot and makes
him wish he had never been born.
He works around all morning with
the old mare and then proceeds to
curry the dun mules, which try to
see which can kick the hardest, and
by the time he is through he feels
as though he had passed through a
corn-sheller. When he has fed the
hens and watered cattle and hunted
three hours for twenty-cent pig,
and chopped half cord of elm for
the house, and carried forty buckets
of water for the horses, and shelled
three bushels of corn by hand, and
shoveled road through ten feet of
snow, and MIXED the cows and cur
ried the mules, and doctored the old
mare again in the evening, he goes
to bed, and gets up again in the
morning four hours before daylight
and commences the whole thing over
again. Atkinson Globe.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-08-13
Che 9aitg q lltstin.
FRIDAY. AUGUST IS, 1886.
the GRAND OLD MAN.

THE GRAND OLD MAN.
Who killed Gladstone?
/, said Chamberlain,
And / feel like CAMEO
l killed Gladstone.
Who saw him die?
1, said Goschen,
Without any emotion
l saw him die.
Who'll make his shroud?
l, said Argyll,
In superior style
I'll make his shroud.
Who'll dig his grave?
l, said Lord Randy;
For I've got the tools handy
I'll dig his grave.
Who'll carry the link9
l, said John Bright,
For l miss him sorely-
I'll carry the link.
Who'll be chief mourner
l, said John Morley
For i miss him sorely---
I'll be chief mourner.
Who'll sing psalm?
/, said Fowler.
A regular bowler
I'll sing psalm.
Who'll toll the bell?
l, said Parnell;
Twas for Ireland he fell
I'll toll the bell.
Pail Mai Gazette.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-08-13

Speaking of drinking it may be
observed that man who "can take
it or leave it alone generally takes"
Utica Herald.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-16
WALL STREET MATTERS.
The Excitement Over tire Fluctua-
lions in the Rate for Money.

The Excitement Over tire Fluctua-
lions in the Rate for Money.
NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-Wall street was
in great state of excitement over the
crazy fluctuations OF the rate of interest
for money. This rate fuctuated between
ana 40 per cent. per annum, and al
though the majority Of the loans were Sc
cured between and 8 per cent, the un-
certainty OF the rate for renewal of the
loans next day greatly upset the brokers.
OF course the bulls argue that the high
rate tor money means business demand
for funds. and consequently indicates a
general revival of commercial and indus
trial activity. But this is only partially
true, and any rate of interest ex-
ceedIng D or i per cent is unnatural and
indicates positive stringency. Apart
from this, whether the general business
revives or not, it takes great deal of
cash 10 carry mass OF non-dividend paw
ing stocks, and as long as funds are OBJ
tainable at the rate of = or per cent.
per annum, stock speculation is easy
enough; but as soon as money begins to
command more than 5per cent. the lar
gest bull houses turn bears and induce
their customers to sell out their holdings
just as eagerly as thsv induce them to
buy when money is cheap. The true fact is
luab ulusO Vi Tue bulllHH Vi tue lOW-1TtCeu,
nOn-divldend paying stocks mas its
origin in the advantage which the
broker derives from the difference be-
tween the per cent. which ne charges
his customers for carrying stocks and
the | 4 or , per cent. which he pays the
banks for doing the same Tor him. The
eXorbitant commissions of One-eighth OF
per cent. for selling, and one-eighth OF /
per cent. for buying, being added to the
extra charge Of 3 or 81 per cent. for car
rying, make quite handsome thing for a
broker who has the necessary knack Of
making his customers jump in or out on
the strength Of the decOy tips or Chicago
humbug dispatches.
Taking the situation as a whole. it seems
that the high price at which stocks are
selling, and the weak hands in winch
they are held, must necessarily lead To a
considerable collapse in prices, unless
gold begins TO come from Europe, at
tracted by the large rate OF interest here,
or the government makes new calls for
bonds.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-16
A SEA SERPENT SURE ENOUGH
Boston School Teachers Saw 1t, and
Have Witnesses That They Did.

bostOu saw HI, anu
Have Witnesses That They Did.
Boston, Aug. 13.-G. b. Putnam, Mas
ter of the Franklin School, Boston, who
is spending the summer at Pigeon Cove,
RockpOrt, Mass, writes to the Journal
as follows under date of Aug. II: "Since
your account of the sea serpent as
seen at Rockport short time since
there has been general interest in
this vicinity to secure another view. This
afternoon, about 1:l5, a lad, the son OF
Calvin w. Poole, was seated upon the
rocks near the "I4inwood." when some
thing in the water attracted his attention.
He Immediately ran to his father, who
was surveying near by, and, pointing TO
the object, called out: 1.-The sea serpent!
The sea serpent" Mr.. Poole brought his
powerful transit to bear upon it and was
at once satisfied that it was
the veritable serpent. He was
about one-tourth OF a mile from shore and
about two miles from where he was seen
last month. He was moving slowly in a
northerly direction. 1t was a dead calm.
a smooth sea with bright sun shining,
so that there was the best possible Oppor-
tunlty to observe his motions. The dis
lance passed over while observed, was ut
least a mile and the time occupied not
far from twenty minutes.
"Mr. Poole called my attention to
his nakeship at once, and, as
he passed directly by my cot
tage, | was able with an excellent
marine glass to observe his movements.
which corresponded very fully with those
described by DR.. Sanborn last month, as
well as those given in uarpers Monthly
some years since, and the accounts given
OF one IN Gloucester harDor about 1917.
The head was frequently raised partially
out Of the water, and the movement was
a vertical one. l should say that he was
at least 80 feet In length. There were per-
haps fifty persons who witnessed the pass
age, in part at least, among whom were
Samuel Bullock, master OF the Bunker
Hill School, Boston; Prof. Stephen
Emery, OF the New England Conserva-
tory, with his family; Capt. jackson, tho
artist; James Hurd and several guests at
'Linwood,' as well as four members of
my own family. After he had disappeared
and while we were still looking, a school
Of porpoises passed, so that we had a
chance TO compare their appearance with
that OF the serpent. | speak OF this, as
II has often been said that the former
was mistaken for the latter. | shall
never doubt that the sea serpent IS a
fact"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-16
Spertal nnfirFa.
For o Few DAYS only.

For the next few days am Offering my en-
tire stock of FANCY GOODS at ana even be-
low cost, in order to reduce my stock as much
as possible before moving to my new quar-
ters. MRS. NJ. KOLB.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-16
xnnrraI surftafinma.

GAILS.-Jhe friends and acquaintance OF
Mr.. FRIEDRICH CALLS, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Calls, MIR. and Mrs. Sam Adams, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Beber, are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral of the former from the res
idence of his brother in law, corner Charlton
and Whitaker streets, THIS AFTERNOON
at 80 O'Clock
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-16
Ulmer's Liver COrrectOr.

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81 90 bottle. Freight paid to any address
B.F. ULMER, M D.,
Pharmacist Savannah Ca
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-16
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SICK HEADACHE.
DEAR BRO. MEEK,
Editor Central Methodist,

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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-16
To The Public.

am running in connection with my drug
business complete and full stock of paints,
oils, varnish. glass and putty, paint, varnish
and whitewash brushes of all kinds My
linseed oil is strictly pure The above TO be
had at either of my stores, where you will
find complete stock of pure and fresh drugs.
Prescription department in charge of compe-
tent druggist. Night calls promptly an
swered. am, respectfully.
EDWARD j. KIEFFER,
Pharmacist.
Corner West Broad and Stewart, and corner
West Broad and Waldburg.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-16
ItaIy's Cholera Ketnrns.

ROME, Aug. 15.-To-day's cholera re.
turns are as follows: Barletta, 50 new
cases and 43 deaths; Venice, 10 new cases
and 8 deaths; freyiso, As new cases and
l6 deaths; Reuvo, ~ new cases and
deaths; elsewhere, 81 new cases and %
0eaths.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-16
aloiirra.
NOTICE.

7 HAVE this day sold out my business ALL az lp'
Il Congress street to MIR. ISAAC M, APIEoiEI
who has formed partnership with NIB. NAE hAnHf
II. SCHAUL under the firm name OF ArILt
4 SCHAUL. which firm assumes az gu
standing liabilities apd assets OF SAID w g4''
mss. JULIUS PHRiiN s'h''
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-16

The Hotel at Buffalo Lithia Springs,
Virginia, under the new management
BIDS fair TO become noted as the finest of
all Southern resorts. The water has long
been acknowledged as the most beneficial
OF all the Virginia waters.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-16

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