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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-30
BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS AT LLoYos

Strict Reliability of the News Posted.
Arrangement of Information.
Lloyd's agents are to be found all over the
the world, and nowhere on our coasts can
wreck occur that an agent could not be on
the spot within few hours, ready to assist
the captain if he survive, and to act as may
appear most beneficial to the interests of all
concerned. These agents are carefully Sc
lected by the committee, who secure the SER
vices of the most competent men obtainable
in the district. Information of every descrip-
ton which may be likely to interest members
is promptly dispatched to headquarters.
Thus from morning till night countless
letters, kilograms and printed circulars are
poured into the royal exchange. The infor
nation is for the of the members, but is
at the disposal of the whole world, and will
subsequently appear in the newspapers. The
near relations of sailors can get any informa-
tion they may want at the office established
for that purpose, and merely for the trouble
of asking
The special feature of the news posted at
Loyd's has always been its strict reliability,
combined with rapidity of transmission.
This the government even has been glad to
recognize and profit by. In the days of Sir
Robert Walpole the first news on maritime
matters was always sought and found ut
Lloyd's, and under the able management of
the COHiillLUee Iue
reputation acquired in olden days is by no
means likely to suffer. Every telegram
advice of any description received at Lloyd's
and they come in ceaselessly, night and day
is recorded and noted.
The information is carefully Transcribed,
and so arranged that members can, with a
minimum amount of trouble, ascertain the
latest news received at any port in the world
of every ocean going vessel afioat. In huge
volumeS, alphabetically arranged and in
dexed, is kept record of each vessels move
ments. \ staff of eight clerks are forever
entering in these books the advices received
from agents distributed over the whole
world, as also from private sources when
worthy of confidence Thus, on a single
page is found the history of each ocean-going
vessel, compiled and set down in the shortest
and most concise manner possible, with refer
euces to Lloyd's Lists of given dates, where
further particulars are readily found
London Graphic.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-30
Glasgow and Its Chimney Pots.

The outlook from here over Glasgow is a
fine one. The river Clyde, with its network
of shipping and its miles of shipyards, winds
its way through the town below, the Univer-
sitySof Glasgow stands i'll its grandeur on an
opposite hill, and this great city of 100000
people, with its arteries of business life fam
Ing in pavements of stone in every direction
lies all around you Just opposite you is the
Glasgow cathedral, with a churchyard
around it paved with fiat, brown, sandstone
gravcstones, which have sunken by age deep
into the ground Their inscriptions have
worn away years ago, and they look now as
though they We're merely the pavement Of
the cathedral yard The cathedral itself,
smoky with hundreds of years, stands as well
row as when built by the monks of the mid
de ages, and rs it looks down upon the city,s
chimney pots, seems To sigh with reflections
Of times changes.
These chimney pots are white clay tiles.
about foot long and from six to ten inches
in diameter. From two to a dozen Of them
stand in lines upon every chimney in Glas-
gov, and they form strange and ugly sight
one looks down upon them. They appear
in some cases like mammoth tooth combs and
they are used to prevent the smoke from blow
ing down the chimneys and at the same time
to better the draught. All of the Scotch houses
about here have them, and they are to be
found on all the country villas of this part of
Scotland.-Frank q. Carpenter in Cleveland
Leader.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-30
The Negro as n Laborer.


There has been much written of late about
the negro as a tenant and laborer, and many
positions taken by the various writers, and rs
a sample of his industry and thrift the follow
ing speaks for itself. Within the past week
/ have seen numbers of them driving into
town in all kinds of vehicles loaded with fod-
der, and made it my business to investigate,
when about the following dialogue ensued:
"Old man what are You going to do with
that fodder.'
Use gwine to sell 'em."
4 needs nee IS little meat, and thought ia
bring this here fodder up and sell 'erm"
1T seems to me, old man, that YOU would
need that fodder next winter and spring"
Il knows that boss, but yer see must have
a little meat to work on"
"What are you doing the farm now.r
"Well, yer see, we's done laid by der crop
and dar amt muffin now TO do
~While you are doing nothing at home
why don't you work out by the day and make
enough TO buy your meat and other provis-
ionsi'
"Well, Is work hard all dis yer and wants
some rest"
Then you intend to sit at home idle all the
summer and eat up what you have made and
what You will need so much next springF'
Il can't work all the time. and l must have
some meat
This is the way they all do, Before they will
hire out for wages they will sell the last
thing they have around them, including
chickens, except the dog, which must be KEEP.
in the family at any cost When the lst of
january, 1887, comes these same darkeys will
pounce down on the landlord for credit, and
he will have to buy corn and fodder for them.
They will trade off the last bushel of corn for
tobacco or fiimsy toggery and useless articles.
Augusta (Ga) Chronicle.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-30
SOMETHING LIKE SOLITUDE.
The Wall of Bridge Policeman With
Absolutely Nothing to Do.

The Wall of "a Bridge Policeman With
Absolutely Nothing to DO.
The life of Brooklyn bridge policeman is
not a happy one, though it has its attractive
points To any one but n policeman the
prospect of strolling back and forth across the
splendid structure, away up where the air is
fresh and the breeze is free, would seem to be
the pleasantest thing in the world. That it is
not so is apparent from a remark that one of
the night policemen made to a reporter.
ITS all well enough" he said, Ito talk of
the splendid view and the constantly chang
ing panorama of boats of one sort and an
other, as you do; but don't you know that
after week or two of steady sightseeing of
this sort there Is a monotony about ferry
boats and tugs and schooners, with twice a
day a few sound steamers, and once in a
while private steam yachts
"You like it," the policeman said, with an
injured tone You like it, because you don't
have too much of it. l do. Here am, with
a few hundred feet of promenade, no excite
ment, no nothing. The same gang goes strag-
Cling along over the bridge every day, the
country visitor who stops and stares, and the
regular crosser, who is in a hurry to cross.
Even an occasional bridge jumper was a re
lief, for it gave a man something to think
about here.
AT night things are worse" /" he went on
'SOnetihieS Tor noufS no one passes lt IS
about rs lonely place as n man could go
star-gazing, except that you can't see the
stars, ON account of the glare of the electric
lights. Or course, if there were no policemen
ON the bridge there would be robberies and
fights, but, being here, there isn't anything
for US to do. Sometimes talk little poll
tics with the officer down on the wagon track
below, but even that is tame sport. The one
thing we have to look forward to, which
makes life worth living, is the relief which is
bound TO come at the end of every day and
every night.
1t was just midnight the policeman
spoke, and at that moment a file of men in
uniform came along from Brooklyn. 1t was
inspiriting to note with what alacrity the dis
contented policeman braced up, touched his
helmet to the officer who relieved him, and
walked with the vim and springiness of a
schoolboy toward the station i'm Brooklyn
New York Sun.
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The good wife hustled about the house,
Her face still bright with pleasant smile,
As broken snatches Of happy song
Strengthened her heart and hand the WHILE
The good man sat in the chimney nook,
His little clay pipe within his lips,
And all he'd made and all he'd lost,
Ready and clear on his finger tips,
Good wife, I've just been thinking Bit
Nothing has done very well this year;
Money is bound to be hard to get
Everything's bound to be very dear;
How the cattle are going to be fed
How we're to keep the boys at school,
Is kind of debt and credit sum
can't make balance by my rule"
She turned her round from the baking bread.
And she faced him with a cheerful laugh;
.sWhy, husband dear, one would think
That the good, rich wheat was only chaff.
And what il the wheat was only chaff,
As long as we both are well and strong:
I'm not n woman to worry bit,
Somehow or other we get along.
Into some lives some rain must fall,
Over all lands the storm must beat,
Bus when the rain and storm are Ger,
The after sunshine is twice as sweet
Through every strait we have found a road,
In every grief we've found a song;
We've had to bear and had to wait,
But somehow or other we get along
For thirty years we have loved each other,
Stood by each other whatever befell,
Six boys have called us father and mother,
And all of them living and doing well
We owe no man a penny, my dear,
We're both of us loving well and strong,
Good man, / wish you would smoke again,
And think how well we've got along
He filed his pipe with a pleasant laugh;
He kissed his wife with tender pride;
lie said: "I'il do as you tell me, love,
III just count up on the other side"
She left him then with his better thought,
And lifted her work with low, sweet song
\ song that followed me many a year,
Somehow or other we got along.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-30

Across the threshold of her room slept,
And came upon my darling she slept;
And reverently beside her bed crept,
And sadly gazed upon her as she slept.
Alas! some tears her long, light lashes swept;
took them, leaving mine there, as she slept.
knew IL was for me that she had wept;
prayed that God might bless her, she slept,
And that my vow to her might well be kept!
Lo, through my tears, she smiled there, as she
slept!
Then felt heaven would my prayer accept,
So kissed that smile, and left her, as she slept!
George Birdseye in Detroit Free Press.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-30
Appearnnce OF the white Water.n

While the Cape Sable fisheries were at their
best a short time ago the white water made
its appearance, moving toward the west. 1t
showed for long distance on the surface,
and seemed full of minute fibres of curd- like
consistency. On its western edge it was ap-
parently thirty fathoms deep and as perpen-
dicular as the walls of house. The fish fed
before this rare phenomenon, and after the
water resumed its usual clearness they were
very scarce.-New York Sun.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-30
After the Authors Death.

1t is pleasant to know that the MS that
has been paid for you viii never see i'll print,
isn't it. The magazine editors always keep
one or two on hand to spring upon the public
after the death of the writer. They do not
wish for any writer's death; still, certain
visitations of Providence mean 'biz-nessn -
New York Graphic
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-30
For the Working Glasses.

The French Academy of Sciences has been
oequeathed the entire fortune of MIne. Pin
sen' OF Mons, for the purpose of founding .
prize, TO be awarded every five years, for. the
best work on political economy especially
adapted for the working classes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-27

stratfng in their way d nervous fuctuating
market The European war scare was alayed
in measure, by an advance in British consols,
and, as a consequence, the starting price for
May was S6lc or &c under the close of yesterday;
this was followed by a decline of &c additional
The decrease in the visible supply was
quite large, however and receipts at
all points were again light, which
rose quickly to S7ac fell back to S6ac under free
offerings. rose to 87ac and closed at S70875c at
o'clock. In the afternoon the feeling was
easier May closing at Sole bid There was very
showed little change. The feeling weak in
pork during most of the session, followed by a
little firmer feeling toward the close. the market
| closing 10 o I2ac higher than yesterday.
Flour firm and unchanged.
Wheat opened &c lower, declined &c additional,
rallied &c, receded &c. sold up again, fuctuated
and closed at about yesterdays figures. The
sales ranged: January, 81 size. closing az 814c;
February, BOZ 0Slsc, closing at size; March,
sls@S2c. closing at 81 082e; May, Ses a SIZE.
closing at S7sc; No. spring, ST.
Corn quiet and q shade easier. The sales
ranged: Cash. 36sc; January, 36a 036se; Feb
ruary. 3esc; March. 36sc; May, 4Os 04Osc. closing
Oats dull and unchanged cash, zoe; Feb
ruary, 2asc; May, 3ls 032sc; closing at s2e. Rye
quiet; No q 56c Barley dull; No. 2. Coo.
Flax seed firm; No. l. 81. l31.
Mess pork ruled Zoe lower, rallied &c, clos
ing nearly at outside figures: January and Feb
ruary. $40 62a closing at So so So 82a; March,
$40. III SO 92a closing 80 80 a $40. 92A; May,
80 so $lLl2a, closing at $ll 10 0$lL l2aa
Lard quiet and steady; cash and January.
6.l23c February, 6.12ac March, 6l7a &C. zoe;
May, 6.27! DC. SOC. Boxed meats steady: dry
sailed shoulders 4@4 05e; short rib sides, s. 25c;
short clear sides, 5.65 05. roc.
Whisky Arm, $1.16
Sugars unchanged.
On the Produce Exchange butter and eggs
were unchanged.
Afternoon board-Wheat was lower; May,
S6ac May corn, 40l a 40ac. May oats, &c. May
pork, $11.12a May lard G. 27ac.
Receipts-Flour, 5000 brls; wheat 5000 Blu;
corn. 4s, 900 bu OATS 1000 bu; rye none; barley,
$4,000 bu. Shipments-Flour, 1000 brls; wheat,
$4,000 Blu; corn, 1000 bu; oats, $4,000 Blu; rye,
none
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The JObbing Trade.
<ykNr Hrnan D0o>n

TomatoesaTwo-pound cans, 75@soc; s.pound,
$1O501.4O. Peaches-Standard, 3-pound ST. $50
p 3.pound seconds, 81. $50 I6O; 2-pound stand,
ard, 81. 800 40. Corn-Revere, 81. 10: McMurray,
$1.1001.20; Yarmouth, S1.30 Miscellaneous
-Blackberries twopound, sOo90c; raspberries, 2,
pound 81 lo0 20; pineapple. standard 2-pound,
l-pound. full weight, $101.O5; light 550G5c;
2pound, full, 81. so01.95i light. $lO5a1 20;
string beans 50 095c; Lima beans, sos0$I 80; pess
Holsters. 81 95 05; red cherries. s009Oc; goose
berries, 90095c Strawberries $1.400l.50.
COAL AND COKE.
Block, So y ton; Jackson $3.50 y ton: Pittsburg,
So rs " ton; Raymond City So. rs y ton Winfrede,
1915 ~ ton; Kanawha, 1915 ~ ton; Hooking,
$350 y ton; Island City 1915 p ton; Highland,
So so; Piedmont and Blossburg SO " ton; chestnut
and stove anthracite. $3.50 U ton; egg and CRATE
thracite, So 20 W ton; gas coke 1Oc ~ bu or So SO
y load crushed coke, l2c y blu, or So " load All
soft Goals, nut size SOC ~ less than the above
prices on the same quality of lump coal
Alcohol So. II az. 80; asafetida, 2503Oc alum, A
05c; camphor, 28030c eochineal, 5O055c; chloro-
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Elsewhere.

Elsewhere.
CHICAGO, Jan. 26-The Drovers journal reports:
Cattle-Receipts 1000; shipments, 1000. Market
stockers AID feeders, $26O04. 10; COWS, bulls and
mixed, $1,000; bulk of sales, $2.7503. 80.
Hogs--Receipts. 5000; shipments, 5000. Mar
ket weak and 1Oc lower rough and mixed, So. 550
800 packing and shipping. $3.9004.25; light,
$33O03.9o; skips So 5003.50.
Sheep and LambS-Receipts, 5000; shipments,
1000. Market slow common; natives, $4,000
5; Western. $2.5G05; lambs $405.5O.
ST. LOUIS, Jan; 6:-Gattls-Receipts. 1850
head; shipments, 200 head Market slow and steady,
medium, $3.a5O4.65; butcher steers, So. 2504. 25;
cows and hefers 81 25 60; stockers and feeders
active and strong 10.
Hogs-Reeeipts, 4,SO0; shipments 1900. Market
steady on best heavy and Zoe lower on light and
ssaa s6nnents $50
Market firm on good sheep, weak common, ranging
from $2.5O04.75.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6-Cattle-Receipts 80 car
loads for expectation and 20 carloads for home
choice going to ss4 09c Exports. 264O quarters of
Sheep and Lambs~Receipts, $50 head. Market
quiet and unchanged with sales of ordinary to good
sheep at 405c ~ tb, and of good lambs at 6sac.
Hogs Receipts, $500 head, all for saughterers
direct Market was nomnally steady for live hogs at
$404. 40Ss 100 lbs.
KANSAS CITY Jan. 26-The Live Stock Indi
Gator reports Cattle-Receipts 1903, shipments.
40. Market slow weak 15c lower; exporters.
$4.8005; good to choice shipping, $4.4O04.75;
common to medium. S3.9O04.3O; stockers and feed
ers. $2.6O03: 75 cows. $203.3O.
Hogs-Receipts, 1864; shipments, 641. Market
active and sc lowers good to choice, $4,000. 05;
common to medium, So 6O03SO
Sheep-Receipts, ], los; shipments, none. Market
steady good to choice. $303.75; common to me-
dunn 80 2502.SO
EAST LIBERTY Jan. 26.-Cattle-Receipts,
200 head; shipments, 1000 head. Market dull at
Mondays prices.
Hogs-Recepts, 5000 head shipments, 500 head.
Market Slow Philadelphias, $4.3504.40; Workers..
$404.1O.
Sheep-Receipts, 5000 head; shipments, 1900
head. Market dull and prices shade lower than
Monday.
BUFFALO. Jan. 25-Cattle-Receipts, AIS.
Market dull and UNCHANGED.
Hogs-Receipts, 900. Market dull and lower;
good to choice Workers. $404.lO; light mixed
$3 IS; good mediums, $41004.3O choice heavies,
CINCINNATI, Jan. 26.-Hogs steady; common
and light So. 2O04; packing and butchers $40425;
receipts, 8, 232; shipments, 775.
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INDIANAPOLIS MARKETSYe
The Trade Movement of Moderate Proper
tiOns in Most Lines.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. rs.
The volume of business in most departments
is still of moderate proportions, and in all i'm
portant respects the situation is changed but lit
tie for some days past. Prices in the main are
frmer. Sugars are hardly as strong as last week,
while other articles of a staple character in the
grocery line are unchanged. In the produce
market accumulated stocks have been well re-
dueed, and eggs and poultry are firm at quota
tions. The WOOL leather and iron markets are,
as WELL in strong positions. The dryigoods men
are still experiencing rather quiet times. Drug
gsts report trade good. The -four market
continues tame and disappointing The
provision market continues in the strong posi-
ton of some days past. with an active demand
for all descriptions of hog products. Short ribs
were sold to-day at 5.35c; sweet.pickied should
ers at 4ssc. Packers are not pushing sales. even
at present prices. The packing season is not
keeping up the gain indicated in November-so
far from it that for the months Of November and
December the number packed at the principal
points is no greater than last year while in No
vember the gain was 40 per cent. For the two
months there is a decrease of per cent. at Chi
csgo. 10 per cent at indianapolis, 28per cent. at
Louisville and per cent at Cincinnati, and an
increase of 36 per cent at Kansas City, 625 Der
cent. at Nebraska City and Is per cent at Mil
waukee Kansas City not only takes second
place. as it did last year, but its packing has been
20 1-3 per cent of the Chicago packing, against
20 per cent. last year. st. Louis, which had
packed SO, 425 less than Kansas City last year,
packed 164, 251 less this year.
GRAIN.
Prices on all cereals named below were firm
to-day, and there was an active demand, more es-
pecially for corn, oats, bran and hay. The quo
tations given below are based on prices at which
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Raising Onions.
Yick,s MonthlS

s
Of the many kinds of onion seed sown, con-
slider the Red Globe best, both in regard to pro-
ductiveness. and keeping qualities. Next TO that
comes the Yellow Danvers. / have planted three
kinds of red onion seed at the same date, and
August tc IL; Wethersfeld Red, August
90 Red Globe, August 30 to September g.
Potato Onions are easy to raise and bring q
good resurn for the outlay
Philadelphia sets also do WELL though it is
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CONDITION OF THE MARKETS.
A Nervous Feeling in Wheat, Accom-.
panied by Many Fluctuations.
A Small Business in Corn and Oats at Com
paratiyeiy Unchanged Prices-Pork
Firmer and Prices Higher.
MONEY, BONDS AND STOCKS.

Continued DuIlDess in Railway Bonds-stocks
Active ana Higher.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.--Money on call was
easy at4302 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 405 per cent.
Sterling exchange was quiet but steady and
unchanged.
The total sales of stocks to-day were 369, $40
shares, including the following: Delaware. Lack
.awauna & Western, 90, 160; Erie 8, 700; Kansas
& Texas, 1875; Lake Shore. %, 200; Louisville &
Nashville, 1920; Northwestern, 1850; New
York Central, 9,02e; Pacific Mail. $685.; St Paul,
74,520; Union Pacific. 1885, Western Union,
1880; Northern Pacific preferred. q, 745; Oregon
& Transcontinental, 1915.
Government bonds were dull and steady.
State bonds were dull and firm.
Railway bonds wero very dull. The sales were
81, 427, 600, and prices show irregular changes.
At the opening stocks we're to higher. and on
an active covering by the '.shorts," as well as
good buying by the ''bulls, further decided ad-
vances were established during the forenoon. 1t
was at this time the highest prices of the day
were made for many of the active stocks. Later
the mafket was steady until towards o'clock.
when it again became strong but yielded
fractions ia the last hour, and closed
Arm, at small fractions, to over
q per cent higher than last evening.
sLaekawana 81 ST. Paul monepoized large per-
centage of the days business; in fact these were
the two only really active stocks, and at times
ILaekawaRa was very feverish. The fluctuations
were numerous, varying between 81. l9a and
81. III closing at the latter figure, net gain of
lie. The movement in this stock is attributed
to manipulation Delaware & Hudson is up Z.
The news regarding st. Paul referred entirely
tethe position of prominent operators in the
stock and not to the condition of the property.
It was strong, however, selling as high as
net gain Of III. Northwestern, on much
smaller business is up :. The Vanderbits were
conspicuous for their strength, and Lake Shore
showed gain of II, and is within of the high
est prices reached; New York Central is mp l.
Michigan Central q, Canada Southern :. and
Louisville s. Nashville IL. The comparatively
weak stocks were the Northern Pacifcs; the
common is down ! and the preferred ], but
the trading was small In other cases the ad-
Yvanees are from to FLOR the active list
4 THE market closed with the following prices
bid