The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-07

nDInF MENTION. -.
,-alp tn. Nsekonal Heasa a ReQgesenta-
.attses ths5ssre forty. twp Johns, twenty
seven J,meses, forty Williams, twenty
one Cha,lsses, seventeen Thouases and
ten Georges.
The young lady, Mics Jones, of Hy-
land, Ulster county, New York, who re-
ceived t50O, 900 for an act of kindness to
an elderly lady in New. York city, has
received eleven letters asking her hand
in marriage.
.When IN English preacher goes into
politics, b goes In strong. The Rev. G.
A. Denison, Of Taunton. says: II have
known Mr.. Gladstone for forty-five
years, bat would not trust him with
haas farthing."
Fourteon examinations were held dur
ing fha ysas by the Brooklyn- civil SER
vice commissioners, at which 1177 COM
petitogs appeared. and OF whom AS
passed to the eligible list. OF this latter
oo1AsASes A1O ~$AC oPpOass<Su W P'"~cS u"
the civil service.
Mr.. George Augustus Sala makes Eng
lish readers Of his letters from Melborne
uncomfortable by declaring that labor
ing men in Australia earn eight shillings
for . daysswork Of eight hours, eat Meat
three times . day, and have no State
Church to support. nc state drones to
feed.
Simon Cameron and John w. Forney
-wess both printers. and in early days
worked at the case together. The ex-
Senator says: III there 10 one class Of
workmen Tor whom have more sympa-
thy than another, it is for the poor prin-
ter, who tolls at his case week after
week Axiag the whole year."
I, NJ E1ossocs Nightingale, it would
appear, 10 - tender toward her feet as to
humanity. She will have none of the
smodaxn instxumentss OF torture made by
fashionable bootmakers, and Is accus-
toned tosplant her ,stQckinged foot firm
~ on piece 81 leather, draw the out
line Of its 69uIe. and have her shoe made
to correspond exactly with it.
The suggestion is made that II ever
aAy. OF Tia Christian nations extend aid
.to4he Turk. onesof the conditions should
b che 'ssaEohing Of the Sultan's library
and the crypt beneath the Mosque Of st.
Sophia. Intsha latteK especially it is be-
lieved that wonderful discoveries Of an
cieut, manuacEipts would be made, ow-
ing to the Moslem disinclination to de-
seeoys paper which, may have the name
osGod written upon it.
Il i some time since . good dog story
has been the rounds, but Washington
Territory furnishes . readable article in
this line. A farmer on Snake river
loaned his dog to q man to whom he had
sold . dock Of sheep to drive them home,
. distance OF thirty miles. The drover
found the dog 90 usefu:: that. instead Of
sending him home, he locked him up.
The dog escaped, and. concluding that
the drover had NO more right to the
sheep than he had to lock him up. he COLI
lected all that had belonged TO his mas
ter and drove them home again.
THE largest quantity Of actual money
in any one house on earth, is right over
yondeg," said Rufus Hatch, in New
York the other day. And he pointed to
the sub-treasury-a structure that look
ed low and ,squatty compared with the
tall baildinXs around il. This solid pile
Of. granite, in Wall street at the head OF
Broad. with its Grecian pillared front,
has the statue Of Washington on the
steps. looking down on the hurry burly.
In e most Of the revenue Of the United
Statea froW- cnstoms 10 handled, and the
at times gets to be enor-
nous. ''ln that house" said Mr.. Hatch,
sit two friends OF mine, neither worth
&c. 900 10 his name, counting millions
and millions Of dollars."
. Usagzovth Of the telephone is one Of
TIE zmsak SsemaRkahle in the history of
inventions. In August, 1877. the num-
her Of Instruments in use in this coun-
~. swas only, 40. while in February,
1880. there were oO.S0O. 249, 700 in 1888.
S07. olo n 1854, and in February, 1886,
Sa5. 57l. There ara about Is, 900 in Can
ada and 1900 in Great Britain. The
number Of exchanges has grown from
100 In. 1850 10 ia in 1855. In January
last there were 49,, 2eS miles Of telephone
wire in this country. There are 5ls6
p@possy fuzehheds employment by the
eshhApgoL; Moro different patents have
been issued on the telephone than in any
,cea,e si1gle linz Of invention in this
country. The total number for the ten
ysaEs = 1891.
Z, Assent the frequently made charges