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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-28
Stand Towers TOR water-works

The new water-works tower for tie
city of Kankakee, Ills, made of boiler
iron, one hundred and twenty-five feet
high, twenty feet diameter, and costing
SO, 900, blew over the 18th inst.
The new water tower completed for
the town of Gravesend, Long Island,
burst under pressure and fell down Oc-
tober 9Th. This tower was ESQ feet high
and cost S16,975.
These two disasters this month should
cause our White Water Branch men to
look carefully TO the details of their pro-
posed water tower. No rule of thumb
work will do.
This Gravesend tower was made of
steel, the lower plates being IS thick,
and yet rupture occurred causing Sc
rious loss, besides flooding several acres
of land. Unless competent men super
wise the erection and construction of
such towers as are needed in this State,
we can only predict ultimate loss and
woful havoc.
All plates entering into the construc-
ton of water towers should be carefully
tested; the rivet holes must be drilled,
not punched, else disintegratIon ensues
and fatal weakness occurs.
Towers are subject to both static still
water strains and wind pressure, each
acting in different and destructive man
ners.
These two disasters should teach mu-
nicipal authorities lesson worth learn
inc
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-28

Andrew Carnegie is building on the
summit Of the Alleghanies, near Cresson
Springs, a house or castle which will cost
81, 00O,O 600. The entire walls will he built
up altogether Of the undIessed surface
stone W ich is TO be found on the place,
and ther are not TO show in any place a
single mark Of the chisel or hammer.
Mr.. Carnegie's orders are positive on this
point. he having expressed a wish to
nave as far rs possible even the moss on
the rocks used in the walls undisturbed.
-Nclc York Star.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-28
Condensing MILK I'm a Vacuum.

At the Liverpool exhibition there is a
machine for condensing milk in a vacuum,
n plan preferable to boiling it at atmos-
pheric pressure, as the flavor is unim-
paired. The apparatus consits of large
globular pan from which the air is ex-
hausted by an air-pump. The milk then
rises into it from a reservoir below and is
boiled there, together with the sugar
which is added to condensed milk-Bos-
ton Budget
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-28
PALATKA, FLA, OCT. %, 1856.

Nowhere in the country is conserva-
tism gaining stronger and surer footing
than away up in Minnesota, TIL" fact
that the Republicans are scared concern
ing the pending gubernatoriai contest
there is proof OF this; and although we
apprehend there is little hope of the
election of the Democratic candidate,
there seems to be a very fair prospect OF
gaining a Congressman or two.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-28

There are G0,O0O more women than men in
Massachusetts. This is one reason why n
man can never hold a seat in = Boston street
car for more than one consecutive minute
New Hagen News.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-28
THE DAILY NEWS.

The DAILY NEWS is published every morn
ing except Monday, and delivered by carriers
4 n the city or mailed postage free, for 81 CENTS
a month 81. 70 for three months. $3.50 for six
months, or - per annum-
Tar WEEkLY NEWS Is an SPACE 6b-column
o ,Ier published every Friday, containing
All the news OF the week, local and general III
- the largest and handsomest weekly paper
published in Florida, and will be mailed post
age free for 81 year, or 81 cents Tor SIX
months. Specimen copies free 20 any address,
Local advertisements 20 cents per line Tor
FIRST insertion and i0 cents per line for each ad-
ditio.iui Insertion Special notices 10 cents per
line Reduced rates on continued advertise
-uts.
All advertising bills become due pro rata
egery month Local advertisements due at
the expiration of the time tor which tncy are
Inserted.
AIIremittances should be made b. cxpTess,
money -order or registered letter
Address,
y. U. HAMMOND,
BUSINESS MANAGER,
PALATKA. FLORIDA
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-28

Mime. Blavatsky, the famous leader of
the Theosophists, is as rigid in her diet
as the strictest Mohammedan. She pre-
fers rusks dipped in sweet coffee, Turkish
fig paste and almonds. She smokes
finely favored Russian cigarettes as a
preventive of corpulence.-Netc York
Star
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-28

X sgtsTE.sED Al THE PALATKA Posi- oEFICs
As 5ECosD-CLAss MAIL MATTER
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-26
SCHOOL AND CHURCH,

in the theological seminary Of
Richmond, Va, sixty-two colored men
are studying for the ministry.
There were APO, 768 Mohammedans
attending school in Bengal last year. an
increase of 28,765 over the previous
year.
The disestablishment of the Church
of England in Wales will affect but a
small part of its population, as only an
eighth are members of that church.
Says the official organ of the New
York Y. M. c.. A.. young men who
are disaffscted with their churches are
not the kind of men who are useful
in association work"
The Turkish Government is closing
many of the mission schools in Syria.
The interest in education has come to
be SO great, however, that the people
are opening schools of their own.
AT the Church of the Immaculate
Conception in Boston recently, Father
WEIGH, the American priest, exhorted
his flock not to read newspapers that
publish scandals; even if they had to
buy the high-priced papers.
Rev. Robert Kerr has commenced
medical missionary work among the
Jews in Morocco, under the auspices of
the English Presbyterian Church and
the United Presbyterian Church of Scot
land
Augustus Fulton, the only colored
student ever sent from the United States
to the Propaganda in Rome, has been
ordained and will return to this coun-
try to take charge of colored Catholic
church in New Orleans. Chicago Mail.
In one section of Minneapolis there
are thirteen houses of worship, eleven
of which are Scandinavian, in only one
of which is the English language
spoken. Most of them are full at every
service, three of them holding fifteen
hundred people each.
There are in the American Epis-
copal Church fourteen sisterhoods and
two we'll established orders of deacon
esses-one in Long Island and one in
Alabama. In the Church of England
twenty-five sisterhoods and ei ght orders
of deaconesses are reported. Y.
Tribune.
| luz PeISlSGoHce VI INC mlSSloHaTy
spirit in families is seen in the recent
appointment of Rev. w. P. Carey to
the Baptist mission near Calcutta. He
is grest-grandson of Rev. William
Carey, the father of Indian missions,
and the third William Carey now liv-
ing engaged in missions in India
Chicago Standard.
The New South Wales hdep pendent
contains an interesting account OF a
farewell meeting to eight native tie ach-
ers and their wives, who were depart
ing from Sydney for New Guinea
They had been trained in the institu.
ton at Raratonga, and were sent out
under the auspices of the London Mis-
sionary Society. The exercises were
similar to those held on similar occa-
sions in this country.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-26
A GOOD REASON.
Why the Twelfth Juror Succeeded in Win
ming Over the Other Eleven.

Why the Twelfth Juror Succeeded in Win
ming Over the Other Eleven.
A jury composed of eleven business
men and an old fellow from across the
creek retired to the jury room. The
foreman, when selected, remarked that
he thought the prisoner ought to be
sent to the penitentiary for five years.
THAT amt long enough" said the
old fellow. LETS put it on him fur
ten"
80, no, that won't do"
"Wall, them stretching himself out
on a bench, I'm with yer.'
What, you going to hang the juryP"
That's about it, "
"My dear sir, we are anxious to get
back to our business"
"Then send him up for ten"
"But that would be great injustice. "
"Then squat an make yourselves
comfortable.
"Have you any special reason why
the prisoner should go up for ten
years.
"Think l have" throwing quid OF
tobacco at the spittoon.
"Will you please name itp"
eyes, fur it won't take me long. He
is my son-in-law an have been sup
portin' him ever since he was married. y
He went up for ten years.-ArkanSaU
Traveller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-26
MAMHOOD'S YESTERDAY.

I'm sad to-day,
And so my lay
Shall be of boyhood-yesterdayl
When child
Went romping wild
In woodland paths where sunshine smiled
Among the herds
And merry birds -
wandered with NY gladstone words, ~
And all day long
warbled song
To nature and her kindred throng,
With tousled hair
And feet all bare
gathered flowers everywhere.
And was not shorn,
For then no thorn
Had from my cheeks the dimples torn.
gamboled on
The velvet lawn
AT evening tide and days first dawn; u
danced and sang
Till household rang
With laughter at my bantering.
climbed the trees
And chased the bees
From stealing honey there with ease;
| planted flowers
Through all the hours
And watched them nurtured by the showers
Thus in a haze t41.
My boyhood days
Have passed, and can only gaze,
But never see
Their rhapsody
Save now and then in memory. Il.
For wrinkles now
Have plowed my brow,
And weighty care has shown me how ~
1t leaves q trace
On boyish face
As age comes on to take its place.
j must not grieve
For believe
God gamers all, and so will sheave
Both young and old
On fields of gold
When He the future does unfold.
George Glynd0R, in Current.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-26
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The man who ATTENDS to his own
business has steady job.-PoinesUil5e
Democrat.
Every man has some hobby, and
every girl looks forward to the time
when she will have hubby. Hartford
Times.
1t is sure sign that the fools are
not all dead when fat man tries to be
dude and wear tight pantaloons.--
Chicago Tribune.
-"What shall we do with our spare
timer" asks writer. If you are like
the majority of pen-pushers you might
put it under microscope and see if
you can find it.-Ne,0 Haven NeVS
If it be true that petroleum has
been discovered on the coast of the Red
Sea, there should be no good reason
why Egypt shonld keep up its reputa-
ton for darkness. Boston Transcript.
Young Man Cat the door)-'Is
Mr.. Smith IMP" Servant-"No, sorr,
he's gone downtown not foive minutes
ago, sorr." Young Man-"Ah! Will
you please hand. that card to Miss
SMITH" -Boston Bulletin.
"A needle was recently found in an
egg laid by Philadelphia hen. Hens
should never try to attend to their
sewing and cackling at the same time.
This weakness is confined to women
alone. Huntington Free Press.
The human beard divine and the
habit of smoking come in together A
man works hard for two or three years
to acquire them and then spends the
rest of his life wishing that he could
get rid of them. Bur dette, in Brooklyn
Eagl e.
At the theater: "What a lot of
married people there are here tonight.
The parquet is full of them" "Do YOU
mean to say you know them alp" 80,
no. But the men don't do any talking
and there's hardly a corsage bouquet
among the women. ''-ToOn Topics.
"A little girl who realized that her
three-moaths-old baby brother was
bald and toothless and believing in the
efficacy of prayer added this request to
her Now | lay me down." etc, the
other night: 80, Lord, bless little
Perry and do give him some hair and
some teeth. "
Sound" said the schoolmaster,
sis what you hear. For instance, you
can not feel q sound" 80, yes, you
can" said a smart boy. 'John Will
son, ~ retorted the pedagogue, chow do
you make that out? What sound can
you feelp" "A sound thrashing,"
quickly replied the smart boy Toledo
Blade.
Chicago man Ito artist)-"What's
the name of the pictureP" Artist-'It
is called An October Sunset. 1t re-
fleets the glowing beauty of an Italian
sky as the orb of day sinks to rest be-
hind" Chicago Man-"H'm. I'll
tell you what I'll do. You paint in a
couple of half-burned pork packing
establishments an hook an ladder
truck and label it The Great Chicago
Fire, an I'll take it at your own
price. ~. Y. Sun.
gelina-"M Mamma, dear, do you
understand any thing about the Ian
guage of flowers?" Mamma-"No.
love. WhyP" Angelina-"Why, Mr..
Snoopkins has just sent mo lovely
bunch of jacqueminots-thre dozen at
least; and wanted to see what the sig
nificance of it is" Unfeeling Brother
al can tell you, sis; it means that
Snoopkins is around to-day trying to
borrow from the other fellows. "-Chi.,
cdQo Rambler.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-26
American Newspapers.

There are IA, 100 newspapers and
periodicals in the United States-net
gain last year, 666. Kansas shows the
greatest absolute gain. Six news
pa pers are devoted to the honey-bee,
thirty-two to hens, eighteen to dem
tistry. Gas has two papers, gastronomy
three, whisky eight, cold water 129.
Worcester, Mass, has four French
newspapers, while there is one in He
brew, one in Chinese and one in Cher
okee. The Y WG,Or, of Utica, is not,
as its name might imply, a blood
thirsty organ of the Anarchists, and the
Keokuk Mp-dnd- Tuck has suspended.
- Washington Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-26

Three two-prong silver forks were
found in making excavations in ruin
on the Appian Way, near Rome, which
indicates that all the old Romans did
not eat with their fingers.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1886-04-09
The Advantages of Manual Training,

ANAS
Manual training is in itself no mean spe-
cies of brain culture. Does any one now
grown to manhood remember the intense
interest with which, as boy, he first
learned how pieces of board may be dove
tailed SO as to form neat box without the
use of single naila Can he recall the visit
of the peripatetic country tinker who first
revealed to him the mysteries of solder9 If
so, he will not deny that his brain was
never more alive, every faculty was never
more closely held in the interest of learning
than when these little wickets of mechanics
and chemistry opened to his gaze OF this
stuff is practical education made
Every advance in education, the ADOPTION
of the kindergarten, the use of laboratories,
is an adaptation Of industrial educative
methods Not only does it naturally COM
bine and mingle with the work of the recita-
tion room but the one is forever incomplete
without the other. Unite the teaching of
those Studies which properly form a part Of
the public school course with course in the
training school in those departments of
handwork which fit in with and illustrate
the subject Of the textbook, and education,
instead Of a superficial and ornamental &C.
complishment, becomes rounded and USE
full thing. Intellectually, practically, NOR
ally, manual training belongs with any
system that pretends to educate; to fit the
youth Of the nation for the work of the
busy life that lies before them,-St Paul
Pioneer-Press.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1886-04-09
John Russell Young on Bismarck.

"How did Bismarck impress you."
'I think that the personal impression Bis
marck makes justifes his great fame. I re-
member Gen. Grant saying to me on his re-
turn from his tour around the world that he
had met four really great men-Bismarck,
Beaconsfeld, Gambetta and Lii Hung Chang.
the grand secretary of China. Bismarck
impresses you-as I remember him-as q
man born to govern nations-the strongest
character since Napoleon; audacious, AFRO
CANT, proud, with vein of humor permeat-
ing his conversation, and the embodiment of
wit, courage and common sense. I should
say he was the embodiment of absolute c ,m-
mon sense and Justice, with a courage that
feared no antagonism, and steaming
and vivid with intellect and Justice
and a determination to carry his point
against the whole world He was person.
ally a strong, virile man, and would say the
most unusual and extraordinary things.
and, more than that, he would carry them
out He had purpose and policy, and
he did it in a way that reminded you very
much of what you read of Frederick the
Great, or Marlborough, or any of those
great men who have been called on by
Providence to do great things
"Prince Bismarck, speaking of him as I
recall his personal appearance and manner,
had a resemblance of Gen. Butler and to
Gen Sickles He had Gen. Buffers odd
way y of stating things in a sentenAous,
humorous phrase, and he was strongly like
Gen. Sickles in his manner He spoke Eng
lish fairly well, slowly, cautiously, like a
man translating. ."-New York World Inter-
view.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1886-04-09
Deaths Increase in Election Time.

A>eo1Ao AACIchSc IN E1eCC1On I1m0s
AL Americans have been amused with the
stories which have recently appeared in the
newspapers of the intense state of excite
ment to which the English people have
allowed themselves to be reused by the elec-
tions just closed. There is, of course, good
reason for the difference in American and
English election manners in the prolonpa-
tion of the agony which the protraction of
the English elections entails
In The Lancet for December 12 appeared
an article on "Deaths from Election Fever. I"
The writer takes the ground that the feebler
minds of a community are those which take
the most interest in politics ''This being
SO, it ought to surprise no one that a large
sprinkling Of the minds subjected to the
strain and excitement attendant on a gen.
eral election should give way, or that in a
certain proportion of instances brains should
be so affected as to suffer those coarser in
juries which end in speedy death rather
than protracted mental disease" Is this to
be accepted as fair statement of the facts
in England, and do we experience in the
United States an increase in the number of
deaths from brain diseases at times of great
political observation-disclosures.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1886-04-09
BEAUTIFUL AND PuzzLINe MlRAeEs.
Cloud Masses and Fogs TO Be Seen i'm
/ n. Neyada-A Lake of Silver ~.

Cloud Masses and Fogs TO Be Seen i'm
Nevada-A Lake Of Silver.
Our town stands on the eastern face Of
Mount Davidson, at height Of over 1850
feet above the level Of the sea, therefore we
are frequently above or in the midst of the
clouds At times the clouds ssdrag their
slow length along'' at an elevation so slight
that they collide with the roofs Of the
houses A few weeks ago, about noon,
saw from the window at which I write q
very beautiful and perfect rainbow formed
upon mass Of clouds that rested upon the
roofs Of the buildings of the city, some 500
yards to the northward. ,
However, we distinguish between cloud
masses and fog. The clouds come from be-
yond the Sierras-from the Pacific ocean
while the fogs are of home production; are
vapors rising from our own soil The fog
OF which set out to speak was to the east
ward of the city, and far below it To the
east of us at a distance Of six miles lat the
foot of our mountain) the Carson river
winds through large valley, bordering
which is one desert twenty-five miles in
width, and another which has breadth of
forty y-four miles and extends to the sink Of
the Carson and Humboldt lake.
For two or three mornings all the deserts
and valleys eastward were covered to q
depth of zoo or 800 feet by a sheet of fog as
level as the water of lake. The full light
of the sun shining upon this gave it the ap-
pearance of sheet Of silver, and the tops of
rocky hills rising through it appeared Of isl
ands The phenomenon lasted for several
hours and the whole space of country so
much resembled a great island-studded bay
or an arm of the sea that old sailors told of
places in various parts of the world of which
the view reminded them. Strangers arriv-
Ing by rail asked what great lake it was
that lay to the eastward, and could hardly
be made to believe that what they saw was
not sheet of water. 1t extended eastward
some eighty miles, to the base Of the Hum
boldt range of mountains.
On these same eastward-lying deserts are
occasionally seen beautifully and puzzling
mirages; and at times in summer columns
of sand over 900 feet high are to be seen
slowing waltzing to and fro Half dozen
of these are often seen at once, and move
about unbroken for hours The same
phenomenon is to be witnessed on the deserts
of Europe and Asia. The sand pillars cor
respond with what at sea are called water
spouts, and are raised by whirlwinds. s.-Vir-
ginia City Cor: Cincinnati Enquirer.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1886-04-09
Surely q Mistake in the Fieures,

A recent published statement of Rev. DR..
Barrows, of Reading, has been called in
question-that the whole human race now
alive, if divided into families Of five each,
could be located in Tex as, with half acre
of land for each family. Dr. Barrows
handles some large figures, but correctly, il
is supposed, as to our extent Of country
The estimated population Of the world is
1,40o, 900 900, and the area of Texas is 962,.
290 square miles. The doctor will have
S,OOO,0 600 family lots more than will be
called for.-Chicago Times.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1886-04-09
A Curious Colony in New Mexico.

An interview In The St Louis Globe
Democrat reveals the fact that Dr. Tanner,
who accomplished the forty days. starve in
New York some years ago, is now a member
Of tho community of "Faithists'' at Los
Cruces, New Mexico This order is one OF
the latest isms and numbers some forty or
fifty members It is strictly cooperative
The people are vegetarians, they have new
bible, called Oahspe-Cin. Commarcia'
GazetCa
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1886-04-09
A Notable Theatrical Performance.

One of the notable performances in the
old Marshall theatre, in Richmond, about
1857, was when one night Richard III"
was played by five actors, the first act by
w. h. Baker, the second by H. A. Hight.
the third by Wilkes Booth, the fourth by
Jim Collier, and the fifth by Edwin Adams.
Wilkes Booth was Richmond In every act
but tho third, and then Adams took tho
part-Chicago Herald.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1886-04-09

Massage KNOWN Twenty Centuries Ago.
Massage, or the art of curing diseases by
rubbing, kneading, and stroking, is said to
have been known to the Chinese three
hundred years before the Christian era,
while the ancient Persians, Greeks, and
Romans pursued similar methods. Chicago
Times
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1886-04-09
A Long Felt-want in Africa.

English enterprise will soon supply want
which has been long felt in west Africa,
viz: an investing and commercial bank.
.. The company is now Icing formed, with a
capital Of e1,ooO,ooo sterling. The head
office will be in Liverpool, with branches at
Lagos, Sierra Leone, and Cape Coast-Ex-
change
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1886-04-09

In the effort to rid Montana Of dangerous
Wild animals boanties were paid during 1884
on more than 5000 wolves, l,5O0 coyotes,
800 bears, and 100 mountain lions During
1885 the bountiss were still greater. Chicago
Times.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1886-04-09
English Anecdote of Horace Gree1ex.

English Anecdote of Horace Greeley.
We suspect that wealthy Americans get
"the people, crammed down their throats
till they grow as weary ss the late Horace
Greeley, a most liberal giver, who once
answered a request for money to save a
few souls with the snarl: "Get out! There
amt half the souls damned that ought to
be"-London Spectator
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1886-04-09
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BLANK BOOKS
Of all kinds, made to order. Especial attention
being given to fine Bank Work and County Rec
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forms-and well made in all respects, are among
those kept in stock:
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