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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01

rather than attempt to take them or to return
to our line under the deadly accurate fire of
the Confederate infantry. Many of the vol
unteers vehemently asserted that the bounty
paid recruits really deserted during ection &c
seek safety in Confederate prison pens. Tbs
enlisted men who had gathered into the ranks
under Mcclellan, and who had been forged
into soldiers by that admirable drillnlaster,
all said that the Army of the Potomac of 1862
was far superior, man to man, to that which
crossed the Rapidan in May of 1864, and i'm
measurably superior to the coffee boiling out
fit that lay in the trenches before Petersburg
in July of 1864.
Drown theml" exclaimed young soldier
who was raised on the shore of Sunapee lake,
in New HAMPSHIRE. Drown them! Curse
them, / am afraid to fight with any of them
standing by my side. There is n cur from
Manchester who was paid 81 eco for eniisting,
whose place in line is next to me. 1t keeps
me busy to hold him from running away
whenever are under fire. Some day ne
viii be so badly frightened that he Will run
toward the Confederates instead of away
from them, and then l am going to kill him
If ever he gets little ahead of me, so that L
can safely kill him, VIII gather him in"
No one seemed to be shocked ct his intention
Drown them" he scornfully repeated.
Lees veterans drown them: Yes, they
could push them into the James river with
pine poles, and as they sank they would howl
for mercy in twenty-seven languages See
here men," he added impresSively, IF Grant
ever intends to take yonder earthworks,"
Jerking his thumb over his shoulder to in
dictate the Confederate lines, "he has got to
give these bounty jumpers about six months
of steady drilling, six months of severe dis
ciplinc, six months of punishment and savage
Oh, TIax- hax- To ha slarl III
hammered until they are in abject fear of
their line officers, and are taught that to
shrink means death. If Grant gives them that,
they can be made to fight little next spring.
Good God, men!" he exclaimed, II was sent
to City Point the other day and l passed n
short column of troops who were moving to
the front and | saw dozens of the men fall
out and cndcavor to hide in the brush and
woods. Behind the column came detach-
ment of the provost guards, and these sol
diers had to pick up and head off and sur
round these abjcct wretcheS, who sought TO
hide long before they were III sight of the line
of fire. They Were panic-st1cken at the
prospect of fighting They had to be prodded
with bayonets to make them follow the col
Umn. Things have come to pretty pass in
this army If column of troops can not be
moved from one camp to another without
being her,icd as sheep driven along high
way American vol;inteers!' he scornfully
exclaimed, "AmeriCan volunteers, and
marched to camp or & battle under provost
guards, They are not Americans; they are
not volunteers; they are the offscouring of
Europe. They disgrace our uniform" Here
his scorn ovcrcamc him. He spat on the
ground, arose, and disappeared in the forest
with yell of III. Just And L knew that
every word he ut, red was true.-Frauk
Wilkcson's Letter.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01
rDxest;ratiu- T,rotoxicon

At the July meeting of the Michigan board
of health DIR. V C. Vaughan reported the
results of his Investigations on tyrotoxicon or
cheese poison, which has recently been dis
cussed at some length in the medical journals.
He put several gallons of normal milk into
clean bottles with glass shoppers and found
the poison in one of the bottles after it had
stool for three months. In some instances it
appears much earlier. TIE production of the
poison is i'll all probability due, directly or in
directly, TO tho growth of some nicro-organ-
ism.
In the cheese, milk and cream, in all Of
which the essayiSt found the poison, there
was present more or less butyric acid, and it
NAV be that there is some intimate relation
between butyric acid fermentation and the
production of the poison. He adds that there
is a great similarity between symptoms of
poisoning by tyrotoxicon and those Of cholera
infantuIn, especially the violent choleraic
di.,rrhoca, TO which the best medical author
tiles now restrict the latter term. This inves-
tiration * of especial interest, as it tends to
throw light upon the cause Of a disease which
carries of great many infants, and it is not
impossible that the inquiries in this direction
will result III a material lcsSening of the ratio
of infantile nortality.-Chicago Tribune.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01
4 New Swindle.

\ well dressed, smooth talking young man,
giving his name as Professor J. L. Hendricks,
has been going around for some weeks past
and it is believed that he has obtained several
hundred dollars by very neat swindle. He
had with him lot of little tablets looking
like red lozenges. One placed in a lamp was
guaranteed to make quart of oil last twelve
nights and render it non-explosive. To prove
this he put a lozenge into lamp, set fire to
the wick and dropped it into the OIL The
lamp did not explode. He did not say that it
would not have exploded in this experiment
even if not provided with the tablet The
price of the tablets was 81 n box. They were
probably worth a cent. But the tempting
part of the business was the story that the
firm intended to spend 500 900 i'll advertising
this thing, and if the customer would pick
out piece of furniture, chair, a sofa or
buffet from the sample book exhibited, it
would be sent free of charge. The only stip-
ulation was that the party should speak well
of the tablet and recommend it to the neigh
borS. If anybody bought ten boxes of the
lOzenges full set of bedroom furniture would
be sent free of charge. This bait took and
everybody paid 81 for the tablets and picked
out chair or something to be sent on. OF
course no furniture ever came, and it is I'M
nccesSc y to say that the tablets are simply
worthless.-OranSe County Farmer
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01
Things to Do and to Know.

Plum shoots grated upon wild plum stocks
ic well.
Why do not farmers send one of their own
number to congress,
The common verdict is in favor of the
Fultz wheat for seed.
The editor of The Orange County Farmer
trains his tomatoes to poles and they grow
six feet high.
\ very successful western dairyman says
he has only one ration for his COWS, and that
is crushed oats and bran
Don't locate an apiary where the bees must
travel eastward TO get honey This is on &C
count OF storms which come from the west
Every farm should be supplied with flock
Of guineas They are prolific layers, the best
protection against hawks and a sure sxter-
nlinatOr Of insects.
The freight for shipping California fruit to
Chicago Is $3.50 car load. Grain and all
other farm and garden products in proper
ton This explains wty farming does not
pay.
II farmers have safe storage for wheat and
corn, and do not need the money for it, we
judge, from all we can gather, that they Will
do quite as well 20 hold CT for while
Prairie Farmer.
The United States bureau of animal indus.
try is under the charge of the commissioner
CT agriculture. He has recently promulgated
set of rules TO prevent the spread of pleuro-
pneumonia. Quarantine and slaughtering
are the chief measures resorted 70. Owners
of cattle slaughtered BY government VIII DO
paid for them -,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01

drying winds have free .cces, 90 its unpro-
tected roots.
Nature seeks to provide for it in this
emergency by throwing out fresh growth.
To his own loss man obstructs this natural
process by turning his animals in to feed it
down A lot of tender young feed is very
tempting to be sure, especially when the pas
ture is dry and short; but the ultimate well
fare OF the meadow should first be considered
Stock should not be turned in until good
growth has again covered the meadow, and
the dry, hot weather is past. Better have On
acre or two of sowed corn or other soiling
crop to help out the pasture than to run tho
risk of running the meadow.
Meadows are too often kept closely picked
down even to the time of snow-fiying Such
a meadow is sure to be injured TO q great ex-
tent the succeeding winter. The ground is
trodden hard, so that the upheaval OF the
frost will tear the roots Of the grass apart
and thus destroy it. Such meadows are said
TO be winter killed, and the question is asked,
What shall we do for our meadowsf" The
answer should be, leave 'em alonen-in
autumn. Meadows will stand, perhaps, an
amount of fall picking, but they should never
be close picked. There is then nothing left
for the protection of the roots. The light
growth OF grain itself after it has been killed
by frost may not offer any great protection,
but it offers an obstruction 10 the snow
which it gathers and holds as a protecting
mantle against the alternate freezing and
thawing, so fatal to grass roots.-Indiana
Farmer
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01

There has been no corn cutting machine as
yet invented that works with perfect success.
The corn huSker in the illustration is the one
recommended in "How the Farm Pays" The
cornstalks are run through it. They are
crushed, so Is 20 be easily fed in fodder. The
ears of corn are stripped clean Of silks and
all. The husks come out in good condition,
soft and free from bits OF cob. The machine
husks 800 bushels a day, taking the ears from
the stalks.
Another useful article at this time of year
is a corn shelter. Modern inventions have
well nigh done away with tie old slow pro
cesscs. The farmer must avail himself of
these tinc-savnE machines if he holds his
Own.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01
a MARVELLOUS CHANGE.
why People are less Strong, Active
and Happy Ganu iIE past years.

There WAS n time when tho world moved
along in the @. - course OF It's way: now
we are startlcJ ~ earthquakes dynamite
explosions an s.Iprisiug things in the
heavens and on earth. There was time
when men and women went through life
easily, and happily now they troubled
with headache, sinking ut the pit of the
stomach, nervousness, rcstlesSness, SILVER
ings, feverishness, dullness and lassitude
There was time when these troubles were
called chills, fever and aEUe or shakes: now
they are all grouped under the single head
Malaria
But under W. atevCr name this disease may
be known, it i terrible. 1t not only des-
troys the happiness, but il shortens the life.
1t often starts in slight a why that its
approach is UNDECIDED but before long there
comes chilly or cold stage, especially down
the spine. The skin becomes rough The
nails are blue. The back aches. The pulse
is quick and light. Then comes the hot
stage. The skin is hot and dry, the face
flushed, the pulse full and rapid and the
mouth parched with great desire to drink
This is agony.
In this connection the experience Of q
prominent captain residing on the east shore
of Maryland is valuable. lie said:
so great was my suffering with Ina'arial
fever, that l almost desired to die that
might be at rest My brain seemed TO be
possessed with delrium. Ny nerves all
ached until each one seemed 70 staui by it.
self with the pain. The doctors gave me
quinine, but what Il nlischievous drug shat
is! 1t only added fuel to the fire that was
burning me up. l gave up th- doctors. Ill
despair They could do NE no GOOD ]
asked druggist whom I know 70 tell lie
which one Of all ThCse Things on i.s shelves
had better try. He :a.I rn- N,5.ua Cordial
had cured his Oldest sol ~ an attack Of
fever and ague. 1 soon found there va. no
quinine in it, and nothing TO hurt ne. but
everything TO do ne good The first bottle
helped me great deal. Then l kept or.
with determination TO get rid OF the ma
larial fever so thoroughly that il wo,.ld Il yer
come back again"
The above experience IS the same a, ny
hundreds of others have found in the rs>c Of
this wonderful remedy. 1t finds ti.a sIt-
ferer in the depths OF d-spair. and ices
him on the road 20 health and harpiu, It
takes the respondent ard restores hopc. In
this respect Volina Cordial is a blessing, aid
a. such it commerds itself to all
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01

When my boys got TO be II years old laid
aside every week 81 for each of hem TO be
considered as wages. When they wanted
some new clothes L took them into town and
let them pick out samples themselves and get
just what they wanted. The money for the
clothes came out of their wage money, and
other expenses were figured in the same way
The plan worked well in every way. My
boys got an idea of business that has stuck to
them. Too many boys are just taught TO lie
and steal by their fathers. / know men who
tell their boys they must not touch an apple,
or peach, or any other fruit Who ever
yet heard of a boy who could keep away from
fruit when he really wanted it and it was
right before himl l wouldn't give n cent for
such boy even if he could be found. y
wise man will have n barrel OF fruit opened
and tell the boys to go and get what they
want. If they do this there won't be any
sneaking about to get an apple, or any trying
to hide the fact after the apple has been
taken. Be fair and honest with the boys if
you want them to make mems. II. B. in
Rural New Yorker.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01
Absorbents in Stables.

In hot weather the droppings OF animals
confined in stables ferment very quickly, and
therefore absorbents arc necessary, not only
to save waste of fertilizers, but for the COM
fort and health of animals Something is
wanted, not merely TO hold liquid excrement
from waste, but to absorb its doors. Straw
makes good bedding, but it is next TO worth
less for this purpose. Dry earth is the best
absorbent, and it may be got anywhere on
much Travelled roads, and in the country
from fields. When returned to the field, as it
should be, the dry earth will be found an ex-
cellent fertilizer. a very thin covering OF
earth is enough, and the manure may be
scrapcd in heaps so as to leave smaller sur
face to cover. Coal ashes will answer the
same purpose, but are not so good rs dry
sarth
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01
A HEN AND HER CHICKS.
Peculiar Effect OF an Electric lamp on
Mother and Brood.

A notherly II .sy old hen with seven
fossy chicks, boards in the show window of a
Madison street furniture store. The window
is paved with sand, sawdust and gravel.
The seven chicks eat oatmeal out of hat
box cover, while the mother consumes corn
and gravel with Intermittent regularity To
gether they form quite Il contrast to the busy
scenes of city Ii =, and Il crowd of curious,
gaping people ,.tard in front OF the show
window all day ard even into the night
Two weeks ago, when the family first
moved in, the mother had black eye, a
triumphant 'clucll," and the chicks were
round, plump and ''chiTpy." Now the signs
of city dissipation are Visible on all. The
cluck has degenerated into qucrulous cacllle,
and the anxious matron has grown nervous
in her manner and erratic il her movements
The chicks, in their uncertain wanderings
over the sawdust floor ard their weary-eyed
contemplation of tho Observers, begin to re
mind one of vcryyounS men who have been
making night of it, smoking cigarettes and
consuming small beer and sarsaparilla pop.
a big electric lamp which hangs directly
over the window is TO blame for it all.
The old hen, with the obstinacy of her sex,
has been going through the same performance
at o'clock every evening since she moved to
the city. At that hour she struts around her
cage several times, clucks excitedly, picks out
u
or so, and then calmly squats down. Then
by n series of clucks, often practiced by all
we'll organized mother hens, she calls her
brood about her, ruffies up her feathers and
tells the youngsters it is time to so to bed.
OF course the little fellows are not bit
sleepy, but there is no disputing the maternal
authority, and il a moment all are snugly
ensconccd under the feathery covering. she
old hen cluclls softer, the chicks pipe shrilly,
and in n little moment the whole family is
fast asleep. Soon following this nocturnal
ceremony tho trouble brews With
buzz and a splutter the big electric lamp
bursts into light. 1t casts molten glow on
the old hen. Sho wakes up, cocks one eye
and surveys the big, strange orb in surprise.
1t certainly is the sun, reasons this Old hen,
and while. she is studying over the matter out
pop all the seven chickens, and in sliriIl
chorus chirp good morning. Chicago News.
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THE FARM AND GARDEN.
ILLUSTRATIONS OF MACHINES FOR
CORN HARVESTING.

Judging Cattle at Fairs-Good Way to
Keep Boys on the Farm-Don't Pick
the Meadows Too Bare in Autumn.
Corn Fodder Tests.
Professor Sanborn, of the Missouri Agri-
cultural college, has been making some valu-
able tests of corn fodder feeding Last winter
he fed some of the stock Mt the state farm on
hay, slower and corn fodder, without grain.
The animals gained in flesh. Professor San
born says n good acre of corn fodder viii
keep tenfold the stock now averaged TO be
fed upon it. This fodder can be saved and
put into sacks for about 81 per acre. Every
acre saved Of good corn fodder will add
steer TO the number now kept.
As to the right time to cut corn the pro-
fessor's judgment is well worth recording.
He tells US the flint corns should be cut Just
when the grains are beginning to harden.
Dent corn, on the other hand, should not be
cut till the kernel is out of the dough state
and brushes dry
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01
When to Pick Pears.

1t would seem that people who grow pears
should by this time have learned when TO
pick them, but such is not the case with
many. Every season, and already this
season we have seen illustrations of the error,
pears are allowed to ripcn on the tree. When
pears have reached their growth and will
separate from the twig without breaking the
stem, they are about ready TO pick. Picked
thus end allowed to ripen in tho house, shut
out from the light when possible, they VIII be
at their best. II allowed to ripen on the tree
they are sure TO be greatly deficient in flavor
and often rot at the center, while the ex-
terror is still fair. Watch your pears and
pick thcm in time.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01
A Superstitious Official.

a portly and jolly government official came
out of his office without his cane. oh" said
he, Il must go back; that is bad luck" SO to
avert the threatened evil he marched back
into the office, sat down, took half dollar
out of his pocket, laid it upon his desk turned
1t over, and then replaced it in his pocket. He
then took his cane and marched out with a
cheerful heart. OF course, he did not believe
III this hocuspocus business, but then he had
heard the omen all his life, and it could do no
harm TO 80 through the rigrnarole, 50 he went
through It.-Portland Orcgonian.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01
Every Tree was wbi,evashea

The other day pretty young lady occupied
q seat on the hurricane deck OF one of the
large river packets. She was accompanied
by gentleman who was pointing out the in
terestlng scenery. The young lady resides in
southern city, and this was her first visit
to Minnesota OF course she went into rap
lures over everything she saw. During the
conversation the young lady astounded her
companion by eXclaiming: "Oh look at that
grove of trees Every one is whitewashed.
wonder what they did it for!" 1t was a
grove of birch trees.-Pioneer Press lis
tanern
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01
Meadows in Autumn.

Stock has now full possession of the
meadows almost without exception Many
of our meadows are picked as close, and trod-
den as hard, even this early in the season, as
the pastures are.
Where the matter of fences, and other
growing crops VIII allow, the stock is usually
turned il upon the meadow soon after the
hayias : done This practice is peculiarly
trying 70 the meadow. 1t has just lost its
natural covering in the shape of the seasons
growth taken OF for hay, and the sun and
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01
CANNON CORN sHELLEE.

1t will she'll saventy-five bushels per hour.
Professor Sauborn always selects seed corn
from short stalks. Tall growths run to
stalks at the expense of the ear. The short
stalk seed makes more bushels of corn, but
less fodder TO the acre. He selects seed ears
standing corn in the field before it is cut up.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01
+, pra,s. OF the sweet Pea.

The sweet pea is now fashionable. 1t has
not the gaudy, leoIline beauty of the sunflow-
err and it lacks the tawny, titanic toggery OF
the tiger lily. while rs q dollar jerker 10 the
JaqueIniaot rose tho sweet pea Is nowhere;
but for neat, urladultcrated "reminiscences Of
tho back yard and Your first girl, with her
hair down her back il two braidS, the sweet
pea Sweeps the deck with n royal sequence Of
the boyish past.-Philadelphia Press
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=.
AT Palatka with Jacksonville Tarnps q KEY
West Halfway, and 1T. Augustine ami Is,I.I =
hallWaS, ana last river steamers for ~ An
gusJlne, Green Cove Springs Jscksnuyiiia
and ali points North, East ana West AMI wiz n
up rlker steamers for South Florida s iso
with the Twin Screw Iron Steamer .sf,i,r : =
Palatha, and steamship City of MonrictII,,
Tor charleston, New York, boston FhiIsjeI
lhia, etc.
Mail trains make close connection bot, Wa, =,
wa J. T. n: w R'y-, at Jacksonville with a.
lhnl;c Coast Line, Fast Mail,
Al gainesville with through Pullman staa,,
err over savannah, Florida u Western Rrv fir
New orleans, Cedar Keys, Pensacola Ssvan
nan. ALBANY, montgomery, IouisviIIc =,
LOUIS and all points West. -
AT Ocala with Florida Railway and Nar,,a
ton Co., :. > .. X q. X. r., and Hacks fHr 81
Yer Springs. AZ E'i-
At Aston with st. Johns river staar,a,-, .,
JachsohNliie, sanford and way landings
AT Leesburg with the ST. Johns ana Tsk.
Eustls DIVISION of the Florida Southern Raii
way, ana boats on Lakes Harris and E1sfi.
FOR points on Lakes ~ A-NS'i'
AT Pemberton's Ferry with South Florida
Tor Lakeland. Tampa, Kissimme Harlow
orlando, SAM ord. Tue kertown and Fort Dad
Al Punta Gorca with steamer Alice Hon
Myers. "i4N roEt
=. CONANI, O. w. RRoNwprr
Se G MhnaSSr Gen'l Pass. A gent
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CORN sHELLER.

For small quantities the shelter shown in
the picture is a very good model. The grains
of corn fall from it clean, leaving cobs and
chaff behind.
For large quantities the shelter next given
is much used. From its long, round shape it
is called the Cannon corn shelter
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01

fAst mail trains stop only where finn. -
gwen ana only at Lemon street PaEltEa
= y HilNtd tram IL run between Paiark4 ana
SSthIofd, IN both directions. which sf0T.s 81
all stations, IN addition TO the regular mains
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01

Inc I'D T. m Fast Mail from IacIzsoUy,ss,-
anu anu 80 a m Fast Mail from Sanford maxi.
1IIeSt connections with South Florida tta4f-
way NJ sanford TO and from Orlando KiesiuI-
me-, barlow, Lakeland, Tampa ana an 81
steamer Mascotte leaves Tarnpa for Ee.
west and Havana twice a week.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01
CHARLOTTE HARBOR DIVISION,

Close connections made with steamer Tues
Fort Myers, etc.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01

IialEs leaving Jacksonville j. So 70 m ana
arriving Lao p m, run daily between JarE-
sohNl!Ic. Enterprise anu Sanford Grhfr--
daily except sunday
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-01
MAIN LINE.
CONNECTIONS

STEAMERS A j. LANEAND DISPAV1T
Max. daily double round trims of Lakes tsr,S, :
anu Harris, touching at all landings.
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ST. JOHNS e. LAKE EUSTIS DIV.

'Dinner at "elshton at O5 p m: supper a
= - u m.