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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30
The Guards Fair.

The ladies IRE active in making prep
arations for tho fair to be given for the
benefit Of the Gem City Guards, on May
9Th and 9Th. From the present outlook,
II will t,e the most successful fair held
here in long time, and 1t will attract
large crowds. At a meeting Of tho Ia
dies day or two ago, the following
committees were appointed. with Mrs.
Deal as chairman:
Cake Table -Mesdames Cochrane, Ken.
nerly, Rosenberg and Vinegar.
Ice Cream Mesdames Rogero. Gray
and Miss Randall.
Meats and Salads Mesdames Bowers
Cox. Rifles and Powers.
Strawberries Mesdames Volt, Enos,
A. NJ. Haughton and Van Alstinc.
Coffee, Tea and Milk-Meslames Han.
cock and Estabrook.
Miss Maggie Moragne will rersonate
Robeka at the lemonade we'll
Fancy Work Booth -Mesdames Cal
houn, Bailey, Price and Miss Moragne
Waiters-M Misses Louise Moragne, An
ME Petermann, Lula Baldwin, Annis
Hunter, Emmic BOYD, Picnic Rogero
Laura Tcasdale, Mamie Hancock, lds
McLaury. Maudc Priddy. Jennie and
Katie Ransom. Sadie Zehnhar, Ola ant
May Leonard. Lula Burland. Lizzie aud
Matte Gray, Hattie D'Autrey, Eva
Burke and Miss Russell.
Flower Girls Misses Nina Volt, IA
tie Enos, Pansy Devereux, Ella Rogarc
Mamie Forward. Alice Priddy and IRA
clio Blaine.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30
CRESCENT CITY ITEMS.

T. b. Sheeley's little son acci IDENTIFY
shot himself yesterday while PLAYING
with a pistol, the ball entering his lead.
He died last night.
Tho steam yacht Florence took party
out this morning to look for the body Of
the drowned man, Mr.. DuClos. but met
with no success.
The Rev. Mr.. Truscott will deliver an
address to the citizens Of Crescent CITY
Friday evening in thu open air. His
talk will be in regard his missionary
work in Africa.
Mrs. Garnet, Of st. Augustine, i. visi.
ting Mrs. Cole at the Lake Side Hotel.
N. N. Potter left for Atlantic CITY TO.
day. IurNG FELLOW,
Anril oQ 80
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

Finish the walls and ceilings with Ala
bastine. You can do it: Inexpensive
try II. White and twelve tints. Cheaper
and better than paint. kalsomine or pa
per. Disinfects and prevents diseases
Beautiful sample card free. by drug
gists, hardware and paint dealers. S3jt
given away. Boland, Shermerhorn 4
Co., Palatka. m3lwsaSwst
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30
NO CAUSE FOR GRIEF.
The Loss of the Orange Crop More
Than Compensated For by I'm

Than Compensated For by I'm
provemenis-
Men are frequently met with who will
put on long face and bemoan the fact
that the loss Of the last orange crop cost
the State . million dollars, and tina, nc,
more than half crop will be made this
winter. They can't see what will become
Of the State, because they look onlys on
one side Of the picture, and like all men
Of tina; class. they select the darkest
place on which to feast their visions.
Blu, there is brighter side, which the
great majority Of the people readily
recognise. and tina, is the great improve
ments beins made, which furnishes q
very satisfactory se,-on.
Say tina: the loss was one and q hall
millions from the frozen oranges and the
coming short crop, as an oS-set for the
entire State, Palatka and the towns
along the Florida Southern railway
alone, are expending fully that amount
in erecting new buildings and making
other improvements, thus putting more
money in actual circulation than the or
ange crop would have done. Othel
cities in the State, in fac, in all portion,
Of the State. these Improvements are be
ing made, and the people are showing M
signs that they seriously feel the effect,
OF the loss Of frui. last winter.
Fiorida's resources are too varied ant
the enterprise OF her people too active
for the loss Of one crop, however seriou
it may he, to discourage them.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30
County Commissioners should Make
StateuEu

MoUST ROYAL aIra =, i>>t.
Editor PALATKA News:
The county and city officials Should =
brought 70 sense Of duty in making
i,emized statements Of money expended.
1t would be good plan 70 inspect tie
books occasionally. auia thorough state,
ment Of condition u the eoUaty and
city hooks printed in the papers.
We wish vou success with the Me- :,
and have no doubt you will bring il tC
the front. and make il one Of the besl
papers ia the State. am.
Very respectfully, yours,
". b. GHEETHaN.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30
Will Write 't,n Tn.

y NEWS reporter, at the suggestion Of
some of the most prominent business
men in the city, will begin the work Of
writing up every business house in
the city, in day or two. /. is our OBJ.
ject to make the account a. full as pos.
sible, and the reporter will I've glad to
have all information possible in regard
TO the houses visited.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

The Harnett House at Savannah, has
a reading notice of interest to people
who propose to visi, that city. In "A town
noted for lis Indifferent hotels, We are
glad to learn one man has the nerve and
snap 10 open good house on reasonable
terms. The press speaks we'll of the
Harnett Iiouse--PALATKA NEWS.
fob. lltf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30
He Had Prayed too Long in Chimes,

He Had Prayed too Long in Chinese.
Two hundred Cinnamon sat in The
pews Of DR.. Deems church last evening.
They listened solemnly to a sermon in
their own tongue. delivered by Rev. f,
d. Jones, a missionary who has spent 10
years in China. He spoke for half an
hour to the remainder of his audience in
English. When Mr.. Jones attempted al
the opening Of the service to repeat the
Lords Prayer in English he broke down
completely because he could hot rrmem.
Der it. and Dr. Deems was obligpl TO
come forward and explain that Mr..
Jones had been speaking the language Of
China so long that he had for forcotts n
the text OF the Lords Prayer in English.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30
CHI ZAP ADVERTISING.
ONE CENT A W 0 R D

ADVERTISEMENTS, Is words " Inore, in
this column inserted for UsE CENT A WORD.
Everybody who has any want 10 supply,
anything 10 buy or sell, any business or &C.
eomnodatIons 70 secure; indeei, any wish 10
crafty. should advertise in this column.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

SLATE RoorlSG.--We are now ~ /
pare'l to furnish the best quality Of Roof.
ing Slate at $50 per square Of 10 feet
LAID. and call the attention Of builders
AMI others who desire safety from fire
sparks and good pure cistern water to
this very beautiful and durable material.
Address X. NJ. Shouse, Agent, Box No.
538, =. o., Jacksonville, Fla. apa3.3m
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

Prince Albert, negro charm.seller, is
now under arrest in Georgia. He was
born Of royal blood in Egypt, educated
in Jerusalem and can speak half dozen
languages.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

John Howard Bry ant, younger brother
Of William Cullen, has just left his win.
ter home in st. Augustine, Florida, to
return to Illinois. He is in his eightieth
year. still loves nature and writes verse.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

Resident Physician, Benjamin Nice.
Special attention given to Diseases Of
Women. Office Sanford House, corner
Orange and Third Street. apiG 3m
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

Henry Watterson is said to have really
avored the re-appointment of Mrs.
Thompson as postmistress at Louisville,
although his paper vigorously opposed it.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

What the Boston Home Journal says
Of it: AT the Harnett House, Sayan-
nah, Ga, you get all the comforts of
high priced hotels. and save from 81 to
~ per day. Try 1t and he convinced.
fit.tf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

Ex-senator William II. Barnum and
several friends who went with him to
Florida to look after the interests of tho
Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West rail.
road, paid 81 $50 for two days expenses
at Jacksonville.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

JusT RECEIVED. The Silver Star,
"Old Dominion" and California Hams.
Pig shoulders, apples, fancy groceries.
etc. Send your orders to The Family
Store" Robt. X. Reid. aai.tf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

PEKIN Duck EG0s-G Genuine Pekin Duck
Eggs for Matching, $3.50 per setting Of
nine eggs. Address y. y Bugbey, Palat-
ka: Fla. febf.3m
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

A iirst-class new house, containing
eight rooms, in good neighbo.hood, for
rent. Webb x Nichols a9.tf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30
Hot Wcnt her Goods.

New lot just received. The celebrated
Jewett filters. Jewctt porcelain lined
coolers, and Jewctt retrigerators. lee
cream frcezers, Monitor oil stoves, and
fly fans in great variety, and for sale at
lowest prices. NJ. W. KING * Co.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

The State Medical Association Of Flor.
ida, will hold its annual meeting in Pa.
latka, on Tuesday, the 18Th day II May,
1885, ii being the third Tuesday OF that
month. A full attendance Of the mem.
beers Of the Association is expected.
j. &. DUNNELLy, NJ. d.,
Chairman Com. OF Arrangements.
April 20. 1886. wv
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

-Four cottages to rent. Apply to =
Cunnecly. Apl % II
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

Ten dollars will buy good lot for a
home in West Palatka, Apply Ia J. W.
McLanry. Harris Block.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30
To Market Patrons.

W., the undersigned, as butchers o.
the city, do agree to abide by the follow.
ing rules and regulations, which will 20
into effect on the first day Of May
Market hours from m to l. m then
close till i:30 p m ; open from $3.50 to
pm. Customers will please take due no.
tice thereof AMI govern themselves &C.
cordingly.
Signed: ". Il. Cross.
NJ. &. GooD>pS,
THos. ". DUANE,
l.. X. GRAY & SoN,
ap2j-lw DAY x GOoDsoS.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

FoR SALE.-Four fine mich cows,
cheap. Apply TO John Thompson, gun
smith, on Orange street. Apr. 2,-lw.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

Go to Dr. W. W. Estes over Moragne
4 Kersting's drug store for fine Dental
work. flftf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

foR SAIE.--The business, furniture,
ETC., Of one of the best boarding houses
in the city. Address Box 49,, Palatka.
apes lt*
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

PEAS. PEAS, PEAS ALI kinds Of
Stock Peas ut Vertrecs 4 Go. a2J.lw
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

A short time ago the whole copercca.
ton Of Free Church in Scotland. who
were thinking OF calling n certain minis.
ter to their pulpit. hired 4 special tram
and went down en- nlassn 10 Dundee To
hear him preach. Such an incident
could hardly occur ont of scotland.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

A son Of Hannibal Halnln wants to he
Governor Of Maine.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30
Boautlfy Your Homes.

MONEY TO 1.oAS ON city property. En-.
utire Of Baldwin * Cochran. ap2s.tf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

Tee ..tce of TaK DAILY News !. .oeArs1 On
wars. street, ia the lrvn Building rent %
H. lis brIek store.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30

PALATKA, FLA, APRIL -. 1856.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30
CORRESPONDENTS

sst'lsitssl p a. irts.resfin- topics through
.IaJ tile stale We ~iit b-- especially grateful
fog al igeai item. OF intere,t o the public.
S,-~. senr by ~ re should L. abEey aatesi ~ he q
practicable, sad sent after O'Clock 2. N, al
dressed 10 FALATkA DAILY SEWS.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-30
THE DAILY NEWS.
THE PALATkA NEWS.
Published Daily and Weekly,
by THE
paIatka News Publishing Co.,
PaIatka. Florida.
Officers ard Directer

WI VINEGAR, PrsSr!enl.
:. kENSERLY. IT, -r.reF.
HENJ. HARRISON. SECRETARY.
RDBr. ". DAVIS, Az rEcy.
s.T.HAMNoND, Business Mansgrr-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-10-15
The Ubiquitous Thistle.

There is no weed weedier or more
ubiquitous than the common thistle
In paradise it is true, if we may trust
John Milton and the Sunday-school
books-wise, as usual, beyond what is
written-there were no thorns or this.
ties; the creation and introduction of
the noxous tribe upon this once inno-
cent and thornless earth being direct
consequence of the fall of man, and
stern retribution for Adams delin-
quency. But since then the thistle has
managed so to diffuse itself over the
habitable globe that there hardly now
own local representative of that ever
intrusive and conquering genus. Wher-
ever civilized man goes, there the this
tie accompanies him as a matter OF
course in his various wanderings. 1t
adapts itself to all earthly environ
ments. Close up to the arctic circle you
will find it defying the indigenous rein
deer with its prickly wings; under an
equatorial sky you may observe it &C
commodating itself most complacently
with a sardonic smile to tropical ex-
istence, and battling with the prickly
cactuses and the thorny acacias, to the
manner born, for its fair share of the
dry and arid uplands. Even nettles
are nowhere in competition with it; in
spite of its valuable and irritating
sting, the nettle has not the Elasticity
and adaptability of constitution that
mark the stout and sturdy thistle tribe.
Garnered and harvested yearly with the
farmers corn. its seeds have been gra-
tuitously distributed by its enemy, man,
in all climates; and when once it gains
the slightest foothold, its winged down
enables it to diffuse itself ad intinitum
through the virgin soil of yet uncon-
quered and unthistly continents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-10-15
The Honey Ants.

The honey ant is small, red insect,
extremely demonstrative and active
and found particularly in Texas ans!
Mexico, and in considerable number.
in Colorado. Their nests are promi-
nent mounds in some cases, and again
are low heaps, spread over an area of
twenty or thirty square feet, forming
community. AS a rule they are noe
turnal, working at night, though l have
seen them work in the bright sunlight
at three o'clock in the afternoon, march
ing in line, perhaps seven feet wide
and forty feet in length, to cotton
wood tree, up which they passed-and
long and slender-coming down larger
and full of a pure white liquid. 1t
would strike even casual observer as
curious that these ants were carrying
home liquid that could hardly be
stored away, ants not having, as a rule,
storehouses for liquid provisions; but
the honey ant overcomes this difficulty
in decidedly novel manner. Certain
of the ants, either by agreement or
selection, are utilized as receptacles for
the honey food supply and become lit
orally honey bottles. They are kept by
the others in separate apartment,
about six inches long by four in height,
that is storeroom. Here, if the nest
is carefully opened, the ants or honey
bottles will be seen hanging on the
wall, looking like ripe currants.
The modus operandi that results in
this is as follows: The ants, at least
the small ones, forage for food, and find
it in some cases in what are known as
gals, curious engagements or growths,
often seen on trees and formed by the
egg of an insect having been deposited
in the wood, the latter growing about
it and allowing in some cases an escape
of liquid thai is greatly esteemed by
ants, and certainly tastes like honey
Filling their bodies with this material,
the workers proceed to the storeroom
where the bottle ants are kept and de-
liver it up to them, the receptacles re-
CCINlAIS OO UllStO CilCy UCCOLlC ulC-
tended to an enormous extent, as we
have seen, and are incapable of move
ment to any great degree. Their bodies
upon examination seem particularly
adapted for the purpose, being covered in
their normal condition by several plates
that spread apart when the abdomen is
distended. How long these living bot
ties hold their store is not known-un-
doubleday indefinitely. When the other
ants wish to draw their rations they
proceed to the dark chamber, and a
supply is forthwith given up. Such an
arrangement seems to show that ants
have much more intelligence than they
are given credit for, as all their move
ments cannot be considered instructive.
In Colorado their nests are quite COM
mon about the Garden of the Gods,
and the tunnels that they form often
penetrate considerable distances into
the rock, and the work in arriving at
the chamber where the honey bottles
are hung is one of no little labor.
The TThinuifnuS Thistle
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-10-15
Systems of Numeralions.

don't know how far the Damaras
themselves can count; the Chiquitos of
America, q very low Indian tribe, can't
count beyond one: for any larger sum
than that, their simple language used
terms of comparison alone-as many
as ones eyes, as many as crows toes,
as many as the fingers on one hand, and
so forth up to six or seven. The Tas-
manians could get as far as two; be-
yond that they stopped short; their
simple scheme of enumeration was
merely this: One, two, a great many.
The Australian black fellows in Queens
land go step further; they reckon
thus: "One, two, two-one (S), two-two,
az" and after that they say more than
four" meaning thereby an indefinite
number. One South African tribe easily
beats this rudimentary record, and
knows how to count up to 10. But II,
or both hands and one over, it regards
as the ne plus ultra of human compu-
tation. When a British detachment
once marched against it, the scouts
brought in word to the elders of the
tribe that an immense army was coming
to fight them" an immense army;
IL white soldiers!" On the other hand.
some savages have really very adj
vanced systems of Enumeration; for
example, the Tongans, whose native
numerals go up as far as 100000. Even
this degree of proficiency, however, did
not quite satisfy the devouring mathe-
NAUTICAL passion of Labillardiere, who
asked them what they called ten times
that number, and so on until he had
finally made them give him names for
all the subsequent decimal stages up
even to one thousand billions. The
polite Tongans, anxious to oblige a
benevolent and generous scientific
gentleman in so unimportant matter
proceeded at once to supply him with
words, which the unsuspecting explorer
Immediately wrote down, and duly
printed as mathematical terms in the
accounts of his travel. But alas for
the duplicity and the unscrupulousness
of savages! The supposed numerals
in their higher ranges were really the
rudest and naughtiest words in the
Tongan language, with which, as
missionaries subsequently discovered
the evil-disposed Polynesians has sue
cessfully imposed on the bland and
childlike innocence of a scientific
stranger. Such are the dangers of
leading questions addressed in an i'm
perfectly understood tongue to the
wicked minds of the children of nature
The children of nature promptly re-
spond in the precise spirit of an East
End Arab of London.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-10-15
Bucklen's Arnica SaIve.

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Soles. Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Fever Sores. letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Erup-
tons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction. or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by L..
r. Kirk
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-10-15

One great reason why the work OF
reformation goes on so slowly is because
we all of us begin on our neighbors, and
never reach ourselves.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-11-21

decent respect for the opinion of the
intelligent among mankind, ought TO
suggest to him not to furnish them the
sickeniug food from his own family
circle.
Mr.. Stoddard will not affect very
much Mormonism against which he
proposes to wager a relentless war.
The experience of others in whose foot
steps he is walking, should teach him
.hat. He will fail. and the man who
seeks TO build up his own fame on the
ruins of a fathers character, ought 10
fail. For time he may be the pet and
the pride of the anti-Mormon element
in Utah. By his e.oquence, and as q
mimic, he may for a season b. able to
"split the ears of the groundlings and
make the unskillful laugh, +" but at last
the mel who now applaud to the chO,
will learn to despise as heartily as they
now applaud.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-11-21
4 Very Smart Dog.

Mr.. r. A. Lssseter received yesterday
from Williamson County his celebrated
Newfoundland dog, Chief Doc. This
handsome canine has been spending the
summer and early fall near Franklyp,
and is in fine condition. He is one of
the best specimens Of his breed in the
state OF Teunes- ee, beng a son of Bruno,
/ the champion Newfoundland dog. OF the
world. The intelligence OF this animal
is most remarkable. and is shown in a
new way nearly every day. A short
I time since Mr.. LesSeter sent a small
puppy into the Cumberland River after
= STICK near the middle of the stream.
When the small dog had gone q short
distance out he was seen by Doc, who
Immediately plunged into the water.
and, swimming, rapidly towards him.
grabbed his neck and brought the little
fellow TO the shore. This Doc did q
score Of times, seeming to think that the
puppy was too small 10 20 for aught
into the water.
Out at Frauklyn one day during the
summer he was out on the road playing
with lot OF children. when a drunken
man on horse came gallOping along.
Doc realized the danger the children
were IN and ran up the road and tried
70 stop the horse By jumping at the
bride Elm, but the horse saied around
and the dog missed his aim. Thu
intelligent brute darted back to the
place where were the children; all OF
them had gotten out of the road except
a little toddlhg year-old infant. which
was directly In the path of the plunging
horse. Doc grabbed the child's arm in
his mouth and dragged il out OF the
way just as the horse went by. A
moment later and the babe would have
been killed.
II was Docs regular custom during
his stay TO lead horses and mules to
water every morning He'd take the
bride reirs in his mouth and carry the
beasts of burden a quarter of 4 mile.
and never failed to bring them back. He
Is only about s years old, and is the
largest dog in the State, il is said. He
IS well-known character in West Nash
vile, and a favorite with the children,
whose greatest delight is to find him
when he is not on duty and get in a
romp with him and make him perform
some OF his many tricks.-Nashville
American.