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

Ten dollars will buy good lot ZOE
homo in West Palatka. Apply 10 .. w.
HcLaury, Harris Block.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-07

E;re Proof Black Tar Paint, for sale by
l.. Meyer.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-07

L. Meyer has just received Deau.ii %
and varied selections OF wall paper "a
this years pattern.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-07

Largest assortment OF Christmas soous
in town at F. c. Cochranes BOOK otofe'
dscl3-tf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-07

In putting on your wall paper be sure
n u.e ..S,mun's Bug Destroyer" in your
pas,e. which prevents reaches from eat,
ing the paper keeps ont damPness ana
ds3troys Insects. For sale by l.. Meyer,
Snlv atafe agent.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-07

=. Meyer has just received a new lot
Of imported wall paper, direct from
France. Call and examine. declotf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-07

For SALE-Good barber chair, price
CAS-. Apply to George Lofkins. barber
shop, Palatka, Fla. j1-2s
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-07

Tho drawing for that $50 Dinner set
ut M. W. King & Cos Crockery House
win take place Wednesday afternoon,
January 18th, at p. m. All those
holding tickets are requested to be pres
emit. n. w. King & Co. Jano-lw
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1886-10-23
The Customs Of the Snccse.

Why is it, asks some rain reader of the
Herald, that we ask blessing on a per-
SON who sneezesg Why do we say Good
bless you" when in our presence the
sternutatiVe explosion occurs The scribe
can only say this is said to be the oldest
and most universal superstition among
men; that there is not nation on the
face Of the earth, from the most savage
to the most civilized, which does not
have it.
The Jewish rabbis say that originally a
sneeze was fatal to the sneezer, but that
at the intercession of Jacob the penalty
of death was removed. Recollecting the
original terrors Of sneeGe the Jews say
to this day when friend INDUCES in a
sneeze: Long life to you"
The old Romans used to say on such
occasions, Salye, which the Irish render
'May you live thousand years and
never die The Greeks said Give.
One of the Greek epigrams Is on an an
cient Athcnian, whose nose. was so long
and the end so far away from MS ears
that he could not hear himself snee2v.
and consequently could not cry 'Jove,
help me-" when he sneezed. Themiss
tOcles found in sneeze to the right an
omen of victory over Xerxes, buta sneeze
to the left was regarded as unlucky.
So the custom has bees traced among
all nations and people. Spoke and
.Grant in their travels among the savages
of equatorial Africa could find no trace
of any religious ideas, except custom
of uttering an ejaculation or prayer when
q person sneezed The same custom has
been found to prevail among the South
Sea Islanders
Fifty years ago among ourselves it was
considered gross breach Of propriety
not to say God bless yo1" when friend
sneezed, and even now we occasionally
hear it, There is this to said for it, that
whatever its origin it is not an unpleas-
ant custom, and if it has any effect in
keeping away evil perhaps had better be
revived. II CAicdgQ Heyald.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1886-10-23
How Italians Eat Macaronl.

Have you ever noticed an Italians eat
ing macaroni2 If not, dine some day at an
Italian restaurant and look about you.
You wills feats of astronomical gym
nastics that astonish the uninitiated.
When one who is not of the elect under
takes to partakc Of cylindrical flour and
water he takes it upon fork as he
would a modicum Of some vegetable
He cuts it with the fork into lengths
that are portable and manageable. Not
so with the practical macaroni- eating
italian, who deems cutting the long
tubes sin akin TO that which epicures
say exists in cutting up lettuce. He coil
the compound like so much rope around
the fork, balances it high in air, and
let's the strings drop into his open mouth
with unctuous dehberation. A long
tube Of macaroni is sometimes two or
three minutes in transit, and the spec
tacle, if not a pleasing one, is, at all
events, rather curious. Ii requires prac-
tice to become skillful macaroni eater,
and few Americans attain perfection in
the art. The great tragedian, Salyini, is
a macaroni monomaniac, and when
playing in town where there is no
Italian restaurant his dispair can only be
compared to OtheIIo's upon the loss Of
his occupation. - Chicago Neaos.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1886-10-23
A Land OF Beulah.

sfAbsence of noise and gnats," the
great desideratum of q summer resort,
can be found in rare perfection on the
table-lands Of the Mexican state Of OAK
AGA. A few miles southeast Of the ex-
tinct volcano of Colcoyan begins mesa
or airy plateau stretching south for half
hundred miles, presenting an ever varying
panorama of magnificent mountain seen
cry, snowy peaks, rocky terraces, and
park-ihe table and, sparsely inhabited
by a race OF Iadjos tnGrsos, tame In
dians" different from our ApacheS as
a Hindoo peasant from Turcoman high
way robber They use no plows, they
keep no cattle, but follow the silent occuz
patton of banana culture, with interA
mezzas of trout fishing and bee hunting.
Butterflies and a species Of winglcss bees
are the chief personalities Of the insect
tribe, mosquitoes being unknown, at
least to the natives. The range of the
thermometer is 50 limited that the mini
mum of the coolest winter night is only 35
degrees below the maximum of the warm
est summer day, the extremes being re-
spectively 81 and 81. The rocks are fes-
TONED with Towering lianas, frequented
by remarkable variety of night butter
flies and very similarly colored ,humming-
birds. Singing birds, however. are
scarce, and after sunset the absolute 81
lence of the mesa equals that Of the Al
pine highlands. Or Osssald.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1886-10-23
Ruled by Superstition.

I noticed in one of the papers, says
Alfred Trumble in the New York Nsws,
an account of the death, at Salt Lake
City, of eight Mormon children, of diph-
liberia, because the superstition of their
parents forbade calling in doctor.
They relied entirely on prayers and faith
for cure, and the treatment failed.
know community of foreigners in this
wise city of New York that, though it
does not hold to the Mormon creed, holds
firmly to this one of its beliefs. 1t has
one common cure for every mortal i'll
from consumption to corns-oil and
prayer. The oil is kerosene and is APP
piled externally with friction. The mem
bers of this besotted band are English,
and they are part of considerable body
of their kind that sprang up there some
years ago. They are working people,
thrifty and prudent, and live sober and
domestic lives. Vegetarianism is ono OF
their doctrines; another is to never read
the newspapers on accounted the wicked
ness they record. This latter fact may
excuse their debased intellectually and
explain the imbeeility Of their medical
,,ractice
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1886-10-23
A Good Reason.

Colonel Bagly Ito Colonel Smith II
see you passed Maxey without speaking
to him. thought that he and you
were the best of friends.
S2ith-We used to be. We roomed
together long time, you know
BagIy- Yes, know, but why did you
fall out.
Smith-We didn't exactly full out,
but | have no use for him now.
Bag'y-- Whyl
Snith-fie's biA collector drkaa-
saD Ir0reler.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1886-10-23
Preserving Eggs.

The follc~iagis She ''Havanaapgbcess"
for preparing Sggs, the formula for
which has been kept secret or sold to
persons who were willing to pay So for
it: Take twenty gallons Of water
and put in it 10 pounds of unslalcd
lime and four pounds of salt. Stir well
several times day and then let it staad
and settle until perfectly clear. Then
draw off twenty gallons of the clear
lime and salt water. BY putting spigot
in the barrel about four inches above the
bottom you can draw off the clear water
and leave the settings. Then take five
ounces of baking soda, FIVE ounces of
cream tartar, five ounces saltpctrc, five
ounces borax and one ounce of alum;
pulverize these, mix and dissolve in a
gallon of boiling water, which should be
poured into your twenty gallons of lime
water. This will fill whisky barrel
about half full and such barrel holds
$50 dozen eggs. Let the water stand
one inch above the eggs Cover with
an old cloth and put bucket Of the
settings over it. Do not let the cloth
hang over the barrel As the water
evaporates add more, and the eggs must
be kept covered
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1886-10-23
WHY Maids VIII Wed.

K good wife rose from her bed one morn
And thought with nervous dread
IL the piles on piles of clothes to be washed
And the dozen Of mouths to be fed.
There's the meals to get for the men in the
field,
find the children TO Fix away to school,
find all the milk to be SKINNED and charmed;
Mud all TO b. done this day"
~ had rained in the night and all the wood
Was wet as it could be,
III 9were buildings and pies to bake
N ID loaf of cake for tea;
the day was hot, and her aching hea
robbed YEARLY as she said:
n maidens but knew what good wives
know
They'd not be in haste to wed"
E''Annie, what do you think told Ned
Brownp'
Called the farmer from the well,
And flush crept up to his bronzed brow
And his eyes half bashfully fell.
I'sftwas this" And coming near no snaiied.
TT was this That you are the best
And the dearest wife in town"
The farmer went back to the field,
4 And the wife. in smiling. absent way.
slang snatches of tender little songs
Shed not sung in many a day
And the pain in her head was gone and her
clothes
We're as white as the foam of the sea.
And her butter as sweet and golden as it
could be.
The night came down.
The good wife smiled TO herself as she said:
6 Vt sosweet to labor for those we love
I'd is not strange that maidens will wed"
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1886-10-23
HIS DISCOVERY.

The Rev. Mr.. Shaw contrasted greatly
with his surroundings-his spotless cloth
i fitting so well his strong, manly figure;
bis clear-cut, Grecian features, and dark,
wavy hair thrown back with careless
grace from his smooth brow. He was
visiting one Of those wretched tenement
houses used by the very poor, and be-
fore him was forlorn group. A widow
who had Just buried her husband; she
had five helpless children-th eldest
six, the youngest nursing baby, and
pair of twins among them. The rags
and, worse than all, the dirt of poverty
everywhere apparent. An expression of
almost sublime pity rested on the coun-
tenance of the minister The woman,
with her apron thrown over her head,
rocked herself to and fro, and walled
forth her great trouble
'Have you no friends2" asked Mr.
Shaw, in low voice.
'tSome, but as bad or wuss off than
us. Yes" she said, looking up with a
grateful, bright expression, "there is
one Lord bless her! who has done a
lot for nle-Miss Mehitabel Sanks. She
sent medicine and the doctor to the
old man, and guy me clothes and
suthin' to eat; and many's the man,
woman, and child that blesses her for
taking care of em. Why, sir, she even
leaves little cards with stamps ON 'em,
and Job Potter, who can write, sends
'em to her when we are in very bad
state, and they are always answered"
After assuring her of his sympathy,
and that he would do what he could for
her, the minister wendell his way home.
MIR. Shaw was the rector of one of the
wealthy churches of the city, and Mabel
Lee was one of the parishioners. Her
face was Madonna-like in its tender
curves and beauty, the large blue eyes
with just tinge of sadness, the perfect
curve Of the red lips, faultless COM
plexion, and blonde hair that was like
halo of light round the graceful head.
But, ah, when she talked it was like
damper, mist on beautiful picture,
marring the tints that otherwise would
have been perfect.
Absorbed in these thoughts he found
himself in front of Mr.. Lees house, and,
sbeying an impulse, he turned into the
gate, and was admitted.
AS Miss Lee entered the parlor he
thought he had seldom seen falrer
vision, and was vexed to feel his heart
throb more quickly and thrill with
pleasure that he felt must be controlled.
She greeted him with that easy grace
whish was one Of her principal charms.
"Ah, Mr.. Shaw an 50 glad to see
you. had real spell Of ennui this
Anes1 ed,
ost
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1886-10-23
The true Reason-

Corporal to Soldier-Why Is the
blade OF the sabre curved instead Of
st;aightl
Soldier-It is curved IN order to give
more force to the blow
Corporal -Humbugi The sabre is
curved so as to &c the scabbard. II
ID was STRAIGHT nov would vr-
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1886-10-23
Precoclous wit.

Enfant TerribIe-Why have you gray
hair, mammal
Mamma r Becanse you are such a
naughty little girl
81 Then lnsw very naughty you
% hYve %laraas@s-
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-11
The English Commons.

LONDON, September 8.-Since the inter
view between the government and Mr.. Par
nell has been abandoned, Lord Randolph
Churchill is disposed to bargain with Mr.
Parnell on the basis OF the government't
support OF a single clause Of Parnell's bill
relating to the suspension of evictions. The
majority If the Cabinet are opposed to any
Irish legislation until next year.
Harrington insisted there should be nc
tampering with the Parnell bill and pro.
posed to Salisbury q vote of the Unioniste
bill.
The Chamberlain faction will not vote on
the bill. Chamberlain, who has gone to
the country, says he will take no part
in the debate. He adheres to his determin-
alton to do nothing to embarrass the gov.
eminent in dealing with Ireland.
Lord Churchill will offer Parnell facilities
for a second reading of his bill on the 18th
inst. on condition thatthe Parnellites offer
no obstruction to the passage OF the whole
OF the stimates. The Parnel!jtes tanning
to obtain control OF the Government
insist upon the consideration of
Parnelrs bill before the estimates. The
probable issue will be that Parnell will &C.
cept Lord Randolph's offer, knowing that
defeat Of his bill is certain. Parnell has
sent a draft of his measure to Gladstone.
The first clause provides that lease hold
ers may apply to the court to fix judicial
rents; second, that tenants whose rents
we're fixed a year 6 may apply to the
court for a revolution, and third, that the
court, pending q decision on the applica-
may suspend ejectment on payment
such proportion OF rent as the court
may decide upon. The Government whips
predict that the debate will be short and
that the house will adjourn on the 25th
inst.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-11
GLADSTONE'S POSITION.

Mr.. Gladstone's pamphlet on the Irish
question has been republished in this coun.
nry by Scribner & Sons, of New York.
Abstracts from it have been telegraphed to
newspapers, but the intelligent reader will
be eager to read the full text in order to in.
form himself thoroughly concerning the
matter treated. He gives a good deal OF
space to defending himself from the charge
OF having made on THE subject a too sud.
den change OF front. He might have safely
left that charge to the inevitable contempt
OF humanity. That part of the English.
speaking people in whose opinion his fame
will lie does not judge great men upon the
small and mean easo furnished by the
malignity Of party spirit.
He is quite sound in the reasoning that
the time to take up q great political pro-
ject is when mems minds are ready for it.
He is advance of England in his perception
OF this time, bnt not very far behind Ire
land. Ireland has desired the improve
ment of her condition for generations, but
it is only very recently that she adopted
practical measures to force it. Ireland
unity of nearly ninety votes
shows that she is ready, and that is what
ia to convince England. Ireland will hold
in Parliament henceiorth a balance of
power. No party can continue supreme
but with her consent.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-11
ENVOY SEDGWICK.

Late dispatches that Mr..
Sedgwick who was sent to Mexico by Score.
tary Bayard to investigate the Cutting
matter has gone to Chihuahua to examine
the records there for the purposes of his
mission. But it seems the American
Colony at the City OF Mexico and quite a
large number of Republican journals don't
like Mr.. Sedgwick. The former objected to
him because he didn't pay that distin-
guished respect to it's members which they
considered they were entitled to by virtue
of being the american Colony" in a foreign
country. So they accused HIM of getting
drunk one night at a Mexican Club room
and OF going to his hotel very late at night
or rather very early in the morning in the
same glorious and hilarious condition.
The Republican journals don't like Mr..
Sedgwick because he is an appointee of
Secretary Bayard, who in the eyes OF an
orthodox Republican is but little better
than the devil with whom, it is charged,
he is closely related. And SO they
have taken up this charge preferred
by the american Colony" in Mexico
with the view OF making political
capital out OF it, or in other words, a large
sized mountain out of a very small-sized
mole-hill. Now, who constitutes this ''col-
ony?" Let us see. The last census of this
American colony" disclosed a total of
out-at-elbows adventures, who
had gone down to Mexico with shoo-fy in
ventions, hoping to get contracts with the
one veteran schoolmarm, de-
on the skirmish line for q rich and |
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-11

manageable Aztec; one red-nosed evange.
list, bounced by the Salvation Army in
Chicago, and willing to take any cure in
sight. One saw them picking their teeth in
the nei2hborhood OF Recamier's and Fal.
cheri's, or numbering up to q free bench in the
plaza while the Eighth Cavalry band played
under the electric lights. If ~nnhappily one
got acquainted with the "colony," the lat
ter would con6de to him the story of his
deception and ill-treatment by the perfdi-
Gus Greaser and sadly borrow a dollar for
the glory OF sweet home.
No doubt the colony is sorry MI. Sedg-
wick came. No doubt the colony is dis.
gusted with the whole business. MI. Sedg-
wick seems to have been received with open
arms, and with a gracious and beautiful
hospitality in which they easily excel. by
those Mexican gentlemen who do not dine
and wine the colony, and by those Mexican
officials who havegently but firmly repealed
the colony's financial onslaught. Nothing
is more natural than that the colony
should malign and vilify Mr.. Sedgwick;
10 more natural than that the
''colony's" venom should find a sluiceway
Republican prints.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-11
THE s y SLATE.

1t Is generally supposed among tn,
bosses OF the Republican partythat the mem
bers of the convention which meets in thi
city next Monday will ratify the followin,
ticket, and, after ~transacting other unim
portant business, adjourn. The bosses hav,
met, settled all differences-in their mind
disposed OF the question of spoils-if there
shall be any-and otherwise patched up
smoothed over and fixed things in GOOD
working order. Here is the ticket:
For Councilman-J. E. Richards.
For Representatives-W. O. Speer, Evan
Herbert, F. E, Sergeant.
Sherif-Milo French.
: Treasurer-H. C. Kessler.
Clerk and Recorder-Ed. Edwards.
Probate Judge L. j. Hamilton.
Superintendent Common Schools. R.
Wharton.
County Coramissioners-W. E. Hall, VIM.
Thompson, Benjamin Tibbey.
County Attorney-W. II. Dewitt.
Assesso7-Jonathan Blake.
Coroner-W. Pinkham.
Public Administrator-George Pascoe.
Surveyor-N. B. Ringeling.
Justices of the Peace-W. L. Lippincott,
L. Judge 1.-THE lAtter now marked off and
Keith s~ubstituted.)
Constables-Engle and Morsehead.
This is the ticket and unless the rank and
file OF the party can gather strength
enough to break the slate every man above
named will be nominated next Monday.
We are of the opinion, however, that be-
fore the cut and dried affair can be
down the throats ofthe great un-
washed OF the party there will be an exhibi.
ton OF s~talwart "bucking" unequaled out
side q corral of wild mustangs.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-11

nimo's surrender. Great praise is bestowed
upon General Miles for his excellent con-
duct of the campaign. General Crooks
work is not forgotten. 1t is said that the
results of Crook campaign was OF great
distinguished himself as a gallant officer
and his pursuit OF the hostiles under ad-
verse conditions and h%ardships was thor
oughly commendable. Acting Secretary OF
War WIS not prepared to say what dis
position would be made OF the captlves.
But certainly, he said, nothing would be
done in the matter until the Presldents
wishes were given.
PROBABLE DISPOSITION OF
WASHINGTON, September 1.-THE officers
of the Department were especially graft
fed at learning that Geron,mo's surrender
was unconditional. The opinion prevails
in quarters that the Indians will be trans
ferred to the custody Of the Interior De-
partment, and that Geronimo and his
lieutenants will ultimately be surrendered
to the civil authorities OF Arizona and that
upon trial for murder with o result that
would require little effort to guess. Or
fcers of high rank incline to the belief that
the President will never consent to sur
render Geronimo to the civil authorities,
but will order his trial by Court Martial If
it should be regarded as proper to try
him at all. Some officer said that the
successful ending of the campaign will b.
of inestimable value to the Territory OF
Arizona as the hostiles had so ravaged
and harried an area OF rich country two
hundred miles square as to render it un-
inh. bitable.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-11

been imprisoned for the purpose, it Is as.
eerted, OF extorting money from him. Tit
M%exicans had shot at him several times
and once wounded him severely. Com
plainants apprehend that the object oi
their arrest was to convict them OF Han
sons murder. The Mexicans tried to
freighten them so as to make them break
Jail and flee the country. But they would
not scare and are still in jail. Complain
ants say: 1--WE have been held one year
and fifteen da, 8 for no other reason than
speculative purposes on the part OF these
theiving Mexicans. We have written to
our consul at Lapse and got two or three
letters from him when we first came down
here. but he will not answer our letters any
more, and the courts have done rothing in
our case.
The complaint covers fiteeen pages Of
foolscap: The paper relates the action OF
the Mexican courts, harsh treatment in
jails and the tauntes OF the Mexicans. Han
son left $780, 600 worth OF property in Mex
leo.
Governor Ireland, in reply, states he lie
glad to get this statement, but that tbs
compliments should appeal to the state
department through the governor Of Cali
fornia, in which state they claim legal resi-
dence.