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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-15

CeIptS.
A large orange has been grown by A.
u. Thornas, at Green Cove. This giant
measures fifteen inches in circumfer-
.ance in any part, and seems to be well
filed with juice.
The tramway connecting the present
terminus of the Green Cove and Melrose
railroad with Belmore has been COM
pleted and a car now runs to meet the
daily trains from Green Cove.
Rev. Father Pottiolacio, who has been ac-
customed to- hold monthly services in the
Catholic Church at Green Cove, has been
stationed at Welshton, Florida, where a
large colony of Scotch and Italians have
located.
During the holidays gun was sent by
a small coiored boy, about 12 years of
age, to leave in Carpenter & Heads
store at Tallahassee. The boy left the
gun as directed, but he, or another boy
his size, called for it shortly afterward,
and it has not been seen SINCE.
The Atlantic and Mexico Gulf Canal
Company has organized by the election
Of the following officers: President,
Hon. Geo. F. Drew, Vice-President, d.
c. Bacon; Treasurer, James X. Clark
Secretary, Alex. Curtis. Executive
Committee-D. c. Bacon, James X.
Clark, III. B. Tompkins and George F.
Drew.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-15

The persons who invested in the diving
speculation to obtain 100000 worth Of
gold which was sunk years ago in the
ship Alfonso Mi, off the west coast of
Africa, have been rewarded by harvest
of gold from the gray sand fields. The
divers have got up nearly all the gold
and have sent it to England.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-15
Probably Written After an Cnsuc-
cessfnl Suit.

Berlin tOnt) News.
A woman never forgets her lovers.
Ever and anon she recalls them in a
sweet, sad dream, and she counts them
as a nun counts her beads in her devo-
tious. But man forgets. Hedon'tcare
much. A woman at sixty is always seri-
GUS md sensible, and If left widow she
lives true to her memories and comforts
herself with her children and grand
children. But a widower of three score
years is the biggest fool upon earth.
There ought TO be a reformatory prison
Tor boys under sixteen and widowers
over sixty. An old widower will put
Grape on his hat and dye on his beard
and START out on q matrimonial skirmish
in two or three months after the funeral.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-15
VOLUME II.
INTERLACHEN.

The Messrs. Wertz, two families from
Missouri, have located on Lagonda
street. .--- ~ =
Messrs. Davis and Wright, two families,
have located on Lagonda street.
Messrs. Lang. father and SON, of Mon
treal; one a shoemaker, the other car
psnter, are winning golden opinions for
the character Of their work. Their house
is on the corner Washington street and
Tropic avenue. 1ai-ia a-'l '-',.'
Mr.. Warren Taylor, before mentioned,
has become Notary Public. Insurance
and Real Estate Agent, and will soon, it
is hoped, establish a general exchange
Office. The land is cleared and the
lumber purchased for something unique
in the way of residence.
Mr.. Knapp is winning golden opin-
ions from the guests of the Hotel Inter-
Iachen. The Saratoga cook has arrived
and "Stonewall jackson" is in high
favor in the dining room.
Miss Yume, a native of India, and
guest Of Mrs. Knapp, is the good mis-
sionary of Interlachen. Her presence is
benedicti0n in the sick room, and in
the home of the lonely.
Mr.. Newbert is recovering FROM an at
tack of rheumatism.
Mr.. Chase had a stroke of paralysis on
his way from Maine, and a few days
since was afflicted with asecond one and
Is quite helpless. He has the sympathy
of the vvhOle community
Francis & Long are painting the town
red. Streets are being cleared of the
native grasses and sawdust, and trees are
being planted on the sidewalks, and the
town is having quite fixed up" look.
Fresh paint has made wonderful change
in the appearance of the houses, and the
town has all the boom its citizens can
manage, and are looking forward to the
time when the merchant princes of Pa
latka will have their many trains on
the Florida Southern railroad to convey
them to their suburban homes on the
shores of Lake Lagonda and -Chipeo.
where they can enjoy pure water,
pure atmosphere, good society, pleasant
drives, good boating and fishing. educa-
tional and religious privileges of high
order. A good healthy location, winter
and summer. A few good lake fronts
left. t1-z-s-1 s-+-s q
p. S.-Your correspondent would call
the attention Of the Florida Southern
Management to the deplorable condition
Of the platform at the Interlachen station.
The amount Of shipment frequently
wears it out and makes it dangerous to |
walk on. j.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-15

Philip ]. Canova has been appointed
as postmaster at Green Cove, vice. Thos.
Roberts, resigned. Mr.. Roberts has been
In o63ce for II years. s..
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-15
STATE PRESS.

The fare or the street car at Green
Cove has been raised to 1Octs., owing to
the preponderance of expenses over re-
-ceipts. --f- =---
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-18

1. To make the finest flaw
ored and longest keeping butter the
cream must undergo a rlpening pro-
cess by exposure to the oxygen of the
air while it is rising The rlpening is
very tardy when the temperature Is
low.
3. After cream becomes sour, the
more ripening the morei it depreciates.
The sooner it is then skinned and
churned the better, but it should not
be churned while too new. The best
time for skimming and churning, is
just before acidity becomes appar.
ent.
3. Cream makes better butter to
rise in cold air than to rise in cold
water, but it will rise sooner in cold
water, ask the milk will keep sweet
longer.
4. The deeper milk is set the less
airing the cream gets while it is ris-
ing.
5, The depth of setting should vary
with the temperature; the lower it is
the deeper milk may be set; the high
er, the shallower it should be. Milk
should never be set shallow in low
temperature nor deep in high one.
Setting deep in cold water economies
time, labor and space.
6. While milk is standing for cream
to rise, the purity of the cream, and
consequently the fine favor and
keeping Of the butter, will be injured
if the surface of the cream is exposed
freely to air n UGH warmer than the
cream.
z. When cream is colder than the
surrounding air it takes up moisture
and impurities from the air. When
the air is colder than the cream it
takes up moisture and whatever es-
capes from the cream. In the former
case the cream purifes the surround
ing air; in the latter case, the air
helps to purify the cream. The Sc
lection of a creamer should hinge on
what is most desired-hiehest quality
or greatest convenience and economy
in time space and labor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-18
BREAD MUST BE WHITE.
FaSht On's Arbitrary Sway Over the
STAFF of Life-HOw Good Br cad Mslf.
tates Against Badness.
New York Sun.

There are fashions in bread, and
bakers pander to them. These fash
ions do not take the form of addition
al nutriment or hygienic regulation.
On the contrary, their existence
weakens the wholesome principles OF
bread and sacrifices everything sani-
tary to outward appearance. Bread
must be white. A housekeeper de-
cl1nes to look at a loaf until it be
what she calls milky" A brown
tint, she has been tau ht to believe,
implies defective bread, and, besides,
its aspect is not pleasing. This re-
ligion is carefully instilled into girls,
at the present time. Bakers May
have secret ideas on the subject; in
their inner consciousness they may
recognize the fact that if white bread
be used largely its effects may not be
as healthful as those of browner bread
but they pander to the fashion. and
as long as that fashion supplies them
with ioaves and fishes they are con-
tent to be unscienti6c and leave the
hygiene side of the question alone as
irrelevant and immaterial.
An agitation on this subject, how
ever, is taking place, and there is no
doubt that in short time 1t will as
sumo formidable proportions. Sever
al enthusiasts whose ideas run in
other grooves than that Of dollars and
cents have been giving the point very
mature consideration. Physicians
have been consulted and their sympa-
thies enlisted, and movement start
ed. Mrs. 81 s. G. Jones is an ener-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-18

perhaps no race in Great Britain
which has done such great things, so
far as regards yield of milk. as this
race.
Hog raising is one of the most
ready means of money-making known
to the western farmer. Even when
the supply is abundant and prices
low, q margin of profit is found in
well-kept stock. Such animals are
always salable. They are Compare
lively free from disease, and usually
bring quick returns in cash for the
Amounts invested. Moreover, every
properly managed and well-fed hog
that leaves the farm leaves it in all
the better condition for growing rich
pastures and heavy crops of grain
than if he had not been reared and
fed upon the farm..
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-18
Gen. Sherman On Gen. Hancock

AT the annual meeting of the Ohio
Commandery, Military Order of the
Loyal Legion, in Cincinnati last
week, Gen. Sherman paid the follow
ing tribute TO the late Gen. Hancock: :
Gen. Grant records on the front
fy-leaf of his book that Man propos-
es and God disposes.' We feel that
here tonight. Yesterday we hoped to
have jolly, good time, and yet the
the telegraph waited over the wire
the sad intelligence that the glorious
man, your former commander-in-
chief, one who has probably done
more to sustain the Loyal Legion than
any other man On earth, lies to, day in
his snroud, and waits but few hours
till he will be buried at his old home
in Pennsylvania. It is right and fit,
Ladies and gentlemen, that we should
pause and do this glorious subject mar
tial honor. Without record, and
without rotes, must speak and will
be as brief as possible. I knew Han
cock well, for my memory goes back
to the time when he came to West
Point, tall, slender boy, with fair
hair and blue eyes, cheeks with the
down of the freshly ripened peach.
have seen him from that time until a
few months ago. He made q good
name in the Mexican war, When I
got to ST. Louis, a captain in the Com
missary department, found Hancock
there developed in manly beauty;
strengthened in character, regiment
al quartermaster still, with the rank
OF first Lieutenant, young groom of
beautiful bride. And here permit
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-18
When to Sell Hens.
American Agricalturist.

To those who desire the best DOS
sible profit of poultry, it is a question
of no little Importance: cat what age
shonld the hens be sold2" may, in
deed, ship both poultry and eggs to
the city, but the costs on small lots
would eat up all the profits over and
above that which I would receive from
my country merchants. In my own
neighborhood, spring chickens hatch
ed in April, and of large, brolling
size. are worth twenty cents a piece.
This is but little if any more than the
actual cost to the raiser. If kept, the
pullets att six months of age will begin
10 lay. This is some weeks before
Christmas, at time when eggs bring
their best price. Between their starr,
and the time when hens arc in demand
for market in the spring, these pullets
if well fed and cared for. will lay 100
or eight dozen eggs. These are the
usual price here in the winter, namely,
% cents per dozen, are worth 50. A
good Braham pullet or any of the
larger breeds, may be kept laying all
winter and spring, and still be ia good
condition for the table. At this time
a hen will sell for 80 cents, and this
will pay for the feed the hen will con-
sumo up to that age, apart from what
she will pick UP in foraglng around,
if allowed free run upon the farm.
There will then be clear profit of 50
on each hen at one year old, and this
is more than can be reasonably ex-
pected at any other period of a hens
existence. After this the expenses on
a hen increase, to say nothing of the
risk, and the profits diminished.
It is clear, then, that it pays better
to sell a one-year-old after getting one
winters laying, rather than to keep
hens to greater age, or to sell them
as broilers. Young and vigorous
hens produce the largest numer of
eggs. Do not keep old fowls, or in
deed, old stock of any kind. Of
course, a number, say one or two
dozen hens on each farm, must be
kept to an older age for breeding pur-
poses, but the stock poultry and the
laying hens should always be kept
separate if possible. The breeders
and layers require different treat
ment. Every spring full quota of
layers must be raised for the next
winters laying force. Only the male
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-18

a recognized fact, and as fast as we
can raise good grade draft horses our
progressive farmers will have them on
the farm even if the city buyers do
cHer such high prices for them. A
draft horse is as profitable on the
farm as in the city, as is shown by the
South:
"One of the severest losses sustained
through the entire cotton belt in
every department where animal mo-
tive power is used is from defective or
light teams. It is almost beyond
computation the loss thus sustained.
Every team must have its driver, and
If the team can only do half work it
of necessity reduces the. product of the
drivers labor one-half. In tilllng the
soil the loss is still greater, as not
only is the amount of blowing one
half less, but it is SO shallow and de-
fective that the land produces only
half crop and that of an inferior
quality. The draft-horse industry
from this standpoint assumes vast
proportions. and is vitality connected
with successful farming and every
transportation industry. No one
thing could add so largely to the in
come in the cotton states as heavier
farm and transportation stock. This
alone wouldtmake all the difference
between failure and success. This
alone would secure us profit that in
a few years would give us independ-
ence and wealth. We are glad to note
progress in this direction, and such
progress will be permanent and profit
able. If the farmers in every county
would club together and purchase a
first. class French draft-horse stallion.
a few years would witness a wonder
full change in the horse stock of the
county, and would pay better than
any investment on the same amount.
Changers or the Farmers Alliance
could cooperate in such an enterprise
and make it profitable to all con-
cerned."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-18
Winter TranspIanttng.
From Our Country Home.

Large trees may be transplanted
with tolerable safety by removing a
large ball of frozen earth with the
roots. A trench may be dug around
the tree two or three feet from the
trunk. late in autumn, sufficiently
deep to sever all the larger horizontal
roots. The hole for the reception of
the tree should also be dug before the
ground freezes; then in winter, at
time when the soil at the base of a
tree Is frozen solid, back the forward
truck of farm wagon against the
trunk, lift the tongue erect and strap
it firmly to the body. Then loosen
the tree at its base by digging under
it sufficiently to cut the tap root. At
tach rope near the top of the
trunk, and by the aid of a team the
tree may be lifted from It's bed and
laid PROSTATE, the heavy base resting
across the axle of the truck. Then
hitch the team to the rear of the truck
and the tree may be readily draggad
to its place. AS thorough trimming
will BE necessary to counterbalance
the loss of the roots it is matter of
economy to cut away considerable
part of the top before the removal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-18
National Live Stock Journal.

Much of the value of potatoes as a
hog food depends upon the cooking.
If fed largely raw they produce scour-
nag AID do not all digest. This is due
to the fact that the potato is composed
so largely of starch as to make cook
ing an almost indispensable aid to
digestion. A little raw potato is
beneficial to the hogs stomach when
fed largely upon corn. It is Laxative
and cooling, allaying the feverish
tendency arising from the heating
effects of corn. When fed to realize
the most benefit from them for fatten-
Ing, they should be boiled soft, and
II grain be fed with them, kthey
should be cooked together. Potatoes
and corn go well together, the form
er giving bulk and the latter concen-
trated nutriment. The potatoes have
more value, judiciously fed, as pro.
motlng health than for nutriment.
Although more nutritious than any
other roots, the potatoe, nevertheless.
is rs per cent water, so that its nu-
tritive value is far below that of corn.
In fact, it takes 383 pounds of pota-
toes to be equivalent in nutriment to
100 pounds of dry corn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-18
How Freezing Benefits the Soil.
American Agriculturist.

American Agriculturist.
Il is a well-known fact that water
In the act Of freezing expands cor
siderably and with a force that is
irresistible. 1t is the freezing of the
water ia their crevices and pores that
causes the rocks to be gradually worn
and "weathered," as it is called, into
the soil. 1t is this also which is con-
tinually reducing the soil to finer
fragments, and which breaks up the
hard clogs and mellows ground. Fall
plowlng or spading assists this effect
by breaking up the compact soil into
Jumps, which are further broken into
small particles. AS water and air.
then, only act upon the surface of
these particles, it is clear that the
smaller they are the more surface is
exposed to the weather, and the soil
is made soluble. If block of hard
soil of ID inches cubic is exposed to
the weather there are S94 square
inches of it affected; if 1t is broke up
into cubes of 1 inch 1O,36S square
inches are exposed to these beneficial
influences if the soil is further broken
up IN fragments of 1-12th of an IL Oh
there are more than 124, 900 square
inches thus effected. This fact shows
how greatly the effect of frost benefits
the soil, and therefore, how necessary
it is that the land should be fall-plow-
ed and opportunity given for this ben
etlclal action of the weather. In the
garden, even, all the soil possible
should be spaded before it freezes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-18

MRS, S. j. Cross, IN PACIFIC RURAL PRESS
do not hate the 5rtck and mortar piled,
With weary toll to form the busy mart of
Only better love the sunbeam's smile,
Which freely falls on forest, hill and glade.
Though much of grandeur, beauty, grace and
May be displayed along the busy street
Yet all combined may not the bosom thrill,
Like the sNeet flowers we crush with careless
feet
Passing along the crowded thoroughfare-
We see, It's true, the architectural pride:
We see displayed rich fabrics everywhere
But want and woe may cover by their side.
Lavish expenditure and wasting want,
Jostle each other in the eager rush
The gaudy trappings which the rich may
Seem ,mocking those whom poverty would
crush.
But, when gaze upon yon mountain hight
Crowned with its beauteous crest Of FURNISH
ed SHOWS,
There is none to question my own posssssive
right
To all the loneliness that round it CLOVIS
God made it fer his children to enjoy,
Just as he made the sun to shine for all.
NO rear of bold intrusion need alloy.
fall.
For all OF natures loneliness my heart gives
thanks, en
'Tis mine, tits thine as bount. Gus as free,
'Tis not for wealth, or power of lofty rank,
But all ali Ike are natures tenantry.
Then those who dwell amid the jostIing
throng,
Exposed to all the strife of the worldly pas
sion,
/ envy not, but smoothly glide along,
Unawed by custom, or caprice of fashion.
And yet want not for society or change,
While seasons come and go with varied
bloom
While birds of varied song throng either
range,
And chase away all loneliness and gloom.
Then give to me my quiet, rural home
Where air and sunshine reach me unde
filed,
Be mine amid the blooming wales to roam,
Uuntrammeled, Z free, contented - natures
child
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-18
Love and Law.
Boston Herald.

He-It was natural, you know, that
l should be attracted to you.
She (shyly)-Indeed Why2
He-Wel1, you know, your brothes
studied law IN the same office with
me. and we were admitted to the bar
together.
She-But what has that to do with
me2
He-Why, don't you see, I look on
him as brother-in-law.
She (blushing)-Ob I see.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-18
In order thst Chin Funo. of

In order that Chin Fung, of Denver
Colo, might have plenty of room to
make bis. fight into the howery King
dom, they trated him thus: His Chi
nese attendants, thinking he was go
ing to die, caused the removal of the
patientto vacant building on Waco
street. Here the wounded Celestial
was on bare couch, without blankets
or cover ing, the windows and doors
were opened wide, and the Chin Fang
was let alone.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-18

chicks are to be sold early, the layers
are to be sold after one season, and
the breeders at three years. Conduct
ed in this way there is some money in
poultry, even when sold to the coun-
try dealer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-18
Heavier Horses ON the Farm.
From the Western Agriculturist.

The South, pablished at Marshall,
Texas, has the following about light
teams IN the South that is lamentably
true on Western farms as well, but
the benefits and advantages of the
draft horse on the farm is becoming
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-18

A death from sickness occurred re-
Gently on q vessel in the Gulf of
Mexico.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-18
FARM AND HONE.
COUNTRY VERSUS TOWN.

MRs. S. ]. Cross, IN PACIFIC RURAL PRESS.