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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1888-02-10

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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25
Liars Must Be Squelched.

1t is to be hoped that the orthodox hell
is not n myth. If there is not such q
place there should be, and the calamity
liars, both at home and abroad, should
be given a long term at shoveling brim-
stone smoke. There are many impor-
tant duties demanding the attention Of
the people of Tampa, but the prime duty
of the present hour is the Inauguration
of some measure that will effectualiy an
initiate the miserable calamity liars,
who are sending out to the world the
outrageous, vile and lying reports that
yellow fever still exists in Tampa and in
this section of Florida Ii has been sug-
gested that California has an agent here
in disguise, but there is Eothing to sus-
tain such a suspicion or assertion. Dur
ing the last few days special kilograms
have gone through several leading news-
papers of the North to the effect that
the fever continues in Tampa undated,
and that our health authorities and news
papers are suppressing the true state OF
affairs. A number Of marked papers
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25
THE TARIFF QUESTION.

So far as can be gathered from watch
ing the proceedings of Congress it is APP
parent that schemes to reduce the sur
vaults meet with small encouragement
except among politicians more greedy
than virtuous and the protection fam
atics. The Presidents message appealed
to the strong common sense of the peo-
pie. and that common sense is well rep
resented in the minds of the representa-
tives of the people and the States in
Congress The press of the LAND has
awakened the people to the dangers of
the ever increasing surplus and aroused
discussion which has prepared the coun-
try for a change of policy in regard to
the customs exactions.
The gist of the conclusions reached by
all who have studied the matter in the
least is: Something must be done. The
drain of the currency into the Treasury
tectionists no longer pooh-pooh the dan
ger but urge all manner of makeshifts
to meet it. The least popular of these
propositions is the repeal of the excise
laws. The objection to such action is that
whisky is cheap enough now-too cheap.
Then, too, all who study the figures and
the facts are aware that the tendency OF
the high protective tariff is to
build up trusts" ''combIna-
tions," and monopolies and to favor
the formation of pools. Competition
is killed and the people must pay such
prices for what they consume as the
combinations of thu manufacturers and
dealers can dictate, in such articles as
can be governed in their production Oh
sale by combination. With the ingen
uity which has been displayed in this re
gard it begins to look as though air and
sunlight are the only things that car
not be governed by combination oi
capitalists. a trust once formed all in
that line of manufacture are compelled
to Join it or be frozen out. The feeling
that this new tendency in business af
fairs is dangerous has its effect upor
Republicans as wei as Democrats.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25
A GROWING FUND.

The total amount subscribed TO the
Gala Week fund by our merchants is
S650-this exclusive of anything sub
scribed or promised by the transporta-
ton lines. The Finance Committee is
not yet through and the prospects are
bright for fund which will enable the
Executive Committee to carry ont all
the programme which was sketched out
at the first meeting of that Committee.
When the returns are all in and it is
known what the resources of the Com
mittee are the programme will be
elaborated.
IL will take considerable work, es-
pecially in the way of correspondence, to
make all needed arrangements in the
short time left 10 the various COM
mittees. The Yacht Club has lost no
time and we can assure our readers that
! the regatta will be success so far as the
number of entries is concerned. Most
of the ieetest racers in Florida will be
here. The pigeon shooting and target
matches viii be far from failures, too.
Other features are yet to be arranged
for, but they are Of nature which needs
but little preparation
The State Is rapidly filing up with
tourists and when the Gala Week ar
rives the hotels viii be filed. We have
only to send the assurance through the
State that whoever visits Palatka Feb
ruary II, IS and IS is sure of a good
time and the people, both residents and
visitors will flock to the Gem City.
Besides the contributions 10 the Gala
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25


The defeat of Mr.. Randall by the Adj
ministration Democrats of Pennsylvania
shows that the majority of the party in
that State, the most protected" in the
Union, is with the President. MIR. RAN
dali had put forth every exertion to
secure the reelection of an office-holding
friend but the opposition, headed by ex-
Senator Wallace and Congressman w.
l.. Scott defeated Randalrs friend by a
vote of 40 to 50. This, taken in connec-
tion with the gerrymandering by which
alone Mr.. Randall was saved from
threatened defeat, the Republicans max
ing a ''shoe.string district" for him,
shows that be does not represent the
Pennsylvania Democrats in his advocacy
of extreme protection.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25
The South and the West.

New Orleans I1mes-DeInOcrSt-
The Chicago hteT-OcedH says: THE
billiards. of the past week have made a
lot of people sigh for the Southern sun
shine, oranges and green peas"
This is indeed what all the Northern
papers are saying just now, and in view
of the suffering and loss of life in the
West and Northwest, on account of the
rigorous weather and the frequent and
severe billiards, the Northern press can
not but admit that the South offers
greater advantages TO immigrants than
the bleak prairies and treeless plains into
which the immigration Is mainly pour
ing to-day. The best lands in the Wes-
tern States have been taken up, and the
price is now too high to invite immigra-
ton; so that the settlers seeking homes
are compelled to push on further west
ward TO a country where, even if they
succeed, it will only be after years of
hard work and at the expence of much
suffering The facts brought out by the
Western blizzard are not new, but have
only been emphasized and brought more
conspicuously before the people of the
country.
These are two facts. now so evident
that none can or do contradict them
that the Southern lands are infinitely
cheaper than those of the West and the
climate preferable. 1t is unnecessary to
| discuss whether they are more fertile
and productive, whether they yield a
greater variety of products: we are con-
tident that they do, but this, as we have
said, will not be taken into considera-
ton in this matter, as, aside from fer
tiiity, the South offers advantages in
| cheap lands and mild climate that
make it a far better home for the Immi-
grant than he can find anywhere in the
West.
In California and central portions OF
the West, land now commands from $2j
to 800 an acre, more than can be paid
by most people, where's the same lands
in the South command from 81 TO s..
When, to his, is added the mild climate
here as compared with the blizzard in
the Northwest, which makes life SO un-
pleasant and which destroys annually
millions of dollars in cattle, etc, 1t Is
not to be wondered at that the New
York press should advise immigrants
that they will find better homes in the
Southern States than in those portions OF
the West to which most of them are
moving to-day.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25
TOBACCO CULTURE.
How They Do in Tennessee-From Sowing to Cur
tna and Packing.

DAYToNA, January 23.
Editor of the Prlatka Ne,rs.
Dear Sir: In a recent number of your
paper. George Booker inquiries how to
raise tobacco. As l like to be useful
as well as ornamental, i will tell
him how we used to do it in Tennessee
when 1 was boy. To begin, burn a
plant bed: that is, make a large brush
heap and burn il. When it is burnt, di :
it up with grub hoe deep and thor
oughIy. Pulverize it, rake out all roots
and trash, mix the seed with ashes or
dry sand, SOW broadcast, rake or brush
them in
AS to quantity, if he knows how many
cabbage seed will plant an acre, planted
three feet apart each way, he can tell
about how many to sow for an acre. To
prepare the land, flush it up deep and
harrow. Mark it off three feet each
way with wooden marker, made to
mark three or four rows at a time. He
can make up little hills in the crosses or
not, just as he likes: some do, some do
not. Cultivate with bulI-tongue, or,
cultivator is better.
AS the tobacco grows and the bottom
leaves turn yellow, take off, or, as it is
called, prime it of all poor leaves at the
bottom. When it has twelve to eighteen
perfect leaves, top it. After that go
over it once or twice each week, turn up
each leaf and kill all worms, and pinch
out all suckers that put out between leaf
and stalk. This is called worming and
suckering, and has to be frequently re-
peated.
When it is ripe, which is easily told
by the change in color and crispness of
the leaves, take good strong, thin biaded
butcher knives and split the stalk in the
center from top down to within four or
five inches of the bottom, then cut it off
below the split. turn the top down on the
ground and leave to wilt. Then haul or
carry it to the barn. Have sticks split
of such shape and size that you can
straddle the plants on them. Place
them close mot packed together. Now
hang them on a scaffold, made of two
poles on forks, to cure. Keep in the sun
until it is cured like hay. Don't lot it get
wet.
After it is cured, take it into the barn.
Half the sticks used in curing outdoors
will hold il i'm the barn. After it is
housed-hang it pretty high-fire it. Be
careful not to get it too hot. When the
lower tier is sufficiently cured, take it
down some day when damp. so it will
not crumble. Pack it down in bulk and
put straw over il, to keep il in case you
can lower the upper tiers and fire little
more. That which you have packed
down can be stripped, the leaves from
the stalks, and made into hands, when it
is ready to be packed or pressed into
hogsheads, barrels or boxes, as you
choose.
Great care must be had not to put it
in press too wet or 1T Will mold, Just
damp enough not to crumble, or a little
more. If was going to plant tobacco /
should want my plants ready for setting
out by this time, or the first of February
at latest.
The firing process is the same as smok-
ing bacon, and is done to cure the stems
and give it good color.
q. n. PICKETT
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25

The Key West Democrat gives the fol-
lowing instance of what it calls the
effects of free trade:
During the past seven years more than
5000 acres in England have gone out
OF cultivation. lt means a loss of $780,
e00, 900 to the land owners and farmers.
1t is the effect of the cheap produc-
tion of beef, mutton, pork and the
cereals in the United States. So far as
the United States is concerned the agri-
cultural industries are not protected. :"
III England and the European countries
put high tariff ON such productions not
only would the American farmers suffer
but the poor and middle classes of Eng
land would find the cost of living so in
creased that the tide of immigration
would swell greatly and the competition
for work among skilled mechanics here
in America would be enormously in
creased, while large number of farm
ers, finding smaller market for their
products, would give up their farms and
remove to the towns to add to the COM
petition. Such are the blessings of Pro
faction
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25

containing these iibelous and malicious
reports have reached our table. From
the best information at our command II
seems that these later reports had their
origin in Cleveland, Ohio. from which
place kilograms We're sent to the leading
daily papers in Boston. Philadelphia and
Chicago. 1t is claimed that these re-
ports are based upon private informa-
ton given by persons living in Tampa
by letters written TO friends in the North.
We must be slow to believe that there is
a man or woman in our city. who enter
lains such an utter disregard for truth,
who could have been So despicabIy mean
that they would have thus mallciously
lied with view To inJuring our city and
community. But there are some people
in Tampa who have little sense and less
discretion. If a child gets fish bone in
its throat and a physician is called, it is
sufficient to set the tongues of these
idiotic busy bodies wagging, and in a
few hours a lot of senseless chatter about
" f. is going the rounds. It IS not inn
probable that some foolish people may
have been thoughtless enough to write
letters to friends and acquaintance in
other sections of the country. basing alb
surd and injurious statements upon the
most unreliable runOrs, that when dis
torted and added to by second hands
CouNcN tIC LlOoe htt' 81 -
impressions on the world at large. But
mere thoughtlcssness in such matters IS
criminal and deserves severe punish
ment. The man or woman who states
at home. or who writes abroad, that yell
low fever exists in Tampa at the present
time wickedly lies and deserves to be
known, that he or she may be despised.
Some measure should be adopted that
will reveal the names of such people to
the public. Let every honest citizen or
ganize himself into a vigilance commit
tee of one To ferret out these vagabonds,
slanderers. liars End idiots. Their habi-
tation in Tampa should be made 50 I'M
comfortable that they will seek cline
more congenial to their natures. Flor
ida is too beautiful and our glorious eli
mate too balmy and delicious to be
wasted upon such unappreciative people.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25

Week fund ths people Of Palstka have
time to consider what they will do to
give the city festival appearance that
week. Flags and decorations of every
description should be prepared and fire
works and lanterns should make the
streets bright by night. Palatka should
seem to be enjoying itself and visitors
be made to feel that they are only part
of one Jolly whole.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25
CONNECTIONS.


At Palafka with Jacksonville, Tampa ana
Key West Railway, and st Augustine and Pa
latka Railway, and fast river steamers Ia and
from Green 4 owe Springs, Jacksonville and
all points North. East and West
Mail trains make close connection both WAYS
via j. Il. A h. w. ny, at Jacksonville with
Atlantic Coast Line, Fast Mail
At Gainesville with through Pullman Sleep
eTs over Savannah Florida and Western R'y..
for New Orleans, Pensacola, Savannah. Alba
ny, Montgomery, Louisville ~. Louis and ali
points West
At Ocala with Florida Railway and Naviga-
ton Co, and ;. ;. %. @. X. X.
At astOr with 81 Johns river steamers for
Jacksonville, Sanford and way landings.
At Leesburg with the ST. Johns and Lake
EustIs division of the Florida Southern Rail
way, and boats on lake Harris, Eustis aud
Griffin for all points ou Lakes.
At Tampa with Plant Steamships every Mon
day and Thursday for Key West and Havana.
At Lakeland with South Florida Railroad
for Tampa, kissmmee, Orlando and Sanford.
az Punta Gorda with steamers Alice How
ar.i and WalkatorIica for Punta Hossa and
Fort Myers.
:. CONANT, J. A. LARNERD,
General Manager. Superintendent.
$. g BoYLsToS. c. r. & r. A.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25

Texas can boast of cash balance on
hand OF one million dollars. The State
Comptroller's report for the year ending
August 81 last shows $685. excess in
receipts over disbursements. The in
crease in taxable values was nearly $780,
0O0,00 The railroads had increased
s4,ooo,0o0 in value during the year and
,054 miles had been constructed. In
view of the faces the Comptroller sug-
gests that the Legislature should reduce
taxation
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25

John b. Alden, publisher of cheap
books, has the prospectus out of a new
work which promises to be very useful.
1t is a encyclopedia of American Con-
temporary Biography" This will be re-
vised and reissued annually. The test of
fitness for inclusion in its pages will be
prominence, not worth. Slugger Sulli-
van and Anarchist Most VIII be accorded
aplace as well as DIR. Talmage and Presi-
dent Cleveland. As persons pass away
from the stage of active life their names
will be dropped from its pages, and, of
course, new names will arise necessitat-
ing constant revision. Corresponding
volumes will include brief bi ographics I
sketches of names prominent in the af-
fairs of other countries. The pronouncia-
ton of each name is given. The idea is
a novel one and the work would be val
liable to newspaper readers who are
studying contemporary history.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25
The Orator Chained.


Now 1 ok ctlif-
Robert Harding recently collected n
crowd in front of public hall in Lon
don. When n policeman asked him
what he was doing he said: Il am here
for the purpose of testing the right
to free speech. / came here to deliver a
speech on peaceful anarchy" He refused
10 go away, and the policeman, attempt
ing TO take him. found him fastened TO
the iron railing with chain around his
waist, locked with "A puzzle lock. He
refused to- tell the combination of the
lock, and expressed a willingness to die
with a smile on his lips for free speech.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25
jacksonville. Tampa and
key-West Railway.

On and after December IIth, lss7, passenger
trains will leave PALATkA demon Street
Stationl as follows
GOING NORTH.
4:2I a. n.-CUB.N FAST MAIL daily: Arrives
at JAG ksonvilie ESQ a. NJ. and has Pull
nun Buffet SieeDing Cars through to
Washington without change
1924 l. N.-ArriNes at jacksonville f:2S y.
n. Has Monarch fariOr Buffet Cars. and
connects with train for the North, leaving
JACKSONVILLE t 2; p. N.
4:47 =. E-ArriVes nj jacksonville $40 y.
NJ. Has Monarch Parlor Buffet Cars. and
sOnviile.
GOING SOUTH.
1903 a. A.-frAMPA AND INDIAN RIVER
Arrives at sanford t2:@7 p. a.: T1tusyilie,
2:OS p. NJ: Orlando. 2:f2 p. NJ: barlow,
$50 p. M: Tampa. $40 y. "A. Has Mon
arch PaTlOr Buffet Cars to Sanford.
2:t5 p. N.-CUBAS FAST MAIL daily "A rTiyes
Orlando. 5:35 p. A.: Tampa. $40 p. n.
Has through Pullman from New York To
Tampa, and connects with steamship
niiVette or MascOtte for Key West and
Havana on Mondays. Thursdays and satur-
days
600 p H-Arrfves at Sanford s:48 p. NJ.
aud carries Monarch Parior Buffet Car.
Except where Indicated. trains do not run
Sundays. A connecting train leaves Laurel.
given at Lemon Street. except that no con
nection is made with Cuban Mail Train north
ward. Fast Mail South stois OGly at impor-
tant stations. Tickets ON sale at city Ticket
Office. r. kERSTIsG. Agent. and AT both sta
tons L. g bEMlN6- u l. a
NJ. Il. MORAN. Gen. supt.
January !. Ioss- de23-tf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25

A dispatch from Jeffersonville, Ind,
dated January II stated that at that date
Southern Indiana was covered with a
sheet of ice. The people of the country
and city were skating over the fields and
roads. Apparently new glacial age
has set in in Indiana.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25

The four days regatta at Pensacola
has been postponed until April II and
succeeding days. This change is made
because the Secretary of the Navy has
ordered the North Atlantic Squadron to
rendezvous in Pensacola harbor at that
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25
THE DAILY NEWS

TINE DAILY NEWS Ia published every MORN
Ing, except Monday, and delivered by carriers
In the city or mailed, postage free, 81 for three
months, ~ for sir mouths, or - per annum; -
THE WEEKLY NEWS in a large four-page B-
column paper, published every Friday, con-
tanning all the news OF tine week, local am
general. IL Is the largest and hanisomest
weekly paper published in Florida ana Will -
mailed. postage free. for 81 year. or ~ cs ar
for n X months Specimen copies Tree 10 any
address. -. Co.
Local Establishments, - cents per iine Tor
Arst inserffa5n and 10 cents per line tOr each
adiitif,nal insertion Special notices. III cents
DER line Reduced rates ON continued adNer
tisements- -.
All advertising bills become due pro rata
sverv MONTH Special and short-time payable
An advance. -.
n'on 3..Irt-s. THE NEWS,
PALATKA. FLORIDA
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25

Another blizzard has broken loose In
the Northwest. Temperature sixty de-
grees below zero and the wind blowing
forty miles an hour-what a combi-
patiouf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25
PALATKA. FLA. JAN. 25, 1888.

The issue before the country is not
Free Trade versus Protection but tariff
for revenue only versus tariff for the
fostering of monopolies and trusts
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25

Speaker Carlisle has been compelled to
postpone his visit TO Macon until tues
day, February Z, on account OF ms
recent illness. He viii speak in Atlanta
the night before.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25

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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25
Keeping the Sabbath Unhoiy.

A distinguished foreigner visits Mag
ara after "a sojourn of two months in
New York. where he has been deprived
of his drinks on Sunday. His native
friend takes him on a tour of the great
falls.
Friend-Well. count, what do you
think of Niagara:
COunt-It IL splendi,le, magnifique!
Does it stop running on Sunday:
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25
SUNDAY TRAINS.

At Palatka connects with the Florida South
ern Railway. JacksonN lille, Tampa and Key
West Railway, and 81. Johns and Halifax
Railroad and 81. Johns River steamers to and
from all points In South Florida
Connects at Tocoi with st. Johns River
steamers to points in South Florida.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25
ST. JOHNS AND LAKE EUsTIs DIVISION.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.

Sunday 0niy.-Train leaves Iessburg mt 2:lO
pm arrives Lane Park at BID y m: leaves
lane Park at ll:iO m; arrives at Lecsburg
lz..J IN.