The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-19
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There is a proposition to cut "A ship
canal across the instep of Italy's great
boot
1t is asserted that New Years calls
have had their day in New York. and
that the custom is beyond resuscitation-
A Nevada ranchman, to protect his
cattle from the effects of billiards, has
painted them all with mixture of tar,
red clay and inseed OIL
DR. Gatling's new police gun. seventy
eight FOUNDER, is warranted to kill 1000
rioters in five minutes. Not much chance
for the innocent spectator" there
During the last seven wears more than
200, 900 acres in England have gone out
of cultivation 1t means a loss of t3O0.-
O00, 900 to the land owners and farmers.
A coast survey of Iceland is to be made
by Denmark, at an expense of S2O.O
Not much is yet accurately known of the
depths and channels Of many of the
great bays and in!ets.
A German family named Cleve recent
Iy celebrated the 2O0th anniversary of
the date when one of their ancestors was
that has been handed down in the family
since
Dr. Gross, of Geneva. has lately ex-
perimente.l with himself in hanging.
His experiments established that the sem
sations were only warmth and burning
in the head, without COMMISSIONS OF
course his experiments didn't go very
far.
The shoe factories of Portland. Me-.
have done So. $50. 900 worth OF business
the last year. the local factories contrib
uting 81, 800. 900. The factories have
turned out 81 900 pairs Of ladies shoes.
The factories employ Az males and 3JS
females
For several years one of the Nashville
penitentiary convicts has employed odd
moments in making a large frame for
cabinet photographs. 1t is made of beau
tifully carved wood, and only with the
aid of pocketknife. and contains 30, 374
distinct pieces.
1t is estimated that pin factories in
New England turn out To- 500. 600, 900
pins yearly, and that other factories in
the states bring the number up To- 49,
900, 100000. This is equal to about one
pin day for every inhabitant of the
United States.
A man who is said to look almost ex-
actly as Mozart did is making money in
London by exhibiting himself at fash
ionaile parties and musical entertain
ments. lie also appears in tableaux of
the great musicians life. The man
charges $50 an evening.
The negroes of Baltimore are said to be
unusually thrifty, as n rule, and there
are nineteen of them whose combined
wealth aggregates $500, 600. The richest
of them is Joseph Thomas, boss steve
dore, who is worth $50, 900. James l..
Bradford. green grocer, is worth
$50. 900.
"A Minnesota newspaper reports one OF
the cleanest and quickest corn husking
jobs ON record. \ prairie fire went
through six acres eff corn in five min
utes. completely burning away every
husk. leaving the corn ON the stalks clean
and bright and in no way injured by the
fire or smoke.
The seniors of the University Of
Michigan held meeting the other even
ing and resolved to adopt the cap and
gown, but at a subsequent meeting of
all the classes the resolution was re-
sclnded, the majority holding that such
a course would be too strongly suSges-
tive of Angloinania.
Probably the best lookout point or
natural watch tower in the world is
Caddo peak, in johnson County, Texas.
1t is beautiful truncated ONE. rising
800 feet above the level of the surround
ing country, and from the top of it, ON
a clear day, one can see distance of
800 miles up the meandering Brazos
river.
OF The f,406 students of Michigan
university, it is stated by president
Angel that the parents Of SOC were
farmers. III merchants, 93 lawyers, IS
physicians, So manufacturers, 81 me-
chanics and 81 clergymen. He esti-
mates that as many as Al per cent. be-
louged to the class who gained their
living by manual toll.