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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08

The first furnace for the cremation in
America of bodies of the dead was erected at
Washington, Pa, IN 1876, by Dr. F. j. LIE
Moline, at a cost of 81, 600. The first crema-
ton that of Baron de Palm) took place Dec
9 OF the same year. The process occupied
about two hours, and was very successful in
its results. The ashes were placed in an urn
The process seemed Objectionable to many,
and some excitement was caused throughout
the country. Since then crematories have
been erected in several large cities, and the
process of cremation is not regarded with
much curiosity.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08
Cost of the Great Eastern

The cost of building and launching the
Great Eastern was $3.50, 600 That broke
the original company before she vas
launched. A new company having been or
gained, the sum of 100000 was spent in
fitting and finishing her. When this COM
pany failed another with capital of $780,
900 took hold OF her, cleaned 800 tons of mus
sells off her bottom, and at the close of 1850
had sunk $685. 900 in her, making total out
lay for consti uction and maintenance of over
1880 600
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08
River Mining Claims.

The Sacramento river for ten miles be-
low Redding. Cal, is said to have been
taken up for mining claims. The irr;ga-
ton company formed at that Place ex-
poets to diminish the volume of water to
such an extent that the long bars, rich in
coarse gold, heretofore covered with
water, can he worked; hence the rush for
the iand.-Chicago Times.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08
Velocity of Electricity.

Electricity has no assignable velocity.
This varies with the current and the con-
ductor. Wheatstole, in 1888, seemed to show
a transmission velocity of 2S8.0G0 miles a
second through copper wire, but in late ex-
periments signals were sent over ordinary
telegraph wires ON poles, and had rate of
only l4,o00 to 5000 miles. With wires near
the earth the velocity was 12,00o miles, but
reached q, 600 ON very high wires
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08
A suggestion for Independence.

After the proclamation of King George
III, in IT'S, Joseph Hawley, one of the stanch
patriots of New England, wrote from Water
town to Samuel Adams, in congress; ''The
eyes of all the continent are on your body to
see whether you act with firmncss and intre-
piditg, with the spirit and dispatch which
our situation calls for 1t is time for your
body to fix on periodical annual elections,
nay, to form into a parliament of two
houses. T" This was the first proposition for
the establishment of an Independent national
government for the colonies
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08
Welaka and Fruitland Peninsula.

A more beautifully located town or
district with more productive soil cannot
be found in the State of Florida than the
above.
If you want health, go there. II you
are looking for investment, go there. If
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08
rhe neglnnlng OF rrlnting.

1t is probable that the earliest impressions
were taken by q mftllet and planer Ia smooth
faced block of wood used for leveling the
type before printing, as proof slips now often
are, or by brush, in the Chinese manner;
but presses were soon invented for the pur-
pose. There are engravings representing the
press as it existed about 1920. It was large
enough TO print two folio pages, and for this
two pulls were required The force was APP
piled by simple screw and lever About
1920 Blaeuw, of Amsterdam, produced
greatly improved press which, with little al
teration, continued in use for more than
century and half. The press upon which
Benjamin Franklin worked in London, IN
1125. is preserved in the patent Office at
Washington. 1t is a clumsy structure, al
most entirely of wood, known as the Ramage
press, of which many We're still in use more
than century later. Iron was subsequently
used for some of the parts until the begin
ming of the present century Printing ma
chinery, now brought to such high degree
of perfection, was not much ahead of Frank
Inns time fifty years ago
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08
Temperatures, ETC., at a. M, Central
Meridian time, yesterday morning:

The s.high" was central over Northern
Montana, while another wave was pass
ing off the coast of Maine. The lower
pressure was north of the Great Lakes.
The winds are variable all over the
States
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08
OitV Lots

Two lots en- the corner of Laurel and
Kirby streets. and small block, all on
the j., L. d K. w. Ry., and suitable for
manufacturing locations; also two lots
adjoining the Jail grounds. convenient
Ior work shop. JAS. BURT.
febS-6t
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08

During the past two weeks sales have been
slow and prices depressed, all owing TO un-
favorable weather
The outlook now for fair weather and
better prices is very encouraging.
A very large proportion of the fruit now be-
ing received ranges in size from SO TO 12S. This
fruit is extremely hard to sell and must go low.
Respectfully,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08
DUFFYS FORMULA
A Certain Cure for the First Stages OF
Consumption

a NertLln Cufe fOf Inc Effst StHHeB o.
Consumption
Its main ingredients are raw beefand Dufy's
Pure Malt whiskey, and If stimulates the ener-
gies and builds up the tissues as no other scien-
tific discovery has ever done.
az am Presbyterian clergyman and Doc
tor of Divinity, but l am not afraid to recon-
mend Duffy's Malt whiskey and Duffy's For
mula ss the purest and most efficient prepara-
tons 1 know of and my experience is large
one.. Rev. B. Mills,
Princeton, Iowa.
DuiTy's Formula is for sale by all druggists
and dealers. Price, 81 per bottle.
TIE DUFFY MALT wHIsKEY Co.,
Rochester, y. z.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08
Country Rooms.

House or Rooms to Rent, Furnished.
with or without board, ON line of Flori-
ia Southern Railway, two miles from
faiatka. Terms very reasonable. Ap-
ply at this office. fe4-6t
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08

Wanted-A white woman. thoroughly
competent to cook, small family. Apply
at this office. fa1Itf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Petersburg Crates

Just received one car load of Peters
burg Strawberry, Peach. and Tomato
Crates. Address, A. FRIEDsANDER,
iepo-ot Agent.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08
Weather Indications.

Eastern FGorida-Fair sceather, slight
changes IN temperature, light to fresh
southerty, shifting to westerly, actnds.
Western F2oridd-Fdir tcedther, fol-
loaoed by light rains, slightly cold, light
variable acin0ts.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08

For rent or sale, handsome two and
half story Residence, central part of
town, Palatka; ten rooms and all con-
7enIences. Apply, G. II. Stafford.
da15-9mn
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08

California Grand Union Restaurant
for sale. Good location. Will be sold
cheap on account OF sickness. Apply to
John Lee. fef-St
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08
Died.

Mrs. H. j. Ransom departed this life
yesterday afternoon at o'clock, at her
home in East Palatka.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08

Window Shades 25c., soc. and zoe.
Plain or fancy, at Lilienthal's. ia29-tf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08
Palatka Heights.

ID
bUILDING LOTS FOR SALE. VERY
choice situations for dwellings and also desir-
able locations adjoining the new Academy for
a school boarding house, which will be neces-
sary Us soon as the Institution is fully prepared
with graded school next season. The grounds
command n bird's-eye. view of the city of Pa
latka aud tn river st. Johns. being on an ele-
walton of 100 feet a mile distant, taking in a
scenery of over five miles in area, surprising
any other landscape sight south of New York.
Its attractive advantages for winter hotel
is incompatible in the State of Florida.
JAMES BURT.
Address applications Post Office Lock Box
No. II, or in person at residence from 10 q. m.
to p, m, on the Heights fee-f
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08
Tho suez Canal.

The Suez canal was opened in 1869 It is
not yet fully completed, or rather is upper
fected, and has depth of twenty-six feet.
Forty hours are required for the passage Of
vessel The tolls average 81 500 per vessel,
and it is estimated that the saving to com
merce, after deducting fees, viii be $40, 000,-
600 annually. The British government pur-
chased one-fifth of the numbero of shares from
the khediveo of Egypt in 1876
beginning of the Fisheries Question
The Webster-Ashburton treaty of 1914
defined the boundary between the United
States and the British American possessions.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08
ORANGE QUOTATIONS.

Reported by the Florida Fruit Exchanged
JACKSONVILLE, February Z.
Our latest kilograms report quotations a.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08

Regular convocation of Putnam Chap
ter No. 8, Royal Arch Masons, every
second and fourth Monday of each
month at Masonic Hall, p. m.
WEN. j. VINEGAR, NJ. E. II, p.
G.. j. JOSEPH, Sec'y.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08
Bargains in Real Estate

For sale in st. Johns County. Fla,
three and one quarter miles from Merri-
held Station, on the Palatka and st. Au-
gustine Railway, one farm of fifty-six
acres, twenty under fence, fourteen I'M
der cultivation, situate on a first class
wagon road. Also other real estate. An
ply to j. F, TENNEY, Federal Point. Fla.
ia1S-3m
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08

New Mating cheap at Lilienthafs.
400 If
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-08
A. NJ IVES. General Manager
THE CURIOSITY SHOP.

A. S. MANN. General Manager.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-05-03
LADY's TERRIBLE MANUSCRIPT

i never set up any of Horace Greeley's
manuscript said the foreman of large
book printing establishment in this city
today to a reporter whom he met in a
coffee and cake saloon in Park row
much frequented by reporters and print
ers, but I've set up type from manu-
script that I'm sure was quite as bad
More years ago than | care TO specify,
he continued, was cOmpostor in the
old country, in a London book printing
concern, and had some tough copy to
set up from, can tell you. That of the
elder Charles Dickens was pretty bad,
but for downright hieroglyphical, chao-
tic illegibility the manuscript of the
lady who writes under the name OF the
Nun of Kenmare, beats Baunagher. 1t
was perfect terror to composItors. and
no one would touch it unless at double
rates. Even then there was no money
IN it, and many comp has worked
himself into headache over 1t,
The first batch of it that ever came
into our office was marked in hurry
and it was cut Up into small takes and
divided among a good number OF men.
In about ten minutes the air was so
filled with blasphemy that you could al
most have felt 1t in your face. Fellows
who were never known to swear ripped
out oaths that were rank in their pro-
family.
1t was no wonder. Place the manu-
script whatever way you liked-it look
ed the same. Some of them, after turn
ing it straight, turned it upside down in
desperation aud tried to read it that way
and others turned 1t sideways.
Suddenly some one said that Slug IA
had set up her matter, and there were
calls for Slug IA from all parts of the
composing room. Slug IA turned out
to be no better than the rest of them, al
though he claimed he had set up from
il before, and finally the foreman sent
polite note to the authoress, saying that
they could not decipher the manuscript.
The answer that came back was that
il our office could not read her manu-
script she could find plenty that could.
An advertisement was inserted in an
evening paper for compositors who were
experts in reading illegibIe copy. Out
of dozen only four could read II. AT
ter while some of the rest of us got
used to it, and. though can't tell how
or on what principle we did 1t, we were
able to print one or two books for her.
There is no handwriting, | believe.
hat you cannot learn 10 decipher if you
~ hard enough
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-05-03
FASHIONS FANCIES.

Coarse straw bonnets, draped with
colored lisse, are new fancy.
Brooches of translucent enamel in the
form of NEUROLOGICAL heads are in vogue.
The trimmings are cord passementer-
les, in the two colors of the stripes OF
the skirt,
Many new shades appear in street
gloves, intended to match the costumes
with which they are to be worn,
Very elegant brocaded molres are
woven upon a ground Of glace MORE.
and show brilliant changeable tints.
What are known as Thurman hats are
of black lisse, with yellow laburntms
dropping over the high crowns,
Real wheat is used to considerable
extent on the new bonnets, for making
the bonnet itself as well as for trim.
mings.
Wraps of the dress material are fire.
quentlv made up this season, and in the
majority of cases they are heavily
braided.
Five small ribbon rosettes, ecru, re
soda, leaf green, brown and pink, were
used as trimmings upon single bonnet.
An odd piece of jewelry is brooch in
the form of a gold mule, studded with
diamonds and having a harness Of
oIidized silver.
AS variation in the combination cos.
tune, instead of a figured material, a
plain one finely tucked, of the same or
a contrasting color, is used.
Wash dresses for little girls are some
times made with full skirts and belted
waists, with eight or ten feather stitch
ed tucks down the front and back.
Pretty costumes have skirts of striped
silk with polonalse Of cashmere, the
latter dIaped in four points or opened in
front or at the hack.
Small black mantles of benglne, silk
or embroidered cashmere, trimmed with
metallic cord passementeries, are worn
with dresses of all kinds.
Gloves having wide bands Of stitching,
in self or contrasting colors, are still in
vogue, nevertheless the plain styles are
quite as desirable as ever.
Scotch ginghams for frocks for even
the FINEST girls are chosen in large plaids
and wide irregular stripes. Plain colors
are also made up for their use.
Velvet ribbon is rows makes pretty
borders for skirts of shepherds check
woods, challis or India silks, now being
made up for misses, summer dresses.
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AS HOMELY AS sin,
The Queens Body Servants-A Prin
cess Who f. NOT Much prat,tar

The North German Gazette dilates IN.
on the hearty reception accorded to the
| Queen Of England by the people of Ger
many and hopes that she may favorably
remember Berlin.
The Queen arrived at Sherness April
9Th, and proceeded to Windsor.
The New York Suns Berlin CORE.
spondent in describing the nobilities that
were present at Queen VlctOria's review
OF the German army says:
When the Princess Victoria rode upon
the big reviewing gaound there was a
great pushing and showing by the crowd
to catch sight Of the girl whose marriage
project set the whole of Europe agug,
After the first glance the multitude
shrugged its shoulders and INDUCED IN
an expressive grimaCe. Victoria is no
more an ideal Princess in looks than are
her mother and grandmother Expresses
by right of face or figure. The hopeless
ly common cast of the Guelph face IS in
tensitied in her, She has none of the
facial aspect that characterizes the Ho.
henzollerns. She has inherited the high
cheek bones, receding chm, small ewes,
and turn up nose of the Guelphs. Her
lips are very thick and her teeth promi
nent. She sat on big bay mare with
wonderful grace. Unlike her mother
and grandmother she has not yet begun
to grow fat. Her hair is a neutral tint.
verRing on brown, and her skin is unre
lieved in its muddy tint by the faintest
flush of color. The Princess was not i'm
pressive as to face, but her habit made
/ even the most plethoric of German spec
tators stare. 1t fitted with degree of
snugness that was marvellous. Every
outline of her figure was perfectly re-
Yealed,
Both of the other Princesses, her sis.
tiers, rode well. They were all attended
by body of handsome officers decorat.
ed beyond the most fantastic limits OF a
school girls dream As a background
were numerous grooms.
As this group stood at the corner of
the great plain where the parade was to
occur, there was a Gathering of hoofs
and the state carriage swung into view.
AS it approached it must be said that the
most prominent feature was the Queen
of Englands body servant, the successor
of John Brown. This parsonage sat
aloft in the rumble of the open carriage,
scowling with superb contempt upon
the Germans who stared wonderingly
at him and who unhesltatingly stamp
him as the ugliest man in the world.
He has part-colored face, with cave
in nose, turned up at the end and as red
as fame. His vile and scraggy beard
looks as though it had been twisted in a
sportive wind and frozen hard, and his
small eyes are sunk back out of sight.
His once sandy hair is now graysh vel.
low. 1t is not difficult to understand
why the Queen puts him behind her.
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LANDING A BIG SALMON.

Before the fly has fairly lit, a great
flash Of silver darts from the waves close
by the boat. He has hooked himself
with rush, and the line goes whlrring
madly from the reel as he races down
the pool Keep the point of the rod low
he must have his own way now. Up
with the anchor quickly, and send the
canoe after him, bowman and sternman
padding with swift strokes. He has
reached the deepest water; he stops to
think what has happened to him; we
have posed around and below him; and
now with the current to help us we can
begin to reel in. Lift the point of the
rod, with strong, steady pull. Put the
force of both arms into it. The tough
wood will stand the strain. The fish
must be NOV ed; he must come TO the
boat if he is ever to be landed. He gives
little and yields slowly to the pressure.
Then suddenly he gives too much, and
runs straight toward u.s. Reel ir now as
swiftly as possible, or else he will get a
slack on the line and escape. Now he
stops, shakes his head from side TO side
and darts away again across the pool,
leaping high out of the water. Drop the
point of the rod quickly, for if he falls
on the leader he will surely break it.
Another leap, and another. Truly he is
"a merry one" as Sir Humphry Davy
says, and 1t will 90 hard with us to hold
him. But those great leaps have ex-
hausted his strength, and now he fol-
lows the line more easily. The men
push the boat back to the shallow side
of the pool until it touches lightly on
the shore. The fish comes slowly in,
fighting a little and making a few short
runs; he is tired and turns slightly on
his side; but even yet he is heavy
weight on the line, and it seems won
der that so slight thing as the leader
Can guide and draw him. Now he is
close to the boat. The bowman steps
out on rock with his gaff. Steadily
now and slowly, lift the rod, bending it
backward, A quick, sure stroke of the
STEEL great splash! and The salmon is
lifted high and dry upon the shore
From Salmon Angling on the Resti-
Rouche," in Scribner's Magazine for
May,
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ODDS AND ENDS.

Customer: This stuff is not fit for
hogs to eat.
Waiter: "All right, sor. Don't eat
it,"
Speaking of seedtime and harvest,
seedtime is when the wholesale florist s
harvest comes.
Dogs are not allowed to pick their
company. That is why you often see a
S75 dog out walking with a fifteen cent
man Yonkers Statesman,
The ordinary man does not sin half SO
much going fishing on Sunday as he
does telling stories about it next day.
Somervills Journal,
Minister dining with the family)-So
your papa lets you have second piece
of pie sometimes, Bobby? am afraid
he is very indulgent.
Bobby-Yes, sir: ma says he INDUCES
altogether to much, but don't think so.
1.-The Beacon.
Passenger on street car (alarmed)
Madam, do you feel fit coming on2
Madam (haughtily); no, sir, am try
ing to find my pocket.
The difference between Lots wife
and the average college sophomore is
to palpable to need any extended expla-
nation. II Someryille journal.
George, she whispered, what was that
you asked for.
Noodle soup, dear.
But, George, isn't it something like
cannabalism for you to eat such food as
that?
Walt Whitman in new poem says
that nothing is ever lost or can be lost.
Probably Walt has been trying to settle
a claim with some fire insurance adjust
ors.-[Springfield Union.
Doctor-Why, the skins all worn of
your tongue. How did that happen,
sir?
Patient-From hard work, sir.
Doctor-Impossible! Are you a
sword swallowerP
Patient-No. sir; I'm labor agita-
tor:
VIsitor-Well, my little man, have
you any brothersp
Freddy-Yes, | have one, but my sis
ter Stella has two.
Visitor-Why, how can that be?
Freddy Tin some astonishment)-
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and my little brother, of course

and my little brother, of COURSE
Grip.
Wife-before we were married you
didn't think seven evenings a week toe
often to visit me, ! can't see why you
don't stay at home more now.
Husband-Surely, you don't mean tC
say, my dear, that | stayed much al
home then!
Grocer-You say that your wife, I'm.
Gle Rastus, supports the family by tax.
ing in washing?
Uncle Rastus-Yes, sab.
Well, don't you feel little bit asham'
ed at times?.
'Shamed! No, sab; dere's nothin' de.
gradin' about takin' in washin'. Use
proud oh de ole CONAN.
They were sleighriding. Can you
drive with one hand Mr.. Sampson? she
asked, and she asked it very sweetly in.
deed.
o, yes, he replied, but l think it looks
better to drive with both.
Perhaps it does, she said in cold,
convinced tone of voice, and then added,
We mustn't be gone too long, Mr.. Samp-
son, mamma will be anxious New
l ork Sun,
First Dame-How is your husbands
business prospecting?
Second Dame-He doesn't like me to
ask him questions about his affairs, but
| know he's getting awfully rich.
Think SOP.
Yes.
Why so.
Oh, he's got so now that he wears
the same suit of clothes all the year
round.
Miss Laura, said the young man smil-
ingly, may l ask you why you have that
string tied around your finger?
That string? said the lovely girl, rous-
ing herself and removing it, why, put
it on my finger to remind me that you
were coming this evening. | have a
shockingly poor memory, Mr.. Van Per-
kins-What! are you going already? l
am SO sorry The Beacon.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-05-03

AT meeting of the directors Of the
State Board of Trade, it was decided to
begin active operations on Friday, May
1S.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-05-03
shiloh ,sConsumptlon cure,

This is beyond question the most sue
cessful Cough Medicine we have ever
sold, few doses invariable cures the
worst cases of Cough, Group and Bron-
chitIs, while its wonderful success in the
cure of Consumption is without paral
lei in the history of medicine. Since its
first discovery it has been sold on
guarantee, a test which no other m edi-
cine can stand. If you have cough
we earnestly ask you to try it, Price 10
cents, 80 cents and 81. If your lungs
are sore, chest or back lame, use Shiloh's
Porus Plaster, Sold by j. 7. Shurtleff.
Bennington.
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MAPLE MOLASSES !

For Fifty Cents will send you a complete re
ceipt for making MAPLE MOLASSEs of the
best quality.
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HAPPY AND HUNGRY,

For over five years | was a constant
sufferer with that most terrible and an
noying disease, dyspepsia. After pay
ing out hundreds of dollars, the only
medicine found that would do me any
good was Sulphur Bitters. Six bottles
cured me. Now can eat well and am
happy and hungry. II Editor,