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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-09
TRYING TIE NERVES.
An EntomoIogist's Feelings While a Tia
ranfuln Was Crawiin- Over His FACE

An EntomoIogist's Feelings While a Tr
rantula Was Crawling Over His Face.
Out on Dearborn avenue, near Lincoln
park. lives a man whose hobby is bugs
not live bugs with vicious teeth and viru-
lent fangs, but bugs impaled upon pieces
of cardboard and kept in glass cases.
Herbert Edgerton, the possessor of the
collection, was at hone when the ne,
porter called upon him the other day
He conducted the visitor to coy little
den in the rear OF the house, which was
fitted up with a number of cabinets, the
doors of which We're appropriately let
tered. I've lots of specimens, !" said he.
''but bore Is one that value above all
others, though it is not at all rare Mr..
Edgerton took piece of cardboard from
the cabinet and placed it upon the table.
Pinned to it was large hairy spider
which was easily recognized as a taran-
tula. Il was at Camp Grant, A. T..
three summers ago" continued the
speaker. visiting a cousin of mine who
is in the army. One day, while we were
out shooting, / lay down in the sand to
get a few moments rest. We had rid
den q COOL many miles that day, and as
/ was ahead of the rest of the party
thought | would wait for them to come
up. So | tethered my horse and was
soon stretched at full length upon the
sand. fell into a sort of a doze and
was awakened by horrible feeling on
my face. You know a mans mind acts
quickly under such circumstances, and
it didn't take me an instant to realize
that tarantula was crawling over my
face. If he stung me / knew l was a
dead man, but if he simply crawled over
my face and away into the sand would
suffer no i'll results. Ny only recourse
was to keep perfectly quiet and trust to
luck, for as soon as / moved the chances
We're that the poison would penetrate
the skin and be coursing through my
veins.
Il closed my ewes and stonpsd breath
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-09

A proposition will be made to the
Board of Trade to-day which deserves
serious consideration. A representative
of the New York Graphic is in the city
with the intention of taking views and
notes for full page illustration of Pa
latxa as it is, green with foliage in Febru-
airy as Northern garden in June which
would certainly, in newspaper having
the circulation of the Graphic, have
great force in convincing Northern peo
pie of the great advantages surrounding
life in Florida.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-09
Elephants in the Lumber BUSINESS.

Elephants in the Lumber BusinesS.-
Lazy and ciTtr7Ti~v rocking as the ele-
plant appears i'll our menageries, where
it is merely an object of curiosity, in
Asia it IS as useful an animal as the horse,
and is, indeed, employed in greater va
riety of ways. In the lumber yards
of Rangoon and Maulmein, the entire
operation of moving and piling the heavy
timber is performed by male elephants
without any special supervision by the
keepers, The logs to be moved are teak
wood, which is very heavy. They are
cut into lengths of twenty feet with
diameter, or perhaps a square, of about a
foot. An elephant will go to log, kneel
down, thrust his tusks under the middle
of it, curl his trunk over it, test it to see
that it is evenly balanced, and then raise
with it and easily carry it to the pile
which is being made Placing the log
carefully ON the pile in its proper place,
the sagacious animal will step Lack a few
PAGES and measure with his eye to de-
termine whether or not the log needs
pushing one way or another. 1t viii then
make any necessary alteration of position.
In this way, without a word of command
from its mahout, or driver, it will go ON
with its work. As q rule the work of
dragging is done by the female elephants.
since, having no tusks, they cannot carry
logs as the male elephants do. A man
could hardly display more Judgment in
the adjustment of the rope or chain
around log, nor could man with his
two hands tie and unite knots more skill
fully than they do with their trunks
John r. Coryell in St. Nicholas.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-09
"Chin In"

We find the following in late issue
of the London. O., Democrat from the
pen of ,'Bolly" Lewis, whose genia
courtesy will be long remembered by
many Floridians:
Midst all my sufferings still find
Much comfort to my fading mind,
In thoughts that many pot l win,''
"Chip in"
How many an eye now dimmed with tears
That glowed with pride in earlier years;
How many cheek now pale and thin
"Chipping i'm
How many heart now cold and sad
Could be made merry, cheerful, glad,
If some kind friend would now begin
''Chip in
The market basket of the poor
nut he eentl S9 III IL Il d6 What S e SIN
To pass il by and not
When the deacon, with his solemn frown,
Is handing the basket up and down,
Don't let him pass you with grin,
But with thankful heart
They tell me of a happier home than this,
Where all is JOY, and love. ana DIlsss
Then deal me a hand; if | would win
''N 49, Chip in
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-09
PALATKA. FLA. FEB. 9, 1888.

The people of Florida have never be-
fore had such an opportunity to see re-
fined sports on their own waters as they
will have in the sculling matches be-
tween Teemer, Hamm and Mckay to-
nearer at home, on the beautiful waters
of Lake Weir. 1t has been understood
since before they left Boston that they
would break the brown waters of the st.
Johns in friendly contest before they
returned to the North, but no date has
been made public for this third match.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-09
Forest Fires.
Fort ogden News.
'Cipin.'

Forest fires cannot be too strongly
urged against. The time for firing the
range in this immediate vicinity is
thing of the past. No man can set fires
to-day without burning out some one
else's interest to further his own, and it
becomes very much like the single in
dustry, where the operator goes into his
neighbor's bottoms" fells bigcypress,
takes out dozen feet or so and leaves
couple of thousand feet of the most last
ing fence board material to rot in the
log. Draw line somewhere and give
your neighbors fair show
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-09
MEDICAL.
1sZllsy|

Thoroughly cleanse the blood which is tho
fountain of health, by using DIR. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery, and good digestion, a
fair skin. buoyant spirits. vital strength, and
soundness of constitution will be established.
Golden Medical Discovery cures all humors,
from the common pimple, blotch. or eruption,
TO the worst Scrofuia, or bIood-poison- Es-
pecialiy has it proven its efficacy in curing
Saff-rheum or letter, Fever-sores. Hip-joint
Disease. Scrofulous Sores and Swelilngs, En-
iarged Glands, and Eating Ulcers.
Golden Medical Discovery cures Consump-
ton (which is Scrofula of the Lungs, by its
wonderful blood-purifying. invigorating. and
nufritive properties. For Weak Lungs, Spit
ting of Blood. Shortness of Breath, Bronchitis.
Severe Coughs, Asthma, and kindred affec-
tons, IL is sovereign remedy. 1t promptly
cures the severest Coughs
For Torpid Liver. Biiiousness, or " Liver
Complaint" Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, il is
an unequalled remedy. Sold by druggists.
DIR. PIERCE,S PELLETS - Anti.
Bilious and Cathartic.
30. vial. By druggists.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-09
The ..yomitinr Center.,,

Professor Tumas, a European physiolo-
gist, has shown that vomiting is the re-
suit of irritation of a space in the medulla
oblongata about one-fifth of an inch long
and one-twelfth wide, and believes that
the brains of ruminants, rodents and
other non-vomiting animals lack this
vomiting center. "-Arkansaw Traveller.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-09
Suggestions to co,IeeIate orators

The perplexity of students in the selec-
ton of theme is frequently shown in
desire to be original. But if to be original
implies that the writer is to select
theme that no one las hitherto chosen,
then originality in this sense is scarcely
possible. Again. il III the treatment or
development OF the theme it is to be pre-
sented by means Of ideas that have not
occurred to others, then, also, originality
in this sense is scarcely possible. Origi-
naIity may be attained in the way of
putting a thought, in the selection of
thoughts, and in their arrangements.
Such is one of the meanings of compost
ton. In this view student may very
properly place the thoughts of others,
whether written or spoken. under contri-
button. 1t is plagiarism when writer
takes bodily the thought and words of
another and gives them as his own. 1t is
also plagiarism when a writer, even if he
changes the mode Of expression, adopts
the development Of a subject from an
other and gives this as his own.-C College
Journal
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-09
LEGAL.
In Circuit Court of the Fifth Judicial
Circuit of Florida, Putnam County
In Ehaueary

f. II. Pears III. -
---- Complainant,
VS.. Bill for Foreclosure.
]. Duprie Postell
Defendant.
T T APPEARING BY AFFIDAVIT FILED
l. in the above cause that the defendant, j.
Duprie Postell, is nonresident of the State
of Florida, that his residence is unknown to the
affiant, and that he is over the age of twenty
one years.
1t is therefore ordered that said defendant,
j. Duprie Postell, do answer or demur to the
bill of complainant herein filed against him. on
OF before the 5rH DAY OF MARCH, a. ID. 1883,
otherwise decree pro confesso will be entered
against him. 1t is further ordered that this
notice be published once week for four con-
secutiYe weeks previous to the 5th day of
March, 1888, in THE PALATKA NEWS, news
paper published in Putnum County, Fla.
Ordered this 18th day of January, A ID. 1888.
LsEALl W. C. HARGROVE,
Clerk Circuit Court, Putnam County, Fla.
g. GILLIs, Complainanfs Solicitor,
iaIg-4tTh
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-09
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
CONNECTIONS.

Trains No. and make connection at DAY.
tona with steamer leaving $50 a. IN. following
morning for Port Orange. New Smyrna Titus
vile and ROckledge.
Trains No. = and make close connection at
RollestOn with ferry for Jacksonville and St.
Augustine, also with steamers for points on ST.
Johns and Ocklawaha Rivers
Z. j. WHITE, W. H. PINGREE
Pres. G. A.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-09
THE DAILY NEWS

TIE DAILY NEWS is published every morn
Ing, except Monday, and delivered by carriers
the city, or mailed, postage free, 81 for three
months IA for six months, or S. per annum-
THE WEEKLY NEWS is large four-page %
column paper, published every Friday, con-
tanning all the news of the week, local and
general. 1t is the largest and handsomest
weekly paper Published in Florida. and viii be
mailed, postage free. for 81 a year, or 80 cents
for six months. Specimen copies free to any
address.
Local advertisements, ~ cents per line for
first insertion, and 10 cents per line Tor each
additional insertion. Special notices, 10 cents
per line. Reduced rates on continued adyer-
tisements.
All advertising bills become due pro rata
every month. Special and short-time payable
Ia advance.
All remittances should be made by express,
moDey-order or registered letter.
Address, THE NEWS,
PALATKA. FLORIDA.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-09
safe Enough.
New York Granhic

New York Graphic.
A Chicago preacher Is talking about
sshurling sinners into the endless de
spair of the bottomless pitt 1t is all
right for the poor sinner if the PIT is
bottomless. Falling is easy, but light
ing is what scrunches.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-09
SUNDAY TRAINS.

AT Palatka connects with the Florida South
ern Railway, Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West Railway, and st. Johns and Halifax
Railroad and st. 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, 1888-02-09
Pineapple Plants for Sale.

. CENTS PER DOZEN, S1.50 PER HUN
Z.) DRIED, $40 go per thousand. Special rates
i'll large orders. THOS. e. RICHARDS,
Proprietor Eden Pineapple Plantation, Eden,
indian River Florida. oc14-d&w2m
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-09

Midst all my sufferings still find
Much comfort to my fading mind,
In thoughts that many pot win,
by not forgetting to
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-04-14
NAPOlEON'S ARMY.
The Forces With Which He Fought th
Battle OF Waterloo.

The Forces with Which He Fought the
Battle of Waterloo.
The army Of Napoleon was composed
entirely of veteran troops. 1t was also
in excellent order and condition. 1t
was a homogeneous army; all the men
were Frenchmen. The troops were
eager to fight to retrieve the reputa.,
ton of the French arms, to recover
their lost renown. 1t was prepared for
a desperate struggle. The Emperor, in
his address to tho army dated at Av.
esnes on the 14th Of June. had reused
the spirits and determination of the
soldiers to their highest pitch. He had
reminded them that this was the anni-
versary of Marengo and of Friedland;
he had pointed out that they were
abont to encounter superior numbers;
he had told them to conquer or die
Nevertheless it is . mistake to call this
army, as many writer's have done, the
finest which Napoleon ever took into
the field. In two points,, especially.
this army was not the, equal of
that. for example, which he COM
manded at Austerlitz. In the first
place, it had not the inestimable
advantage of being led by those
brilliant officers. then in the early
prime of MANHOOD. who had been
brought to the front in the turmoil OF
the revolutionary struggle. Ofthe two
who were at Waterloo. Nev and Soult.
one. Soult, was performing the func-
tions of chief Of staff. ,Ney, was the
only one OF tho Mars,ials who com-
manded uoops onIthat fatal field Not
that tho corps commanders lacked ex-
perienee or devotion They were un.
queStipnably excellent officers. who
had seen many years Of faithful serv-
ice. But Napoleon's earlier exploits
had been toa large extent rendered
practicable only by the exceptionally
able men who were his own ,contem-
poraries--Massenn. Lannes. Davopt.
Murat and the rest, Secondly, there
was in this army of 1915. and there
could not but be. a certain amount OF
tlistrust. of lack Of entire confidence.
on the part of the soldiers towards their
superiors, the result OF the SO rscent
overthrow Of the Empire in 1914, which
had been associated in their minds with
suspicious Of reasonable conduct on
the part Of certain officers Of Nigh rank,
.-Scri6ncr's MagosiSG i'H '''s '''
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-04-14
SOCIAL VAMPIRES.

Detective Agencies That Arc Nothiug
More Than Blackmailing Concerns.
,.."Something ought to be done to con-
troll these private detective agencies"
said police officer of rank to a re-
porter. "They are y nuisance, and
work more harm than any one i'm
agfnes. l don't refer to the straight
agencies, but these concerns that do all
the dirty work are the ones refer to.
Anybody can start detective agency,
and some of the men who work tor
many of these in Chicago ought to be
in the penitentiary. Many private
detectives make their living by black
mail. and it is easy to see that they
have fine field to work in. Take, for
instance, u case of a woman, or even a
man, who has some standing. Some
one-it may be husband or wife, or
even an out sider-puts detective on
the track of the one he wants to find
out about, and the victim is followed
everywhere. Suppose something is
found out-and there's nobody but has
little dark spot that shouldn't be ex-
posed-and here's where the chance for
blackmail comes in. The detective
makes his report and receives his pay,
but doesn't let the matter rest there.
He has hold on the one he'd been
shadowing, and when the proper time
comes he works the racket for what it's
worth. He wants a loan after letting
the victim know, of course, what
knowledge he possesses, and nine to
one he gets it. The one affected knows
that he can't afford exposure and he Is
willing to pay for secrecy. Mind you.
all private detectives don't work this
snap. but many of them do. :,
II know of young man who robbed
his employer. The latter knew some
thing was wrong, SO he hired shad-
over. Proof against the young, man
was complete, and when he was
confronted with it he confessed
every thing. H. begged not to be
exposed, and the employer consented
TO his remaining, provided he made up
the shortage. This he did and after
wards regained his employers conf
dence. Then he married a fine' girl
and was happy. The world smiled on
him and inc was getting along as nicely
as any one could wish when one day
he was called on bya strange man,
who soon lot him know that he was the
detective who had done the shadowing.,
He didn't say that he would expose the
young man. but the latter knew what
the matter was and readily consented
to make a small loan. Instead of tell.
ing his wife and employer about it he
struggled on, meeting demands made
on him, and finally took to drinking.
His employer discharged him, he went
lower and lower, and when ho got clear
into tho gutter his wife loft him be.
cause he couldn't support hor The
other day, ! SEQ by the papers. she sued
TOR divorce, and she'll get it, chi
co7o Tribune. I.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-04-14
STYLES IN UMBRELLAS.
Elaborate Designs for Haudls, Originates
by Americans.

by Americans.
It may often puzzle person where
all those new styles in umbrellas and
parasols come from which are constant
)y thrown on the market here. They
flourish, more or less. for few brief
months. and then they disappear for
ever. The representative Of the big
gest umbrella house in the country
the latter located in Indianapolis-said
on that point to the Stroller: "Ameri-
can, manufacturers have, freed them
selves completely from the thralldom
of foreign styles in the matter of um-
brellas. AS to parasols, no. Two
Philadelphia houses keep some agents
constantly employed in Europe picking
up the newest kinks in style in ad-
vance. They have to exercise great
judgment and discretion, however,
and must understand the bent
of the American ladies' taste
to perfection, otherwise they are
said to make mistakes which would
cost their employers thousands Of dol.
lars and them their good jobs. Many
styles in parasols which become the
rage in Europe will not sell here at all.
You sec. in the matter Of parasols such
weighty questions as complexion,
climate, prevailing style Of dresses,
etc., have to be considered, and an
error us to one Of these points will
make purasol unstable. Women of
means want a parasol to match each
dress, you know. Then the question
comes up whether they will have silver
tips or gold ones, black ribs or white
and big glof little handles. As to UNI!
brellas now. our native manufacturers
show both more taste and ingenuity in
inventing styles. No such elaborate
designs for handles, nor such original
conceptions, are to be seen in London
or Berlin shops as yoa may find in any
tirst-class store in New York or
Chicago. And our American men
seem to be willing to spend more
money on costly fancifnl article
in umbrsllus, than do tls foreign
gentlemen Of means Why it's moth.
ing unusual for an American club
man to lay out from $40 to 900 for a
,rea'iyl tfpc and costly-hhpdled nm.
brella --Cnica9o Journal. l,,,.,
--in Paris there are said to be people
who make a living BY waking people
up IN the. morning.l They must do y
sro''sIns bnslpessr-B0sto. Bulletin.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-04-14
FAITH REWARDED.
Story of q Man Who Had Confluence In
t His Mother-in Law. .,t

Story of Man Who Had Confidence In
l His Mother-in. Law.
One OF the ladies who have been for
some time prominent in Washington
society has husband who works in
one OF the departments. How they
manage to scratch along on his little
salary and make the show the lady
does is explained by the fact that she
has wealthy mother, who sends her
an occasional remittance. Recently she
received package containing ribbons,
pocket-handkerchiefs. bonbons, etc.,
nothing of much value. The daughter
felt hurt that her mothers present was
so Insignificant as compared with
former ones, and she began to shed
tears as the box was emptied Of it's
triiles. The servant was ordered to
take the debris and throw it away. DIR,
The husband has confidence in his
mother-in-law-a rare thing to have, to
be sure. He said, soothingly. to his
wife: my dear, l will look carefully
through the paper aud straw which
came in the box, perhaps we have over
looked something" lie did look care
fully and was rewarded by finding an
envelopeiwith neatly folded check for
81, 900 in it, together with an endearing
note to her children. The husband
was SO overcome with Joy at the find
that he could only say, "God bless our
mother" Most sons-in-law vary that
expression M y Graphic. WI
"A peck of fresh lime will absorb
three quarts Of water. hence the adj
vantage OF putting this amount OF cali
QareQus .mattar In q damn CELLAR.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-04-14
EASTERN. JuaeLERs.
Some Queer Tricks Whose Secret No Ono
Gould Make Out.

some queer Trtcks Whose Secret No Ono
Gould Make out.
Without paraphernalia Of any de-
scription, devoid of dress except cloth
around his loins. he performed tricks
of legerdemain the recital of which
would bring shrug of unbelief from
the reader, and will. therefore, not be
attempted, and yet one example must
be related just to give the Imagination
chance. A common wash bowl was
placed in the center of the room. Four
hen eggs procured in the hotel were de-
posted in the bowl. The little assist
ant Of the juggler, in the presence of
spectators who could plainly, see the
eggs on the bottom, slowly filled the
vessel with clean water. The Hindoo
placed his bare hand on the rim Of the
bowl and the eggs disappeared from
view, returning when his hand was re-
moved. This was repeated several
times, but he kept the explanation Of
the trick to himself. ihillWNa il'--
A female contortionist about twenty
years Of age, splendhlly formed, but Of
rather small stature, was our next vis-
itor. She went through series of, ,ex-
ercises tying herself into SO many Pc
culiar knots that we doubted II nature
had provided her with a backbone, but
were convinced when she commenced
her eyelid performance. A dagger,
about foot long, and as sharp as q
razor, was fastened to the floor, point
upward. The performer laid small
cambria needle horizontally across the
fine point OF the weapon. and standing
beforeit bent backward until she moved
the needle from its position with her
eyelids, without touching the floor with
any thing but her feet, unfolding q
wrinkle Of female eye capacity we had
never dreamed of @ii'
\ Before we understood the design q
preof OF her dexterity was given which
chilled the circulating medium IN our
veins. A little babe OF about ten
months dndging by American stand
urd), was laid upon q cushion, and
small orange placed upon the naked 3
baby In tho vicinity OF its commiss ary
department. The woman then. took q
sharp sword, shaped something like q
cimeter, and with swift downward blow
cut the orange without harming the
child. No one snvied the childs posi.
tion. or,voluntcred to take Its place In
i . similar experiment. - Bombay Letter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-04-14

"A peck Of fresh lime win absorb
three quarts Of water. hence the adj
vantage Of putting this amount OF call
eareops matter IN damp cellar
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-04-14

--In Paris there are said to be people
who make "a living by waking people
up In the. morning, They must do y
. sronsInS business Boston Bulletin.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-04-14

4 There Is nothing consolatory fnr
the patient suffering from a severe cold
in the head to be told that "colds nt-
tack the weakest spot!' Salem Nevs.