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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10
THE PENSION OFFICE,
An Investigation to be Made That
May Not Benefit Ex-COmmission-
eP Dudley.

An Investigation to be Made Ihat
May Not Benefit Ex-Commissjon-
er Dudley.
Washington Letter in the Boston Post.
The public has only very vague idea
of the enormous political power Of the
Pension Office. There is no other branch
Of the government that can be compared
with it as political engine. The Com
missioner of Pensions could put three
hundred political workers and $5,000,000
into a large State just before an election
and do it in strict accordance with the
forms Of law. The political effect Of
belief judiciously cultivated by agents of
the Pension Office that a claimants sue
cess in getting his claim properly adjust
ed depended on his political opinions
may be guessed. Many a claimant
would willingly give $500 or $1,000 to.a
campaign fund on condition that d claim
of S., goo or Sc, 600 Of arrearages of pen
sions would be promptly settled and the
money paid for him. 1t is understood
at the Treasury that as soon as possible
the vouchers Of the Pension Office will
be overhauled to see, so far, at least, as
these documents win show. what Colo
mel Dudley did with the funds of the
Office. It will be remembered that Mr..
Springer's committee elected the fact
that the first year after Colonel Dudley
became Commissioner the expenses of
the office were increased from 100000
to 1900, GOO, though there was very lit
tie increase in the amount of work done.
Democrats want to know hcw the money
was spent but at present there are no
clerks who can be set at work overhaul
ing these accounts.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10

We take pleasure in giving place to
the following recommendation of Prof.
w. S. Armstead' Prof. Armstead is a
son-in-law Of our fellow-citizen, Mr. G.
N, Davis, and will locate here for the
purpose of teaching school:
STATE OF GEORGIA, No AL 1907
IRWIN COUNTY. -1'' i'--' 49,
TO all whom it may concern:
We, the undersigned subscribers, pa
irons of the Irwin County Institute, take
pleasure in recommending Prof. w. S.
Armstead as a man eminently qualified
in every way, as an educator of youth.
His excellence as a teacher, for nearly a
year, has been tested by us, and we speak
from experience when we say that Prof.
4. knows all about the business of dis
ciplining, classifying and governing a
school. His success, in rapidly advanc-
ing every pupil put under his charge, is
Unprecedented. No man could be more
scrupulously honest in studying the in
terest of each patron. Besides all his
other qualifications, he is a man of I'M
firing energy. The amount of work he
does in the schoolroom is excelled by no
other man in the state.
We do not hesitate to say that with a
school of fifty scholars his services are
richly worth one hundred dollars per
month. Any town or city that is de-
sirous of building up a first-class school
in their midst, will search in vain for a
man better qualified. If industry, scrup-
ulous honesty, and literary qualifications
of high order are sought for by any
section, we have no hesitancy in recon-
mending Prof. A. as possessing one and
all. Prof. A. in leaving us, has our
heartiest wishes for his success.
WILEY WHITLEY.
ID. J. HENDERSON.
County School Commissioners,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10
Is TT. A LIE :?

Some one said that Potash was a poison:
Who makes the assertion except those who de-
sire to misleadand humbug you? Hewho de-
nouuces other remedies as FRAUDS, is quietly
Offering vile compound of his own-beware
Of all such.
Ask your physician or your druggist if Pot
ash produces all the horrors claimed for it by
those who are compelled to traduce other pre-
partitions in order to appear respectable them
selves.
We claim that Potash properly combined
with other remedies makes the grandest blood
remedy ever known to man, and we claim that
b. B. Il. is that remedy,
II afflicted with any form of blood poison,
ScrOfula, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Old Ulcers
and Sores, Kidney Complaints. Female Dis
eases etc, the B, q. 3. Will cure you at once.
Send to Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. for a
copy of their book FREE, For sale in Palat-
ka the PUTNAM PHARMACY, ID
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10

last the average man a life time About
the time you think you have everything
necessary you wake up to the fact that it
is about time to start over again and
what in the way Of hunting around town
for first one article and then another, as
before remarked, the young man gets
enough experience to last life time,
without the effort necessary to solve the
problem of furnishing an entire house.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10
AUNT TABITHA. a"

Appropos OF arecent discussion
Whatever l do, and whatever I say,
Aunt Tabitha tells me that isn't the way;
When she was a girl, CfOrty summers ago.
Aunt Tabitha tells me they never did SO,
Dear aunt, IfIonly would take her advice
But like my own way. find ttso nice!
And besides, forget half the things I am
told;
But they viii all come back 10 me-when am
old.
If yonth passes by, it may happen, no doubt,
out;
She would never endure an impertinent stare,
1t is horrid, she says, and mustn't sit there,
\ walk in the moonlight has pleasures, I own,
But it isn't quite safe to be walking alone;
So take lads arm-tust for safety, you
know,
Aunt Tabitha tells me they didn't do so.
How wicked we are, and how good they were
then!
They kept at arms length taose detestable
men;
What an era of virtue she lived in. But stay
Were the men all such rogucs in Aunt Tabi-
If the men were so wicked, III ask my papa
How he dared to propose to my darling man.
ma;
Was he like the rest Of them? Goodness
Who knows
And what shall say, if a wret ch should pro
pose?
I am thinking if aunt knew so little Of sin,
What wonder Aunt Tabitha's aunt must have
been !
And her grand aGnt-t5 scares mellow shock
ingly sad
| That we girls of to-day are so frightfully bad
4 martyr will save US, and nothing else can
| Let me perish-to rescue some wretched yonne
mani
| Though when to the altar victim go,
! Aunt Tabitham tell me She never did so.
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10

Maud S. is in the nine holes,
Calamity striving, now and then
To catch the mile a minute record
OF her fast friend Ellen-N.
While the ease loving travelling pub
lie complacently smiling, purchase tick
cts that read via Louisville and Nashville
railroad, secure through checks for their
baggage, ensconce themselves in through
Pullman Buffet Sleepers, and are quick
ly transported in feeling and person to
destination points,
WEST OR NORTH.
A ticket over the "Old Reliable" is
the "open sesame for comfort, safety,
speed, close connections-liberal reIa-
tiv7s-and stop over to visit
MAMMOTH CAVE.
Euen-N. requests the pleasure of
your company and a correspondence
with her Florida young man who will
reply with maps, time-cards, quote rates,
etc.
L. R, FUTILE, Pass. Agent,
No. 80 West Bay, Jacksonville, Fla.
c. P. ATMoRE, Gen. Pass. Agent,
Louisville, KY.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10
Notice for Publication,
LAND OFFICE AT GAINESVILLE

LAND UFFICE At tTAINESV UIEf
May LIST. 1855.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
10 make Communication proof in support of his
claim. and that said proof will be made before
Register and Receiver at Gainesville, Fla,
on Tuesday June 23d 1885, viz: Otis Andrews Of
Harvard. Ia, HID No lii51 for the e Ii Sec
Is. TIP Il ; Il 3 E.
He names the following witnesses 70 prove
his continuous residence upon, and cuItiva-
ton Of. said, land, viz: O. W. Davis. V. c. Har-
raden. R. S. Barber. Alvin Williams. all of Har-
ward, Fla. /. \. BARNES,
sRegiSter.
United States Land Office,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10
County Sohool Commissioners

a Question for the ONCE Seekers.
From Washington Letter.
The Presidents dislike of bachelors is
as marked as his affection for children
While preferring single life himself. he
has little love for the society of that jolly
class to which he belongs, and which is
famous for the mutual affection that ex-
lists among its members everywhere. His
most intimate friends are all married
men, most of them quite young and in
the first stages of martial happiness. 1t
is well known that Mr.. Cleveland APP
pointed but one bachelor to Office while
Mayor Of Buffalo or Governor of New
York and none at all since he has been
in the White House. The moral of this
is so plain that he who runs may read.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10

DR.. Schwenninger, Bismarck's protegeg
is organizing a mammoth joint-stock
company to erect and manage a big san
itarium at Braunfels, for the purpose of
curing-or otherwise-patients after his
own method.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10
THE DAILY NEWS.
CORRESPONDENCE

Solicited on all interesting topics throughout
the state. We will be especially grateful for
all local items of interest to the public. News
sent by wire should be abbreviated when prac-
ticable, and sent after o'clock p NJ, addressed
to PALATKA DAILY NEWS.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10

Can be purchased at F c COCHRANES-NEWS.
STAND, at the pOstOfiice building.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10
Reading Notices.

TAX ASSESSORS NOTICE. win be in Palat-
ka for next ten days for the purpose of assess
ing property for taxation the year 1885.
BENZ. =. BOYD,
Tax Assessor for Putnam Co.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10

Col. Mapleston says Nicolini has bill
lizards on the brain. He wants some one
to write an opera with billiard match
in it, so Nicolini can be kept on the
stage.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10
NotDead Yet.

Atlanta's papers are giving the public some
curious and wonderful cases that are quite in
teresting, It seems that young lady of At
lanta had been reported as dead, but it came
to the ears of the Atlanta Journal that she
was still alive, and being on the alert for news,
& reporter was sent to the residence to learn
all the facts Miss Belle Dunaway, who had
been pronounced dead, met him at the door,
stoutly denying that she was dead. She said /:
For four years, rheumatism and neuralgia
have resisted physicians and all other treat
ment. My muscles seemed to dry up. my
flesh shrank away, my joints were swollen,
painfuland large, lost my appetite, was re-
duced to go pounds in weight and for months,
was expected to die, commenced the use of
b. b, b. and the action of one half bottle con-
WINGED my friends that it would cure me. Its
effect was like magic. 1t gave me an appe-
tite-gave me strength, relieved all pains and
aches, added flesh to my bones, and when five
bottles had been used had gained so pounds
of flesh, and am to-day sound and WE'LL
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10

The Office ofTHE DAILY NEWS is located on
Water street, in the Iron Building next to
Reid's brick store
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10
ArteSian WeIIS,-Irrigati0n.
IRRIGATE YOUR GROVES.

The rapid growth of trees aud the greatest
deyelUpemeut of fruit, can only he obtained
by proper arrangements for irrigation, dIg-
ring the dry spells that visit us every year.
With plenty of water at command. the growth
of young trees, and the crops of those in bear
ing, arc an assured success.
IRRIGATION Is THE SHEET ANCHOR OF
ORANGE CULTURE.
The experiments that have already been
made abundantly prove its value.
- For the purpose of irrigation, prop
erly constructed, ATresian Wells are the
cheapest, best ard most reliable.
Correspondence solicited. Estimates givcn,
Contracts taken for wells. Four to six-iuch
pipe recommended as most practical
J. 7. COEOVER,
Palatlla, Ia.
P. o. Box 207
Or at Office of r r. EFrKaan lennon Street
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10

wANTED.-1,OOO or 1,5G1 men, to work on the
Florida Southern extension to BrOokville. APP
ply to L. o. GOLD,
Ieesbnrg. Fla.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10

For SALE-Thousands of old papers,
good for many purposes. Apply at the
NEWS office.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10

For RENT stores. Is offices and sleeping
rooms, one dwelling, 10y Webb Nichols.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10

c ntracts taken for the largest to the small
est brick ana frame buildings. Door and
vii dow frames for brick or frame buildings
ba7 listers kept On hand Scroll saving ana
turning to order. Mil, Orange Street, near
FL urth, Palatka. Florida.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10

For sale-A seventeen-foot skiT. Apply at
this Cffice.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10
DENTISTRY.
DR.. ]. 4. MCCI9IIand
DENTTST.

I 5 now stopping in Palatka. and offers his
4profcssiOnal services till the first OF July.
correct denture. also diseased teeth treated
and filled without pain The attention of per-
sons in need of artificial teeth, is invited to
teeth. ROse-pearI possesses many advantages
over other materials in use. 1t is OF the color
of the natural gum, hard and very strong, ad-
of rubber. The gum Is made continuous IN
one piece. free from seam or joints, and the
unnatural prOtrusion of the lips, so common
where rubber is used, is entirely Obyiatcd by
the use of BOse-pearl. Or. EcCielaud may be
consulted at the residence corner Of Madison
and Front Streets near the Episcopal church,
Palatka
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10
The Daily News

PALATKA, FLA, MAY 10, 1885.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-10

are the brick block of Col Fl. L. Hart.
the large building of Messrs. Rafferty,
Bros, the dwellings of DIR. Peek, of Con-
necticut Mr. Lundy, of Montreal, Mr..
Gay, of New York, Mr.. Todd, of Maine,
Mr.. Toller, of Virginia, aud Messrs. I'm
derwood and Baldwin This is only
small number of the list of buildings now
going up, and we mention them merely
to show that the hot weather is having
no appreciate effect on Palatkas build
ing boom. While most of the above gen
tlemen are from a distance, our older
citizens are not idle, and there is hardly
a street in the city that cannot show
more or less improvement. In the ex-
pressive language of the street arab.
''Let 'er rolf -
Several of the able editors of the coun-
try have written exhaustive articles late
" telling why the young men of the
country were so averse to marrying, but
none of them have given a satisfactory
reason, From sad experience we have
discovered one potent reason-and it is
not becaese SHE said no, either. The true
reason is found in the fact that sooner or
later they would have to 90 to house
keeping, and from furnishing one room,
suitable for bachelor habitation, aside
from the expense, the worry is enough to
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-03-27
Discarded.

Miss Emma Hollingsworth, Rock
wood, Lawrence county, Ohio, writes:
"Dy. Hartman, Columbus, O.-After be-
ing an invalid Tor five years, and having
tried all kinds of patent medicines, and
treated by four of our best doctors, who
pronounced my case consumption, that
was past curing, got one of your books
on the Ills of Life, and at once sent
for bottle of PERUNA. l discarded all
other medicines, and after l had taken
seven bottles of PERUNA l was able to
do my housework, which I had not been
able to do for five years. My neighbors
were astonished to see how rapidly i'm
proved. | know of a number who are
using your PERUNA. 1t has done Won
ders in this neighborhcod."
w. II. Irwin, druggist, Altoona, Pa,
writes: Il sell your PERUNA. 1t gives
good satisfaction. Mrs. Mary Strob,
Eleventh avenue and Seventeenth street,
and Mrs. J. P. Kahle, Altoona. use Pc
RUNA, and claim it is the best medicine
they ever used. We have never heard
any one say anything against PERUNA."
i. Ross Matter, druggist, Altoona, Pa,
writes ave sell a great deal OF Pc
RUNA 1t gives the very best OF satistac-
ton. VIM. r. Ward. coal dealer, Ninth
and Seventeenth streets, this city, has
grown stout and hearty after using five or
six bottles Of PERUNA. He says he is
feeling better than he ever did before.
Rev. Henry Moore, one of the most pop
uar cergylnen Of this city, states that he
must fall back on MANALIN when all
other remedies fail"
w. B. PACKER, druggist, Alliance, O.,
writes: " Your PERUNA has a large sale.
We have customers who believe it to be
the ideal of medicines. VIM Chambers,
of this place, speaks highly of PERUNA.
Send me some of your books Ills OF
Life.''
S. G. West, druggist, Ashland, Ohio,
writes 81 have a very good trade in
your PERUNA. l sell more of it than
any other medicine. Col. Z. Finger, of
our town, has used PERUNA in his family
very successfully. I will get hin, to send
YOU certificate. He is Lieut.. Colonel
of Seventeenth Regiment, o. V. l."
A. R. Thurber & Co., druggists, Ash
tabula Ohio, write: "Pcruna sells well,
and gives general satisfaction. Albert
Herman, of this place, has used several
bottles, and speaks highly of it. We
consider it safe and reliable rcmedv.'
DR.. G. Hurley, druggist, Altoona, Pa,
writes 1--WE sell great deal Of Pc
RUNA. Customers speak well OF it,
dec l91y
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-03-27
FUN


BRED IN THE BoNE.-Two youthful
politicians. one of Republican persuasion
and the other red-hot champion of the
Democratic cause, had the following ami
mated discussion of the situation on Fred
erica street few evenings since. Said the
Republican lad:
1.-THE Dimocrats can't be no guagers
and storekeepers.'
"Why not" questioned the irate DEM
ocrat.
"'Cause the can't do no fggerin THAT'S
the reason"
"Then." responded the disciple of JEFF
ferson. ''I'd like to know who found out
how New York went Dimercratic if 1t
wasn't the Dimercrats that did the fgger-
in'7"
This was poser.-Owensboro Enquirer.
SHE WILL JOIN HIS -"There
is something that has preyed heavily On
my mind ever since our engagement,
DEAR" he said, "but I am almost afraid to
tell you of it.'
"What is 1t, Gsorge?" the young woman
asked anxiously.
II am somnambulist.
"Oh, is that all ~ she exclaimed, with
sigh of relief. II have always been an
universalist myself. but of course when
We are made one shall expect to attend
ysur church."
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-03-27
poetru.
The Girl That Beats Them AL.

There's the girl with the smiling face,
The girl with ;he Witching eye,
There's the girl With stately grace,
And the girl that is modest and shy;
there's the girl with the winning air.
The girl that's reserved and cold,
There's the girl with the curly hair
And the girl that is rattle r old,
There's the girl that is grand and tall,
The girl with the dimpled chin.
But the girl that beats them all
Is the girl that has got the tin.
Boston Courier.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-03-27
The Spring Poets Pay.

The Spring Poets Pay.
POET.
I've a verselet on leaflet,
A dainty little Screed,
What will you give me for it
To fill a long felt need
EDITOR.
I've a damnlet on my tOnguelet,
A good one tried and true,
Which 1 always give to poets,
And I'll be as kind to you.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-03-27

I,ISHBURNE SCHOOL,
L WAYNEsBoRo, AUGUSTA Co., VA.
JAS. A. FISHBURNE A. B. Principal.
III. SAUNDERS, V. NJ I. Associate.
ENGLISH, CLASSICAL AND
MILITARY,
Visitors are impressed:
1st With the beauty and excello ce of the
location.
End With the excellent Discipline, nd the per-
feet system in every department.
3d. With the gentlemanly appearance and con-
duct of cadets, and kin feeling existing between
them and the Faculty.
4th With the faithful work and steady improve
ment of students.
PUPILS received at any time. Ternj moderate.
solicited. III 80 1yr*
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-06

Der Of his cabinet. Austin withdrew.
last week he went to Albany and
haunted the executive chamber for two
orthrec days, endeavoring to secure the
promised appointment. He spent a
great deal of money. and was bled
right and left by pretended intimates
Of the president-elect. This reached
the ears of his brother, and he went to
Albany and induced him to return
nome.
Ii is reported that the brother will
now use every means to ascertain who
the men are who have been prompting
Eugene in this and other matters, and
if successful, will test in the courts the
question as to whether they cannot be
held responsible for damages, as his
brother and father have wasted large
sums Of money in consequence of the
suggestions and encouragement given
them in their eXtravagant schemes.
Proceedings to settle the question OF
their sanity and the custody of their
properly viii also be begun.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-06

What the fat and feminine portion of
humanity needs, says Clara Belle. is
some scientific process by means Of
which, without internal injury or eX-
terror discoloration. the skin may be
rendered jmperyiOus to the cold. Win
ter brings no terrors to a lean woman.
for she must Wear considerable thick
ness of covering anyhow, in order TO
maintain good outlines; but the natur-
ally too bulky figure is not to be dis
tended without greater injury to the
feelings than mere chill can cause.
therefore,, the very full skin is compel
led 10 do without exterior wadding and
to suffer frightfully from the nipping
air of this season. ] he best that a
plump woman can do is to trim her out
door wrap with bands of fur, so that
narrow sections of her body may be
kept at an endurable temperature.
When met such an acquaintance. and
informed her that the mantle was slip
ped down couple of inches from her
shoulders. she answered: 'Oh. l know
1t. | did it on purpose. There are
three rings OF Sealskin on it, don't you
see? and am warming myself in al
tcrnaic layers
About the best device for woman
who doesn't like to increase her rotun-
dity is a cham0is-skin undergarment,
fitting snugly. from neck tc hips, and
taking the place OF all other chemises.
Thus no apPreciable increase in bulk is
made, and at the same time much
warmth is gained. The growth of
bustles and the departure of sealskin
skirts render it easy enough to dress
scasonably below the trunk. and pei
crime atop of the shoulders is rather a
gain than otherwise to dumpy form;
so that the area of frost is more re-
>tricted than for several years past.
Slender women wear for comfort and
looks an inside jersey of plain stockinet
goods under the outer jersey, which is
decorated with embroidery or braiding.
The little PelerineS of seal or silk plush
look exceedingly jaunty on tall. thin
women, but they are a sure thing on
neural mia or Rheumatism.