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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-10
OUR ALDERMAN.

The vote at our election was of
the lightest, but it has given us f.
I. Lane as our alderman by an over
whelming majority. His interests
are identical with those of each of
us-he has built up Il large and rap
idly growing business in our midst
by his own industry and ability,
and these qualities assure us that
by him the public will be well
served and the growing prosperity
of our city fostered and increased.
He is young, energetic, capable and
honest. He is one of our most sue
eessful merchants and his expert
ence has been such that his judg-
ment is already known wherever
Palatka's trade reaches and his very
name will be an evidence that our
city will take no steps backward.
His opponents were also of our
best, aud the light vote polled is
an evidence that our citizens be-
licved that no great calamity would
follow the election of any one of
them In such case the careless
ness of voters is no evidence of IN
patriotic indifference, and we can
congratulate ourselves that one
other public duty is at last decided
so well, SO easil y and so satisfacto-
rily to all concerned.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-10

The Floridian has asked the state
papers to keep silence on the alb
sence of Senator Jones till he should
think best to make explanations,
but it Is now necessary to give the
directions wider application, for the
New York World makes full dis
closures. We know at last exactly
how many times the senator has
popped, how many boquets he has
bought and that he expects to be in
Washington Immediately when
her ladyship shows a proper appre-
ciation of his own claims to wor-
ship. We hope our tenderheartsd
contemporary will now appreciate
an explanation himself.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-10
FACTS vs. FANCY.

Facts are. that Harry Heath 1-aizes -peci-
atty of difficult repairing OF ere watches
cleans iewelry- eEEouofGefers, =. kind. OF
nautical. GTgical electrical anu medical IL
seruTnents. and understands ala complic.tel
mechanical combinations ana how TO repair
them As to fancy. tie ladies' fancy the way
he finishes his lewelry repairs. which cone
out new every time For fine work aIwaxs
take II 10 Harry Heath. II the Cs1aou. blaoE
en- LeHcn ~Eess, Palarkc, Fse-
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-10
LOGIC AND REFORM.

Times Union is the great advocate
of civil service reform as the mag
wumps would have it practiced.
He repudiates with affected loath-
loathing the "spoils system" and yet
clings to the fruits thereof. He,
too, accepted an Office and claimed
that the civil service rules did not
prohibit the appointment of pos
tai clerk without examination, while
he would now insinuate that those
same rules do apply to the. appoint
ment of postmasters. Yet it is
notorious fact that neither the edi-
tor nor the party to whom he passed
the appointment could have stood
the least chance of success in a COM
petitive examination on the duties
of the office such as the principles of
civil service reform would warrant.
If it is wrong to give an office for
party service which is not affected
by the civil service rule, then it is
much verse to give an office for
party service to be passed on to an
other equally incapable without ex-
animation in any form. The editor
boasted that the appointment was
rendered him for transmission to an
other. Is this civil service reform?
But having accepted his smaller Of
flee, the editor of the Times Union
is now talking up for his patron
like little man, and paying for
his pap by abuse" of Senator Call
whom he could not use. He makes
base insinuations against man in
public life; when these are declared
false he offers no proof except an
other bare assertion and another in
situation, and then attacks Calls
friends with the dirty weapons
which have fallen harmless from
the shield of his first antagonist.
Bah.
But if the Times Union really be-
lieves in civil service reform AZ the
same exists in its imagination, why
not push the thing to It's legitimate
conclusion? If it follows, as the
mugwumps claim, that man who
has honorably filed for years the
position of colonel in the regular
army may not be qualified to fill the
position of clerk in the pension Of
flee, why not put competitive ex-
animation before the door of every
office? Neither the senators nor the
president should be allowed to
make partisan appointments nor
surround themselves with personal
favortes; why not fill the senate
and the presidency by rule, if it
would work so well elsewhere
Surely intelligence, education and
technical knowledge would he of
use to a senator? Would tho quail
ties required to I'll the duties of his
office be more profitable to the
country at large in president than
in a clerk in one of the depart
ments? How much more import
ant then 10 secure the best men for
the highest offices? And if the
mugwumps civil service will do this
in the case Of a clsrkship why not
in the case of chief magistrate?
| Meantime if Charley ever stands
up for examination, before his COM
mission as postal clerk is issued, We
would ask ''Ioung man, what is
the derivation and meaning of the
word 'silverphoblst:'"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-10
THE TELEPHONE SCANDAL.

y OF tu0 utSb tliuc tue CudISc VI
official corruption has been made
against the men whose names are
most deeply reverenced by the south
ern people. Her truest representa-
tives are to-day charged with hav-
ing sold themselves for private gain
to the Pan Electric Company, and
to have used their high places and
honored names to secure the assist
ance of the government in suit
against another corporation. If
they are guilty as arraigned, the
white hairs of Isham G. Harris will
60 dishonored to the grave; Lamar
and Joseph E. Johnston and Vance
and Garland as we'll as Call will be
torn from the pedestal on which each
hss stood in our estimation for so
many years. To Lamar more than
any other one man, the south owes
her political resurrection; the others
have been our truest champions in
field and forum till their names have
become as household gods to the
generation just entering public life.
If these idols are shattered the lofty
ideals around which youth weaves it's
brightest dreams of emulation will
lie with them in the dgst
But mere assertion can fasten no
mud upon the characters of such
men. Through the dark night of
our danger and difficulty their names
shone like stars, and proof must be
clear and explicit before our people
can believe that aught of shame at
taches to them: True we have seen
the light of so:ne of our bravest and
brightest grow troubled and dim be-
fore the glories of our second day
had dawned. We grievc that Long
street and Mosby and Early and
Beauregard stand 70 more with us
as does Lee and Jack son and S;eph-
ems and Hampton and Stuart, but
we do not fear that a blush will ev-
er mantle the cheek of southern
man or woman when is mentioned
tho names of Lamar or Harris or
Vance or Garland or Call Such
men cannot have passed stainless
through so many years of trial to
dishonor at last the mother earth
opening her loving arms only few
steps across their pathway.
Neither did the slanderers fully
appreciate the frmness Of Mr.. Cleve-
lands character. There will be no
breakdown anywhere till the true
inwardness of the whole matter is
uncovered. There will be no COM
mittee appointed specially to
give certificates of innocence to men
high in office. There will be no
suppression of evidence and no ex-
animation of witnesses behind closed
doors. Neither the party nor the
country will tolerate any shrinking
from legitimate commissions. The
whole matter will be left to judicial
determination and there will be no
shield interposed between the sword
of justice and the criminal. These
foul weapons have at last been di-
rected against the personal honor
and honesty of those to whom our
hopss cling closest and the warfare
will be like, the duel between Mac
beth and Malcolm while whole
people prays God save the right.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-10

goods in our line. all which viii be found TO be
frst-class Enjoying exceptional fscIlitic. for
buying we can offer goods 81 prices that can
not be undersold- Call and eIs nine stock and
prices.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-10
Blood

Is the life. and he is wise who remembers il.
But in March OF last year QSSD L contracted
blood poison. and being in savannah. Ga, at
the time, went in the hospital there for treat
ment. / suffered very much from rheuma-
tisin at the time. did not get well under
the treatment there. nor was cured by any OF
the usual means. | have now taken seven
bottles OF Swift's Specific and am sound and
well. 1t drove the poison out through boils
on the skin. DAS LEAEY.
Jersey CIty, y. j.. Aug. Z. lSa5.
Two years ago L contracted blood poison.
After taking prescriptions from the best ply
sicians here and at Dallas. concluded 10 visit
Hot Springs, and reaching Texarkana
n doctor recommended me TO try Swifts
Specific. assuring me that il would bencfit me
moro than Hot Springs. Although the
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-10

'.How shall we treat Bismarck 2" asks
an exchange. Beer 10 good enough
New Haven News.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-23
FARMERS! BEWARE !

The ''wire fence man" is new swim
die working the farmers. His modus
operandi is thus described: He wants
the privilege Of exhibiting his wire
fence stretcher machine to farmers in
your township OH your farm, and for
which privilege he will build you thirty
or forty rods of good fence for exhibit
ton. and all that he asks of you is to
board him, go after the machine at the
nearest station. and pay the charges
not to exceed SO. for the fence all set
up where you want it. In order to
have everything satisfactory, and as a
warrant of the farmers good intentions
he requires him to sign written con-
tract on postal card, which he mails
to his partner, which proves to be an
order for the machine, price $500,
worth about S25. After the machine
comes new man turns up with his
postal order for the machine and re-
quires payment of 5000 as per agree
ment OH card. lie claims to be attor-
ney for the company and threatens to
sue in the United States Court ut Utica
until he gets the note.
Sharpers have put in an appearance i'm
Shiawassee county. a stranger calls
on farmer and expresses a desire to
buy farm. The man is shown the
farm and after looking it over con-
cludes to take it. lie has not brought
enough money to pay all down, however
but gives 800 to bind the bargain, and
promises to return i'm a few days with
the balance of the money. A day or
two afterwards a second stranger makes
his appearance, and he also wants to
buy farm. lie looks the farm over
and decides to buy it. lie offers to give
81 500 more than stranger No. has
offered. A bargain is struck and sealed
by the payment Of second 500, and
No. 2departs, assuring the owner that
he will soon complete the sale by the
payment of the balance. No. next
turns up with some money to pay for
the farm and demands that the con-
tract be carried out. The owner can
make 81, 800 by selling to No. 2 and he
therefore agrees to give No. $500 to
declare the contract off. The $500 is
paid over and the fellow departs. But
the second stranger never comes back
and the farmer Is out just $500.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-23
Without q License.

\ great many who think that it is
the place of the President of the village
to 90 from one saloon to anOthe watch
ing to see if liquor is being sold without
license. are greatly mistaken. 1t is
his place to prosecute all such Offend
Ing liquor sellers if those, who know it
to be fact and can swear to it, only
come forward and report to him and
not send an anonymous card stating
that il is SO without any foundation.
Here is card received by Pres. Brown
Il few days ago:
Brockway, Dec. 10, 1886.
Mr.. James Brown.
DEAR SIR-Asit it is your place to look
after William Barrett he is selling
whiskey thare is no doubt about it he
sells it out of tOnick Bottles. and calls
1t tonick look after this as it is not
dun OH the sly it is dun wide openly.
Yours.
Town SITIsON.
In reference 10 the above card
would here say, if town citizen" will
come forward like a man. and
make an affidavit to his statement,
| will make Billy's tonic bottles dance
to the tune of 500 into the village
treasury. JAMES BROWN, Pres.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-23
BRoCKWAY CENTRE County, Mich, DECEMBER
New Years Calls.

The following ladies of this village
have expressed their desire to receive
New Years calls between the hours
of and p. m:-
Mrs. III. +. Leonard, assisted by the
Misses Carrie Rapley and Lizzie Leon
ard.
The Misses Rapley assisted 10y Miss
kittie y. Carroll.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-23
A GIFT To All.

In order to give all chance to test it
and thus be convinced of its wonderful
curative powers, DR.. Kings New Dis
c0very for Consumption. Coughs and
Colds, will be. for limited time
given away. This offer is not only
liberal, but shows unbounded faith
in the merits of this great remedy.
All who suffer from Coughs. Colds. Con-
sumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, or any
affection of Throat chest or lungs are
especially requested to call at &. 4.
Wells * Co.'S Drug store. and get Il
Trial Bottle Free, Large bottles 81.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-23
Village lots For Sale

Two valuable lots in the Reed IL Nc
Mutt Plat to the Village of Brockway
Centre for sale CHEAP. Title clear.
Terms easy. For further particulars
and terms apply ut
THE EXPosIToR OFFICE.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-23
Take What yon Need.

Therefore see that the members of
your family are supplied with DR.. Jack
sons root and herb cordial it will sharp
Ell the appetite, help digestion, promote
sound sleep. strengthen the system and
so remove those distressing symptoms
which if neglected, may result III the
most serious consequences. For sale by
W. y. McKenna. Brockway Centre, and
NJ. Magner, Brockway.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-23
- . <tb N -
Arc NnIIr Children EeeVish

And sad eyed" DO they have abnormal appe-
titcs and crave food constantly? Beware of
WORMS Very few children escape their r;lvages
No child can be happy or well while suffering
with worms. They sap the very life 10y prevent
is n sure remedy. 1t is called ParmCicc's Santo-
nine Worm Ca.ldics They are perfectly harm
less hnt Will quickly dissolve the worms and pass
them OF through the bowels. Buy no other
Price - cents per hnN Sold hy Z. 4. Mrlls \ Co.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-23
Millions ut Persons

Die ANNUALLY WHO might he saved il attention
was given to the little ills of life. Coughs Colds
Sore Throat, &c are easily cured 10y using Ham
iltons Cough Balsam which removes the tickling
in the throat and tigtncsS across the chest. help
To throw oil the poisonous matter and heals the
infiamed membranes. Immediate relief will be-
fOand In Group, bronchitis, whoOphg Cough. &c,
sumption great relief Is received. For incipicnt
consumption ii works like charm. Price - and
30 cents Der bottle. Sold bV G. A. Wells x Co.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-23

PAY YOUR TAXES Wm. IIodgins,
Treasurer. wishes to inform the tax
payers of this township that he may be
found ut Jos. iIitEick Office next to the
Rapley House. ready and prepared to
receive all taxes, on Saturday of each
week during Decemher and JanuarY.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-23
Isnchlnn,s ArI.Icn MaINn-

The best salye III the world for cuts,
bruises. sores, ulcers, salt rheuln, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles. or 10 pay required.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Price %
cents per box. For sale by G. y. Wells
e. 90
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-23

Itch, of every kind cured in 30 min
utes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion
Use no other. This never fails. Sold
by Chas. ~. Wells & Co.. Druggists
Brockway Centre. Mich.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-16
Diseases of Mountainous Mexico.

In that section known rs the TERRA colorado
a very curious but harmless cutanoous afrec-
ton prevails, here known quiricara, which
causes people to appear spotted, rs if painted
all over the face and body in huge polka
dots, and hence the natives are dubbed
Pintos, or painted people" That much
dreaded mental disease, known TO the world
as crctiniSIlI, is alarminGly prevalent in
the mountain valleys OF Guerrero as in some
portions of Switzerland. In Europe the dis
ease i rarely encountered at a higher altitude
than 500 feet, and chiefly haunts those val
leys that are surrounded by high, steep walls
of rock. that exclude the light AMI limit free
circulation Of air; but in Guerrero it appears
tn be confined To no fixed elevation or especial
CONFORMATION of soil. Goitre is often found
in connection with it hore, rs in the lower
Alpine valleys, not only of Switzerland and
Italy, but Of the PyTcnces, Syria, India and
China-Fannie 3. Ward in Boston Tran
script
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-16
Legs Worth More than Brains.

My young friend-John Smith, for instance
who was graduated by n university few
weeks ago, and who rushed into journal.
ISM" rs he called it, came into my room
yesterday afternoon, famed himself vigor.
ously with his hat and remarked:
Il shall quit this businessl"
"Nou mean you will leave the newspaper
business" | asked.
YES" he replied; "thc truth is, news.
papers pay more for legs than they do for
brains
do you mean that you have more brains
than legsF' 1 asked, with affected surprise.
Il mean that have walked four miles in
the hot sun trying to run down a rumor
and i won't pan out five lines"
So Smith Is going to quit the newspaper
business because he mas brains to sell, whep
the newspapers want nothing but legs OF
course Smiths place will have TO be filled
That is, man will have to be put on when
Smith vacates. The man who stays on will
have legs, but he Will have brains also. He
will know, first, what news is. That will re-
quirc brains. Knowing what news is,
Smiths successor will get that news and he
will get it quickly. That will require no,
only logs, but it will require perseverance
and persistence that regards neither distance
difficulties nor circumstances Journalism is
one thing, but the newspaper business is al
together something different.-Atlanta Con.
StitutIOu
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-16
POISONED WATER.
The Terrible Scourge that il Coz ming
upon the Country and How
60 Avoid it.
Heath y0lITnGLl

Heath JOtTnrLl
The reports of the Boards of Health 81 ow
a condition of things in the Drinking wa Ter
supplies Of this Country. that is absolute y
appalling. In one family alone three dealt u
are reported, the cause of which could b, ,
traced directly to bad water. Poisoning by
drinking water Is the worst kind of sickness
or death. Its effects are not immediate, bu:
are none the less certain in the course of a
few weeks or months. The loss of appetite,
headache, tired feeling and the thousand
and one symptoms which indicate the APP
proach of disease, certain to be felt.
Water supply in the city Is bad enough; but
in the smaller towns and farming COM
munities, the water is often drawn from
wells that are simply drainages from barns
and out-houses.
Such being the terrible fact what can be
done to avert this evil? Certainly not by
drinking liquors. mineral waters or similar
connections, for they are frequently more
injurious than ordinary water. The only
way to avoid the above evils, is by keeping
the health pure. A gentle stimulant TO the
digestive organs and faculties, and a strength
imparting and nerye-building compound, is
what the body requires, is what the people
should have. Such a preparation is found
in the wonderful Volina Cordial which is ac-
complaining so much throughout the country,
and is becoming SO popular. Being conf
posed of purely vegetable elements both
palatable and strengthening, it counteracts
the evil effects of poisoned water, and rem
ders their injurious elements harmless.
The striking feature of this remarkable dis
covery is to open up n new medical field,
and almost with fash accomplish what the
doctors have been looking for, for years,
that is pleasant medicine that could be
taken without fear or injury; that would
carry into the body new albumen, which is
the great sustaining, strengthening and en-
ivening element of human life. just what
"springs" are to a vehicle so far as pleasant
riding is concerned is albumen to the human
system, so far as good health goes. With
out it, you get weary, tired, have troubled
thoughts, feel ont Of sorts, broken down and
your system is open TO every disease or local
trouble. The Volina Cordial relieves all this
and makes one feel new all over.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-16


At Palatka with Jacksonville. Tampa q Key
West Halfway, and St. Augustine and PaIatka
halfway. and fast river steamers Tor St Au-
gustine, Green Cove Springs Jacksonville
and ali points North, East and West, and with
up river steamers for South Florida. a $50
with the Twin Screw Iron steamer City Il
PaIatka, and Steamship City OF MonticS Ito,
for Charleston, New York, Boston. Philadcl-
phia, etc.
Mail trains max close connection both gay E
wa }. T. n ~ W. R'y., at Jacksonville with At.
lant:c Coast Line, Fast Mail,
At GAINESVILLE with through Pullman 81 &C n
ers over Savannah, Florida u Western R'y Tor
New Orleans, Cedar Keys, Pensacola, SaVau-
nan. ALBANY, Montgomery, Louisville -
Louis and all points West.
At Ocala with Florida Railway and Navigs-
ton Co, = = o. y C. X. r., and Hacks for Sill
yer Springs.
A Aston with st. Johns river steamers for
Jacksonville, Sanford and way landings
At Leesburg with the 81. Johns anG a.,
EustiS division OF the FLORIDA Southern kaif-
way. and boats on Lakes Harris and Eusti-
toI points on IHkes.
AT Pemberton's Ferry with South Florida
Ry Tor Lakeland, Tampa, Kissimme, Barlow
Orlando, Sanford, Tue kcrto~n and Fort Dsde'
At Puuta GorCa with steamer Alice How
ard for Liverpool, PunTa Rassa ana Fort
Myers
y CONAN1, o. W. BROMwELI,
General MHnagsr. Gem Psss. Agent.
A. {. COwAN. Ger" Tray. AIT
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-16

The Egyptian lotus among the water lilies
Mt the display in Central park, New York
city is attracting much attention The large
flowers. with their different tints of white and
red, with the bud in the form of n tea rose
opening out into n cluster of petals nearly a
foot in diameter, maSSed among solid looking
leaves, ara much admired by the aesthetic
citizens of that locality.-ChicaSo Times
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-16

In 1S7l-3 there existed in Germany 81
sugar factories, which worked $3.50, 9lS
tons of beet roots and produced 1885,
tons Of raw sugar and 63, S92 tons of mo-
lasseS; in ISIS there existed 4OS factories,
which worked 10, 4O2, 6SS tons of beet-roots
and produced 4O2, 6Ss tons of raw sugar
and $50 1oO tons of molasSes. -Exchange
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-16
New Works Blind Poor.

New York city every year appropriates
10000 for the relief OF the blind poor A list
of blind residents Is kept, and 4 card sent to
them when an appropriation is made, when
they go to the office of the superintendent of
outdoor poor and receive their money. II any
of these pensioners behave badly, after re-
monstrance they are cut off from the benefit
of the appropriation Tor the year.-Chicago
Herald
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-16
The Chinese rs sailors.

The steamers ON the Pacific are all manned
by Chinese. who make very good, willing,
sturdy, good natured sailors, 50 long as they
are well differed. These vessels are built for
freight, not passenger, service, and, conse-
quantly, the speed and equipment are differ
cnt from those of the atlantic greyhoundss
Chicago Herald