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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-19
PALATKA, FLA, MARCH 10. 1886.

REGISTERED At TIE PAL.ATKA POsr OFFICE
AS SECOsD-CLAss NAIL MATTER.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-19

The hold Of Gov. Perry on the
affections of the people Of Florida
everywhere has been abuhdantly
evident during his late trip through
that portion of the state which has
least personal knowledge Of him and
where judgment is passed mainly
on his public record. Everywhere
his reception has been almost lovin.
in its warmth. Everywhere the
honors accorded to the governor of
the state have been mingled with
admiration for the distinguished
citizen and regard for the simple
greatness Of the man.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-19
King Of Malaria and Debility !
Take il and be Well!

VI is made from Florid ida hcrls-hy Florida
men. II YOU need to bc built UP this tonic
will do IL. II you need to lr fortified against
malaria this tonic will do it Ifyou want your
brod purified and your digestion righted,
take this tonic. This Is Il great remedy and a
safe one Tall and see IT at Ackermau Il Jack
sons, Agents for palatka. Feeble women this
- your friend. Nervous men. this il your cure.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-19
our NEW HOTEL.

The wOrb on the new Putnam
House was begun 80 lato that croak.
crs feared it could never be com
plctcd. Yet within one hundred
days Palatkas grand hotel was
ready for its guests, and then the
croakers viewed its colossal proper
tons and declared it would never he
filed. The freeze came and the
bad weather stayed with us; the
reputation Of the new hotel had yet
to be made and the crOakcrs were
loud. But those VINO came were
more than satisfied and camc again !;
tho world, its cousins and its aunts,
found that the new Putnam had
lost in no degree by its exchange Of
tho old landlord for tho new, and
the reputation Of the house il now
safely made in the estimation of
those who have seen and know. For
some days the NEW PvrNAM has
BEEN FULL.
last night Mr.. Barron had three
hundred guests and to these was
suddenly added the governor of Flor
ida with tho distinguished party of
ladies' and gentlemen lately returned
with him from South Florida. Yet
our Host entertained all generously
and well. The service was ample
and easy, the rooms luxurious, the
table magnificent and the whole
seemed more like an entertainment
arranged in some palatial residence
for the reception of an honorcd par
,y of personal friends. We are GER
tain that all were we'll pleased; We
know now that palatka, through
the new Putnam, has scored another
grand triumph and that our GREAT
HOTEL Is AN ASSURED SUCCESS.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-19
GENERALIZATION.

Throughout our common country
the tendency towards ccntrali1a,iou
is becoming daily stronger and its
progress towards a definite goal be-
comes ever accelerated. The small
farms as we'll as the shorter railroads
are being swallowed up by their lar
ger brethren capital as well as Ia
Dor is being managed by central
authority and the aid of the general
government is invoked by both par
ties to the most momentous conflict
Joined since the overthrow of the
feudal system.
In the progress of this centraliz'
ing tendency state lines count for
nothing, local government is neg.
lscted whenever there is need or ex-
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-19
Notice.,

CRY CLERKS OFFICE,
palatka. Fla, Feb 3, ls~.
NJ regular meeting of the city Council W
Palaiku. Fla. held ON the 2nd day 1T Fehru-
AIRY. A. d. issj, the following motion was or.
dcrcd, to wit
II was on motion ordered that there In u
special tax of one half of one PER cent i'll al
dit ion to the regular tax levied on all taxable
property for the current year for the purpose
OF supplying the city with water and also for
fire purposes, and that this order br published
Tor thirty days rs rcVuredhy law.
Attest: COOK CARLETON.
Clerk Of city Council.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-19
Blood

Is the lie. and he iswisc who remembers II.
l1nt ~ March oi last year ls,b contracted
blood poison. and hcing in Savannah, Ga.. at
the time, went IN the hospital there for treat
mcnt. suffered very much from rheuma-
tlSn N the time. lid not yet well under
the treatment there. nor WIS Toured by any of
the usual means. | have now taken seven
bottles OF Swift's Specific and am sound and
well, II drove the poison out through bOls
on the skin. DAN LEAmY.
Jersey city, y. j., Aug. :. lSSj.
Two years ago ! contracted blood poison.
After taking prescriptions from the host ply
scans here and ut Dallas. concluded To visit
Hot Springs, and on reaching TcXarkana
Specific, assuring mo that II would benefit me
mora than Hot Springs. Although the
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-19
CONTAGIOUS

Diseases are prevalent all over the world.
am native OF England, and while in that
country I contracted u terrible blood poison,
AMI Tor two years was under treatment as an
out-duor patient at Nottingham Hospital,
England, hut was not cured. ! suffered the
most agonisiiy pains IN my homes, and was
covered with sores nil over my body and
limbs. hah vertigo and deafness, with par
tutl loss 81 sight, severe pains in my heal und
eyes, ETC., which nearly ran me crazy. lost
All hope m that country. und sailed Tor Amer
ica, AMI was treated at Roosevelt in this city
rs wei as by prominent physician in New
York having M connection with the hospitals,
] saw the advertisement Of Swift's Specific,
aud determined to give II n trial as u last re-
sort. had gwen mp all hope % being cured,
as had gone through the hands OF the best
medical men IN Nottingham AMI New York. OI
tonk six bottles OF :, =. :. AMI can say with
great joy that they have cured me entirely.
am ~ sound and we'll N ever was in my
life. J.. FRED uALFORD
N. Y. city, June t. isNj
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-19
All Repairing Done and Guaranteed
by First-CIass Workmen,
SheriH's Sale,

II, virtue uf Il writ of icri faca issued out
ot the Circuit Court OF the County of Putnam,
state al Florida, bearing test the eighth day
Of December. a. H. lsSj upon u certain judy
mcni rendered in SAID court. wherein Lorraine
T. Willis Is plaintiff, and William Cpnard II
defendant. have levied upon and will offer
for sale at the front door nf the court house
III the city of Palntkn, Ou the first Monday in
March. \. u. l>s, il being the first day of the
month, within the usual hours IF sale, the fol-
lowing described property, to-wit na,nely
The Sc u uf sc 4 OF section II township l.
south ot range " east; and also that piece If
land lying and being near Crescent City. Flor
ida. described ms follows: being the NE IA of
SN /, ot SW Il section ~ township L. south
ut rang" - east. according to the United
states SURVEY and containing ten acres more
or less, all in Putnam county, Florida, the
same hciug the real estate, on to-wit. the afth
day ut March lSS,. levied upunby me under
IN this cause, dated 18th day uf
December. ISNj.
GEO. J. TEHNBAR, JR,
sheriff of Putnam County.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-19
THE DAILY NEWS.
BENZ. HARRISON, Editor.


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msnes.
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Address.
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business MANAGER,
- PAI.ArkA, FLORIDA.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-02
RELIGIOUS AND eoucHT,oNAl,


The Episcopalians have hired \
Chinaman in New York to do mission
work among his people. and the bishop
has licensed him as u lay-reader.-N
| 7. Sun.
Prof. L. w. Spring gives up tho
chair of English literature in the State
University Of Kansas to take that in
Williams College. He was graduated
from Williams in 1868.
There are 3.27s public schools in
Dakota. taught by las teachers. and
having 69.075 enrolled pupils. Tho
permanent school property is valued at
-. 1877 $50. The total receipts last year
were g. 141, 756.79; total expenditures,
el.Sl4.2l2.40.-C Chicago Mai.
Bishop Bowman. in opening tho
East Pennsylvania Methodist Confer
ence at Reading, delivered an emphatic
address on temperance. denouncing the
use of tobacco as well as whisky. The
conference passed resolutions forbidding
members to chew or smoke.-Chicago
Inter- Ocean.
There appears to be large portion
of every denomination that makes no
offerings for missions. 4 is reported
that of the 5000 parishes in the Protest.
ant Episcopal Church. 1.6O0 made. last
year. no contributions for either foreign
or domestic missiOns.-N \. Tribune.
The Indian women are coming
hourly to the front. At late meeting
of the Presbyterian Synod of Dakota.
the Indian women reported having
raised five hundred dollars for mission
airy work among their own people the
last year. This was more than all the
money raised by their white sisters in
three sOcieties.-Caristiaa Union
Salvation Temple. Toronto. the
new headquarters of the Salvation
Army in Canada. is probably one of
the most perfectly equipped places for
religious meetings and worship in Cam
ada. The auditorium will seat twenty
five hundred people. and there is not q
bad seat in the house. 1t is arranged
in accordance with the plans of Gener.
al BOOth.-Ioronto Globe.
1t was recently stated in an English
court in support of the theory that edu.
cation does not diminish crime that OF
sixty-five criminals before the court
Afty-eight had received some education,
twenty-three could read and write per-
fectly. and only seven could neither
read nor write. 1t was also shown that
whereas in 1870 of the children sent to
reformatOry schools fifty-one per cent.
of the boys and forty-six per cent of the
girls could neither read nor write. in
1884 onlv twenty-five per cent of the
boys and thirty-three per cent. of the
girls were so illiterate.
AT recent Sunday-school gather
ing in London. Rev. j. T. Briscoe warned
parents against making the Bible q
punishment book. In some homes Mr..
Briscoe said it was customary when
boys and girls misbehave to make them
learn SO many Bible verses as punish
ment. Such task-work az this the
speaker denounced as Infamous. Il
made the Bible a book of terror. hated
BY the children. Instead of this the
children ought to be trained to love the
Bible. and to regard the reading of it as
: privilege. not as a punishment The
Bible. he thought. was the best story
book in the world for boys and girls.
md if children must read stories thew
'ugnt to read the best stories-that -
he Bible ones.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-02
Power Of the Press.

DeKaggsNewspapers! I'm sick Of
them! Full Of lies-every one.
Dusenbury-You are too severe.
IAN /? Listen to me. had .
private party at my house the other
night, and Just to make the neighbors
feel tired l mentioned to a reporter that
! had as guests dozen prominent army
and navy officers. two judges, a pro-
lessor and famous traveller Gave the
reporter their names, you understand"
s.Well?''
''Well. what did the paeer do? Come
out with an accurate account of the af-
fair! Oh. tell You. the tyranny Of
the press is awful Pailadeipbso CoA
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-02
WIT AND WISDOM.

The soap of genius and the water
Of energy will produce soap-bubbles of
fame-if properly blown through the
pipe of public opinion. Whi.ehaU
Times.
Simple emotion will not suffice to
elevate the character or improve the
life. There must be strength Of will,
power of self-denial, perseverance.-N
T. Ledger.
The story of mankind in all ages is
told in this little aphorism. attributed
to Georgia darkey: "A man that kin
make libin' playin' de fiddle. amt ap'
to poster de hoe handle. -Piila,ielDhiG
Press.
An English tourist in France showed
by mistake a restaurant bill of fare in
stead of his passport. The gendarme
read it, and. looking at the Englishman.
said: ''Calfs head, pigs feet; that's
all right, sir. You are identified"
-Nitro-glycerine is mentioned among
the remedies for epilepsy. The article
does not say how it is to be administer
ed, but probably you give the sufferer
quart of it internally and then hit him
with baseball -Somerrille Jour
nal.
-Ethelberta-I want . pair of slip
pers for pa Number tens. please, and
= squeaky. Genial shoemaker
Squeaky, miss? I'm afraid we haven't
any of that kind. Ethelberta-I am
so sorry. Couldn't you make him q
squeaky pair? There is a certain
young gentleman who visits me fire.
quently, and-and it would be verv
convenient for him to know just when
pa is oming.-Philadeiphia Call
Mere freaks of activity never &C
complish much. because they do not
last. A man can do almost any thing
for little while-a bad man can be
good. lazy man can be active,
stingy man can be generous: bu: every
mans character has a level to which il
always gravitates. 1t may be thrown
up like wave of the sea; but. like q
wave of the sea, it will come down
again--Chicago Standard.
Very considerable Magician (point-
ing to large cupboard): Now. ladies'
and gentlemen; take the liberty to
present to You the last piece on the pro-
gramme. l beg lady in the audience
to ascend the stage and enter this cup
board. will then close il. and when
it is opened she will have disappeared
entirely" A man to his wife: '.Here,
oldlady, yon 60 on the stage. "-Gcym0R
joke.
IL wish I were yon star" he said.
dreamily. $50 do l." she returned
promptly; heroically swallowing .
yawn. "And why, dear one" he asked
..why do vou wish were
yon brilliant orb9'' because" she re-
piled in cold. matter-of-fact Bostonese
tones. because yon brilliant orb is just
II, 76O,97l miles away" And he faded
silently out like mist before a summer
sum 7. Nail
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-02
Shadows on the Snow.
PART I.-CosrryuRp.

AUTHOR or "BLApR-o'- GRASS" "0o1DR1
GRAIH;" JOSHUA NARvRL:" E1c. re
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-02

WIN. H: Carter, druggist, New Yerk
committed suicide
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-02

. new genealogical table. There will
be some Joseph in the line to re.
verse the evil influence Of Rehoboam. and
there will be some Mary in the line to re-.
verse the evil influence Of Bathsheba. Per.
haps the star of hope may point down to
your manger. Perhaps you are to he the
hero or the heroine that is to put down the
brakes and stop that long train of genoa.
logical tendencies, and switch it Oh ON an.
other track from that on which it has been
running 70. . century. Youdo that, and
will promise you as fine q palace a. the
architects OF heaven can build, the arch.
way inscribed with the words: "Nore than
conQueror."
But whatever your heredity. let me say,
you may Be sons and daughters Of the Lord
God Almighty. Estranged children from
the homestead come home through the
open gate Of adoption. There il
royal blood in our veins. There are
crowns on our escutcheon. Our Father
10 king. Our Brother is king. We
may b kings and queens unto God for
ever. Come and sit down on the ivory
bench Of the palace. Come and wash in
the fountains that fall into the basins Of
crystal and alabaster. Come and look out
Of the upholstered window upon the gar.
0e0s OF azAlea and amaranth. Hear the
full burst Of the orchestra while you ban.
quot with potentates and victors. Oh,
when the text sweeps backward, let it not
stop At the cradle that rocked your in
fancy, but ut the cradle that rocked the first
world; and when the text sweeps forward,
let il not stop at your g1e.e, bus at the
throne ON which you may reign forever
and ever.
Son Of God! Heir Of mortality! Take
your inheritance!
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-02

lawyer: '.you said that is the"
Charm of it"
Its uncertainty
Exactly. You never know where
to have it. 1t will get the best of YOU
when You least expect it. You may
study 1t for q hundred years. and it
may trip you. aft,r all. 1t is wonder
fully and beautifully complex"
There are cases which have lasted
sixty or seventy years, are there not?'
asked DR.. Bax.
''MOre. sir. more" replied Mr.. Wv
mer, gieefully. What could better IL
iustrate the laws amazing ingenuity.
its inexhaustib!e fertility, than such
cases. Think of the study, the speeches.
the learning, the arguments, that have
leon used in one simple suit. Think
of the BRIEFS
The fees" the doctor put in. with
knowing look.
Mr.: Wymer. Miss Wymer and Mr.
WOy looked at eaca other, smiled. and
softly smoothed the palms of their
hands with tie fingers of their left,
sign of satisfaction they were in the
habit Of unconscioasly INDUCING in
when they were discussing more than
usually agreeable topic.
THE fees" said Mr.. Wymer; Ives.
they follow. of course. for every labor.
er is worthy of his hire; and we are all
labOrerS. after fashion
''How on earth" asked DR.. Bax.
with spice of righteousness, did tho
world ever get on without lawyerss"
ut never did sir; Biblical records
prove it. In the patriarchal days, men
were born with legal minds. as they
are now. Abraham bought land, and
was most particular in the specification
concerning the trees, down to the very
borders OF his property. Then look at
Jacob and Laban. Do you mean to
tell me they were not lawyers? II
Jacob lived in these days, he would
reach the wool-sack, If he were not Q
lew"
To BIZ .cos1NUED.l
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-02

genefotlOn," OF "th0 generation OF tho
righteous" Of "the generation of vipers, ("
Of an ''uneoward generation" Of "a stub
born generation" OF "iniQuity of the past
visited upon the children unto the third
and fourth generation:" So that the text
comes to-day with the force of Q proiectile
hurled from the mightiest catapult.
Whose son art thou. thou young man.
"Well," says some one. shat theory dis.
charges me from all responsibility. Born
Of sancti6ed parents, we are hound to be
good, and We can not help ourselves. Born
OF unriGhteous psrentage, We are bound to
be evil and We can not help ourselves"
As much ~ il you should say, ..the CEN
tripetal force in nature has . tendency to
bring everything to the center, and there
fore all things come to the center. The
centrifugal force in nature has q tendency
to throw out everything to the periphery,
and therefore every thing will 60 out to
tho periphery" You know rs well - I
know that you can make the centripetal
overcome the centrifugal, and you can
make the centrifugal overcome the cen.
tripetaL Al when there is . mighty tide
Of good in . family that may be overcome
BY determination to evil, a. in the case of
Aaron Burr, the hbertine, Who had for
father President Burr, the eonsecrated; -
In the case Of Pierepont Edwards, the
seourge Of New York society seventy years
ago, who had . Christian ancestry; while,
on the other haad, some Of the best men
and women Of this day are those Who have
come Of An ancestry Of which il would not
be courteous to speak in their presence.
The practical and useful object Of this
sermon il to show to you that il YOU have
come of . Christian ancestry, then you arc
sels0siy bound to prsssgys aad develop
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-02

did not know better! As if every
saucepan in the kitchen did not know
better! As if the very sparks fiying up
the chimnevs did not know better, Not
Christmas! Ask Mrs. Ramage. Who
was Mrs. Ramage. Mrs. Ramage was
Large woman. with Large mouth.
and Large nose. and Large eyes. and
Large limbs. and Large way of assert
ing herself which there was no resisting.
And in Mrs. Ramage was merged MI.
Ramage. who was little man, with q
little mouth. and little nose. and lit
tie eyes and little limbs. and such a
very little way Of asserting himself that
no one took the slightest notice of him.
Ii by chance he was spoken of. il was
as one who had vested the whole of
his right. title and interest in and to
human life in the wife of his bosom;
who indeed, had parted with it so
thoroughly and completely that it
might be regarded as sum which she
added up. subtracted from. multiplied,
or divided, at her pleasure.
Not Christmas! Why, here was Mrs.
kamage. this tremendously solemn and
magnificently large woman. actually
laughing. and beaming kindly smiles
upon poor little Mr.. Ramage, vino
hoped meckly about her, and bobbed
his little head in ecstasy at her affa-
biiity.
Not Christmas! Ask the Woys and
the Wymers. of Messrs. Wymer, Woy
& Wymer. the celebrated firm of at
torneys and solicitors which transacted
all the legal business of the district.
The firm originally was Wymer &
Woy; but q female Wymer, sister of
the senior partner, having in her own
particular right become possessed of a
sum of money which the firm was anx-
tous to pass to it, credit would only
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-02

years of my life was associated with the
vicious. I seemed to be walled in by sin
and DEATH"
Now, my brother, ought you not-I leave
It as . matter Of fairness with you-onzht
you not b far better than Those who
had no early Christian influence: Stand
ing as you do between the generation that
il past and the generation that is to come.
are you going to pass the blessing on,
or are you going 70 have your life the
gulf in which that tide Of blessing
shall drop out Of sight forever. You
are the trustees Of piety in that ancestral
line, and are you going 70 augment or
squander that solemn trust fund: Are you
going to disinherit your sons and daugh-
ters of the heirloom which your parents
left you: All! that can not Be possible,
that can not be possible that you are going
to take such q position ~ that. You are
very careful about the life insurances. and
careful about the deeds, and careful aoout
the mortgages, and careful about the title
Of your property, because when you step
Of the stage you want your children to
get it all. Are you making no provision
that they shall get grandfather and grand
mothers religion. oh, what last will
and testament you are making, my BROTH
er!
In the name of God, amen. I. being OF
sound mind, make this my last will aud tes-
lament. bequeath TO my children all the
money ever made and all the houses I
own; but dsinhert them. I rob them of the
ancestral grace and the Christian influence
shat inherited have sQuandered that on
nv own WoridliueAs Share and snare Alike
must they In the misfortune and the ever
lasting outrage. Signed, sealed and deliv-
cred in the presence OF God, and men, and
angels. and devils. and all the generations
OF earth. and heaven. and hell. March, lsB,
O, ye highly-favored ancestry, wake up
this morning to . sense Of your opportuni-
ty and and your responsibility. think
there must b an old cradle or fragment
Of . cradle somewhere that could tell a
story ef midnight supplicatisa in Your b.