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"rOnGE- OF rOnGE.

The iron forge which gave its name to
Valley Forge is no longer In existence,
but its history can I've traced down to its
destruction by British soldiery, says the
Philadelphia Record.
The old forge was styled by its first
owner Mountioy Forge, and rs such
was put ur for sale in the middle Of the
eighteenth century. Later on it was
commonly called Valley Forge.
Mounijoy Forge was built 10y a part
nership, composed al Daniel Walker,
Stephen Evans and Joseph Williams.
II was erected somewhere between the
dates Of December, lTi2, and April,
ll5l.
1t stool on the east side OF Valley
creek, in what is nov Montgomery
County. The upper or west side OF
Valley creek is the Chester County
side.
In lTei William Penn granted to his
daughter, Letitia Penn, the manor Of
Mountioy. From this time there were
several e~onveyances beIore l7i2, when
Stephen Evans and Daniel Walker,farm-
ers OF Tredfffrin township. Chester
County, acquired title to n tract OF Ito
acres OF the ancient manor Of Mounijoy.
4 few days atterward Joseph Williams,
miller, Of Lower Merton, joined Evans
and Walker in n tripartitc agreement Of
ownership and they proceeded to i'm
prove the property.
We next hear or the Forge as offered
for sale. The following advertisement
appeared i'll the Pennsylvania Gazette of
April 4, l75l.
so be soid-The third part OF Mount
Joy Forge, situate in Upper Merton, on
the River S~chuylkill, by the great road
leading from Philadelphia to the French
Creek Iron Works, twenty miles distant
from Philadelphia, and not so far dis
tant from the three furnaces. The said
works are in good repair. with one third
OF the utencils to be sold; also 100 acres
OF land belonging thereto. For title
and terms apply to D Iniel Walker, liv-
ing near the said premises"
Six months later the two partners of
Walker offered their shares of Mountjoy
Forge for sale, as the advcI tisements OF
the Gazette appnse us. The property
was finally conveyed to John Potts,
and at that time. 1857, it included u saw
mill md grjst mill
II was Isaac Putts, sixth son OF the
aforementioned John Potts, who wa
owner OF the Valley Forge headquarters
mansion aud tie grist mill at the time
OF the encampment, Pnd he il was who
saw Washington on his knees ut prayer
ia the woods ut Valley forge. Isaac
Potts was born in l7aU and died al
CheitenhGm in 1903.
Five OF the Potts brothers were al
times owners OF the Valley Forge, and
three OF thcm-Samucl, David and
Joseph-chiefiy concerned in working
Mounijoy Forge.
BY the year 1867 the furnG-" Sc ma tc
DO called @Vallcy" Forge, instead OF
@Mountjoy,"
1t was burned by the British in Sep,
TENDER, l777, some months before tho
American army began its encamIpmen,
there.
The site Of the old forge was covered
with water when the new dam. bull
lower down the creek after the Revolu-
ton, raised the water level and so cover,
ed tie foundations 81 the Jorge. III,
site is ut the foot Of Mount JOY ant
more han half Ii mile above the VALLEY
mill.
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n. =. G%uldaggor. Mt Jonce' old Stand
10 prepared TO do blacksmithrnR IN al
81 ito brnnchce nt prices to suit the
times Horse shocing mud wagon work u
specially. All work guaranteed. Take
your work to Mr.. G%uldaggcr'e shop IL
yo'i whnt It done we'll md nj reasonable
prices. .
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Far Sale.

A one-story frame house. known Us
the Merritt house, situated near the cor.
house Ia nearly new and has all the
modern improvements in the way OF
bathroom and closets. The house i.
well furnished mud will be sold rs il
stands nn reasonable terms for cash
For further particulars apply to,
+. y. Mccoy. Eiko, Nevada.
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IN II DISTRICT COURT OF THE
= Fourth Judicial District CT the State OF
Nevada, In and for the County Of EIkO.
In the Matter OF the Estate OF George
W. Monks, Dcccascd.-SOtic Appoint.
ing Time for Probate Of VIII.
y document, purporting To be the last will
and Testament OF George W. Monks. deceased
having Oh the 9Th day OF October. \. II. 1903
come into the possession OF said District Court
and a petition for the probate thereof nGd for
the issuance Of letters tcstamcntary td Olive
a. Monks having been filed with the Clerk OF
said Court.
NOTICE. Is HEREBY GIVEN, That Monday
the 9th day Of November. Nd. 1909, at I0o'clocl
A. ~, of said day Mt the Court Room OF said
Court, at the town OF Elko. In the County 81
Elko. he, and the same Is. hereby appointed
the time for proving said viii and hearing sale
application when and where aDv person inter
ested may appear and contest the said Win
and may file objections I'm writing Ia the grant
Ing OF Letters tcstamentary to said petitioner
Dated October nth, 1909.
- y q. DAwIEY.
iSFAE{ Clerk
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The resignation of e. +. Morse rs
road supervisor of Island Mountain
road district was received and accepted
Communications from Ham Mccain
and T.. G TenniIle were received, reno
and the clerk authorized to answer the
same.
Board adjourned until Monday Dec.
7, 1903.
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Eastern Dietrct Lodge, No. I, |. %.
G.. Il. Of Nevada met in semi-annual
session last evening Ht Workmen's Hall,
Geo. X. Varhy presiding in the absence
of the District Chief TcrnpIar. This
morning the session was continued until
1879. when the hall was yielded to the
Grand Lodge 81 Nevada. Grand Chief
Templar Gee" II. Greenfield PRECEDING.
After preliminary business wae trnna.
acted, II recess was taken until 2a30 to
await arrivals from tho eastern portions
of the State. The Grand nnI Dis:rc,
Lodges will Coutii nc in session tonight
mud tomorrow, much business of i'm.
p%orthncc to the order claiming attention.
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NOTICE.

The undersigned, being compelled to re-
move the Depot Hotel Building from its
present site on or before January /, 1904,
hereby gives notice, that on the
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Tho jrann Lodge Of Good Tcmplare
Mt its morning session closed the routine
business before II and proceeded with
the election Of Grand Officers for the on
suing year. Up to the moor recess. the
following Ind bocn chosen: Grand
Chief Tcmplar, Phi s Triplctt Of WcIls;
Grand Councillor. Sam Davis ~ SiaJ;
Grand Vice Tcmplnr. Mise Birdie Drown
or South Fork; Grand Superintendent
Of Juvenile Tomplnrs, George Il. Vnrdy.
Of Wclls.
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BILLS ALLOWED.

Following is a list Of the bills allowed
by the Board OF County Commissioners
at their regular meeting ON Monday
October 8, 1903:
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COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.

Following are the proceedings OF the
commissioners at the meeting helu
Monday, Nov. ., 1903:
Present-W. w. Weathers, Stanley
Rigsby and Phil Snyder.
Minutes OF previous meeting read
and approved.
The money in the county treasury
was counted.and found correct.
The official reports oi the several
county officers were received, read and
filed.
Auditor and Treasurer we're authorized
to make the following transfers from
the General fund into the following
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Novelties in Ladica' wear. beltp, lace
%collnrp, etc. NJ Engler Cos. =
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Tho Reed Hrolhcra have started n draw.
ing bnsinrsa in Eiko They will do
all work IN their line on short notice
u sl'arc Of tho public patronage ia 60.
licited.
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Hot chicken tnmales served every
evening at Lang's. Fresh every day >
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All the Personal Property con-
tanned in and belonging to said
premises. The property to be
sold, consists i'm part, rs follows:
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-28

thing else, susceptible to the order of Improvement
and that the victor has grasped newer and better
methods in the science, that he is simply the bet
ter man. is question that each one will have to de-
eide for himself
But if the victor gains his victory by progress
sive fitness why does not the same charm be grasped
by the man who was once the champion?
He has the advantage of the same training as
us rival.
He IS generally in as good physical health, but
when the trial of strength and skill comes he is not
in it, and he casts off his belt never to don it again
John L. Sullivan was never able to regain his
fame after his first defeat Corbett, in time, fell
under Fitzsimmons, and the latter was worsted by
Jetfries.
Each of these man have again attempted TO win
back their laurels and each has fallen under the
wheels of the conqueror's chariot
Is it fate, or merely ''the survival of the
fttest?"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-28
THE GEORGIA FLOGGING.

In nearly all meodrama or other blood-thrilling
stage presentation properly conducted there Is a
villain, dark and scowlng and cruel There is also
most always-a woman, not a very good one gen.
orally, but woman, and the chances range good
nine times out of ten that some place, some time,
somewhere in the action of the play the dark vii
lain strikes the supposedly miserable woman.
But Just as the blow is about to fall the hero
appears and he gracefully fells the base villain to
the ground he utters in the most heroic manner:
He who raises his hand to woman, save III
kindness, is Il bastard and coward"
Then the audance approvingly applauds and
every one is satisfied. They have evnced their be-
lief in protecting Il woman from cruel treatment
under any and all circumstances.
This is about the state of mind in which the gen.
eral public find themselves after reading of the dis
graceful fogging given to Mamie De Girls, the fe-
male prisoner in the Georgia pententiary, by War
den Allagood
No wonder people stand aghast.
No matter what woman is, how low, how de-
graded or to what depths of sin and vice she has
fallen the man who strikes her is a brute, mmeas-
ureably lower and more debased than she is.
There are absolutely no qualifying or extenua-
ting excuses for the man who lets his hand fall upon
woman when blow is the result.
People quail and shudder when reading of the
atrocities pcrpetrated On defensless in the
middle ages
As soon as America grew and broadened the old
whipping post was abolished. Everything in this
country tends to the betterment of the condition of
Yet one of them ina Georgia penitentiary was
obliged to submit to the lash and could utter no
protest
1t is n glory to the state that the newspapers
from one end to the other rose i'll just wrath and
poured down their anger on the head of the man
who is SO little of a man that he could whip help
less woman.
1t is the glory of the state also that the brute
has been deprived of power to repeat his cruelty.
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MASTERS SALE.

Notice is hereby given that under and by Ylr-
ture Of a certain decree OF foreclosure ana sue
heretofore made IN and by the Clrsu court
of the United States, Fifth Judicial circuit IN
and for tho Southern District OF Florida, In
Chaneery sitting, in a certain cause lennlng
i'm said Court wherein Charles ii. Leonhru Is
Complainant. and Joseph Lut as a"d others
me defendants, the undersigned f. Haske Il
ma Special Master in Changery, appointeh IN
and by said decree, will on Monday the 5th day
of october, A d 1909, during the legal hours OF
sale in front of the court house door IN the
city OF alatka, Putnam County, state OF Flor;
ida offer for sale at public auction ana VIII
sell 10 the hiy hest and best bidder lor cash tne
Or pperty described in said decree OF loreciosuro
and sale, as follows: - -
the steamer Metamora together witt. all ana
Singular her boilers, engn 8, Tools, hAtuTesI
appliaucn s and furniture Of every Rlhd anu
description whatsoever TO fald So aihIoa' "e
longing or in any W Ne appertaining. :,
The Steamboat Alligator, together WI an
and singular her boilers eengines, tOols' app l.
ances and furniture OF every KIND ana uCsclIp-
lion to said steamboat belonging or IN any WISE
appertaining. s,,,
And also that certain piece or ARIEL ofIand
situate in the city OF Palatka, county OF Put
nam and State Of Florida, DIES rbeu as flows
10 wit: beginning at the North side OF square
stake set by NJ. II. Dalton aud j. Lucas as
marking the upper portion OF the division Ihe
between them, said stake being distant thirty :
eight tSs) feet and six 49, inches ~ the easteriy
direction from the west side OF Water street IN
said City of lalatka; thence from said stake
eastrrIy along the North line of the lot owned
by said Dalton to the channel OF the ST. johns
River; thence at right angles North seventy
one (7l) feet and ten QO) inches; thence west at
ri ght angles to point ON the east SIDE OF water
street due North OF the division stake above
referred to; thence South seventy-0ne ttll teet
ten lO) inches to the North side OF said division
stake to the point Of lightning, together WIN
all and singular the tenements, houses ana nm
provements thereon and thereunto belonging
or IN any wise appertaining.
j.. E. HASKELL,
Special Master.
JOHN f. PARTRIDGE,
f, p. AXrELL,
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THE KINGS HEALTH.

You can now drink the health OF Edward, King
of England, i'll water.
A little thing, that?
Yes, but potent in effect. II changes social
law invioable for centuries. To toast king or
queen standing and to drink intoxicants has been
the nhexible habit
Precedent powerful.
Especially is it powerful in England, a country
of conventions The king sets the social pace. His
royal dictum goes He is the arbter of social mat
tiers. In society in the army, the navy the civil
service, the colleges, whatever the king does is
cally correct.
SO when the king makes pronouncement that
his health properly may be pledged in water those
who are loyal in sentiment but temperate in habit
have something on which to stand
Two things-convviality and the treating habit
are responsible for much of socety's drunkenness
Edward makes the convivial feast without intoxica-
ton possibility. Good for the king.
He has done at least one thing worthy the son
Of Victoria.
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A WIFE'S REBELLION.

few weeks ago the newspapers printed little
story that pathetic in the extreme. 1t was the
tale of wfes rebellion after years and years Of
servtude spent helping her husband to make money
and amass fortune.
Through a daughters marriage to wealthy
man, this wife and mother was given opportu-
nifty to see life in fashionable society.
After a few weeks soiourn in Newport, this
poor toiling woman returned to her Far Rockaway
home and the boarding house where she had shaved
all the best part Of her days.
To her husbands amazement and wrath, she
positively refused to again take up the many duties
and the strenuous labors of the past and demanded
that she must have rest and home free from the
worries of boarders.
The husbands indignation was so great that
when he found she stony-hearted and dead to
his appeals to return to her duties and look after
the welfare of himself and incidentally fifty or so
boarders, he allowed her to leave him and seek a
home with the daughter who had so thoughtlessly
introduced her mother to life of doing nothing,
and from whose home she brings a suit for divorce.
And all because she wanted rest
Just because she was sick, deadly sick, and
deathIy tired of boardprs and their likes and dis
likes. Can anyone blame her?
II Sne ndu IOlleu lalJnIulIV LOT twenty years
and borne more than half the burdens-and every
good wife does bear more than half-was she not
entitled to rest, especially her husband stated,
that they were in no danger of starving?
What manner of man is he who will exact the
last farthing from patient wife, who will lay
aside his wealth, his because she has helped him
save it, and still when years creep still demand
that she give him of her failing strength she did
of her best and youngest years?
This savedriver of a man positively thinks
that he has just cause for grievance when he re-
cites among his other troubles that his cruel wife
will longer get up at daybreak to prepare break
fast for hotel full of boarders
He wakes fearful over his troubles and relates
with much pathos the story of her change of heart
and habits, all the time under the impression that
he is the abused one.
Is it any wonder that this woman grew impa-
tient of work when there was longer any need of
her efforts?
If she had done her share in her youth, why
should she not have rest when there was enough
and more to keep them from ''starving?"
She earned it, surely. She deserved It, de-
cidedly.
The only thing she can be blamed for is that
she did not rebel long ago and refuse to be servant
among servants any longer.
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Dutchman and His Dog.

Dutchman addressing his dog said:
''You vas only dog, but wish vas you. When
you go NIT your bed In you shus turn round three times
and lay down: go NIT the bed In have TO lock up
de place, and Wind de clock and put the out and
ondress myself and my frau wakes up and scolds den
the baby wakes up and cries and have walk mid de
house round den maybe gets myself to bed it is
time get up again. Ven you get up you shust stretch
yourself, dig out your neck leete and you vas up
hat to light de fire. put de kiddIe on scrap some nit
my wife already, and git myself breakfast You blay
round all day and hat plenty of fun hat to work all
day and hat plenty of drubbles Ven you die you vas
dead; ven die haf TO go to hell YETI
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Notice is hereby given that the copartner-
ship formerly existing between us, the UNDER
signed, Z. N. Msull and J. w. Miller, as Maull
n Mil er, at Crescent City, Fla under the style
or firm OF MaulI 4 Miller, Is this day dissolved
by mutual consent, and that the said busine S
will in future be carried on by the said ]. W.
Miller who will receive and pay all debts of the
late cOpartnership. This 7th day Of Aug. 1905.
ISignedl j. W MILLER,
L. N. MAULL.
Aug, H. At
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A Fancy From FOnteneIle.

The rose in the garden slipped her bud,
And she laughed i'll the pride of her youthful blood
AS she thought of the gardener standing by
He is old-so old! And he soon must die!'
The full rose waXed in the warm June air,
And she spread and spread until her heart lay bare;
And she laughed once more she heard his tread
He is older now He will soon be dead!"
But the breeze of the morning blew, and found
That the leaves of the blown strewed the ground
And he came Mt nOon That gardener old,
And he raked them gently under the mold.
And wove the thing to random rhyme;
For the rose is Beauty; the gardener, Time.
Austin DObson.
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THEIR CERTAIN DOWNFALL.

The result of the Jeffries-Corbett fight last
week shows almost conclusvely the rather strange
fact that once champion loses his hold he never
regains it,
As to why this is so no complete or satisfactory
reason has been given.
Whether it is that prize lighting is, like every
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) Gill; ANIHTGS- {
Ideals.


look to find projections and the mocking stars disclose
A soiled spot the lily and canker in the rose,
lovely woman burdened with selfconsciOus unrepose
I look for Wisdom and see preacher, fresh from
school.
Lay off the way to heaven with compass and rule;
A doctor that's charatan-a teacher that's fool.
look for Virtue flies, who lose their souls for
honey;
The women see their draggled wings, and laugh and
think it's funny.
And scorn their fallen sisters-and wed a man for
money!
look for Inspiration; from what cesspools poets
pump it!
Why, even Kipling tootles penny pewter trumpet
And Homer sang the Trojan war-a struggle for
strumpet!
I look for Honor stay awhile-what honest men are
these?
A politician out for plums, a lawyer out for fees
Go to! I'll get u lantern aud join DiOgenes
look for Gods find poor things that make the angels
weep
Jehovah killing Canaanites and eating slaughtered
sheep,
And Jove debauching women and Buddha sound asleep
Perfection, Wisdom, Virtue inspirations Honor puff
They all go up in smokeheyre made of very fragile
stuff.
And yet I'll find them if keep looking long enough
Edwin Meade Robinson in indianapolis Sentinel.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deed Under Section 8 of Chapter
1888, Laws of Florida.


Notice is hereby given that j Z.
Wells, purchaser Of Tax Certlilcate
No. 705, dated the End day Of July a,
d. 1900, has filed said certificate Id iuy
Office, and has made application for taA
deed TO issue in accordance with law.
Said certificate embraces the fOllowlns
described property situated In Putnam
county, Florida, to wit:
WI OF mel Of nwt OF mel, section ~ to"n
ship IL, range 26--5 acres. ~.
The said land being assessed az wy
date of the Issuance of such certinCsS0
in the name of Max Harrison. W
less said certificate shall be reGSem
ed according TO law, tax deed wiz &c.
sue thereon ON the 18th day OF ooP
tember, A. ID 1908. o.I
Witness my official signature ana ,6 s
this the 18th day Of August, A. u. i'O''
[Seall JOSEPH Phi vi =,
Clerk OF. CT. OF Putnam County, tlor'o'
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John Bond

has just received another lot of those
new Fine Spring Mosquito Nets at the
same old price Come and get one.