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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-26
Tn the Silly Night.

"What is it," the druggist sleepiiy IN
ouired from his bedroom window
'This ish drug store, amt itF' asked
tho man who had rung the night bell
ayes. What do you wantT
.,Waut TO look in your city directory
minute an shee where l live."-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-26

MFR. Kidder-People say that it is i'm
possible TO find a needle in a haystack'
but they're wrong,
Mrs. Kidder-How would you go
about Il? a,
my stocking feet-Denyer hepuelcap'
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-26

defe A 2 81 flag was shot
dow "A ~ I'd again.
A ~ the afternoon a
VIII A W up and u confer
enc The Sultan wanted
teIA Acould not be accepted.
ri ont the red flag again and
tlCTt continued.
>4:l5 in the afternoon Lieut..
AAck, Lieut.. Leah and A Troop pre-
pared a bamboo bridge upon which
to cross the trenches to the fort.
Capt, Pershing decided to storm the
fort on the morning of the next day.
An engineering corp; made up of
some 100 men from different organi-
cations advanced with the bamboo
bridge, covered by heavy fire from
all the remaining troops. The
trench was found to be 80 feet wide
and IS feet deep.
The bamboo bridge proved to be
too short, and it did not quite reach
the opposite bank, but the men cut
steps in the bank and running up
them stormed the wall.
The shooting from the fort was
severe. Nevertheless, Lieuts. Shaw
and Cole with &. Company were sooL
over, followed by DR.. Patterson
and Chaplain Rice and the hospital
corps.
BY this time MOros armed with
long knives We're jumping out of the
holes everywhere and attacking the
soldiers. Two MorOs attacked Pri-
waite Cossar Of G Company and shot
and cut him, but not severely.
Soon hundred men were running
over the parapets. Capt. Pershing
and Col. Chamberlin, the inspector,
were soon in the advance and Perish
ing's commands could be heard
above the roar of battle. Quarter
master Sergeant Hafer of G COmpa-
ny was attacked by Il bOlOman. The
first blow took Off his right arm. The
second almost severed the left hand.
DR.. Patterson and DR. Greer were on
hand and attended Hafer while the
battle waged at their elbows.
Chaplain Rice was assisting Sergt.
Mark when II Moro soldier with long
knife darted out Of Il portfolio and
rushed at him. The chaplain stepp-
ed to one side. The Moro was going
so fast that he could not change his
direction. He kept on and came in
to contact with DR.. Patterson, who
tripped him into the deep trench.
The Moro fell to his death thirty
eight feet below.
The fort was fired at about 5
O'Clock. The Moro powder maya
zine exploded at 5:l5 and the fort OF
the Sultan Of Bacolod was no more.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-26

But take Hickerson Dyspepsia Tablets
and they will aid you in digcsting your
food and make you feel happy. Call and
see about them. as they are sold and
guaranteed at Lound's drug store, Crcc-
cent City, Fla
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-26

FOR SALE-A Sorrcl Mare weigh
ing II0O pounds, good work animal
and good breed mare. For sale after
July list. Apply w. b CAMPBELL,
Crescent City, Fla.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-26

PARTIES in Crescent City desiring to sub
scribe for this paper or wishing to renew
their subscriptions thereto may leaVe thelF
,nn,as and money with Mr.. Il. ID. IOunds at
The nostoffice who is our authorized agent.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-26

The above plan shows the trench which the
American soldiers had to cross under fire by
means of n bamboo bridge; the steps they had
to cut in the opposite side Of the embankmcnt
because the bridge was too short; and the I'M
dergTound passage provided by the MOros rs II
means Of escape
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-26

.cprsCFYT CITY TEMPERATURE FOR THE
WEEK ENDING JUNE 1911, l9-5-E. D.
WILLIAMS, OBSERVER.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-26
ORANGE CITY BRANCH.
SANFORD BRANCH.

SCHEDULES OF BRANCH LINES
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-26
KEY WEST AND HAVANA.

copy fLooaTim Information address Agent
+ D. RAINIER, Agent. ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA.
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These which be exnesd
Company delay
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-10-31
any life, l love thee.
SUMMER IN WASHINGTON.

Sights and Sounds in the Streets Near
the Capitol.
What a debt Of gratitude Washing
ton owes to the summer girl. With
out her the city would seem a seeth-
ing stagnation, but with her-God
bless her-life assumes a gayer aspect,
says the Brooklyn Eagle. You see
her everywhere, sans hat, sans gloves,
sans restriction. Dressed In the most
diaphanous Of frocks, with her bare
neck and arms cleaning under the
electric lights, and her fluffy hair
blown all about her face, you find
trolley car loads Of her every night,
on pleasure bent away from the heat
and the heart Of the city, out to the
show places, Cabin Johns Bridge,
Glen Echo or Chevy Chase Lake.
These are some of the summer
sights. Now for few Of the sounds.
While you sit at your ease under the
shade Of your own vine and fig tree.
softly, sweetly, from way down yon-
der, floats the sound Of banjo and
jeWsharp, and nearer acquaintance
proves the music to come from a quar-
tet OF colored boys-two instrumental
lists and two vocalists. They wander
almlessly, singing as they go, until
larger than ordinary assemblage Of
front door stepists would seem to
make stoppage pecuniarily ADVANTAGE
Gus. They will entertain you for as
long time as you wish for a ridicu-
lously small sum, considering the real
excellence Of the entertainment
Or again, 1t is small Senegambian
who will accost you with: SAY. mars
ter, will you give Joe a nickel If he
Rotations in hawg Latin for vou2,
An affirmative reply will call forth a
grin revealing double row of worries
ana with rolling Of eyes that makes
one think Of two small huckleberr,as
swimming in two pans Of milk. Jon
begins and assails the ears with sncb
how OF gibberish that no doubt ga
to the certainty Of the Darwinian tho,
DRY IS tenable, at least as far as Joo
Is concerned. wv
Old Uncle Tom-a live crab vender-
"hen ne finds himself outside tha re.
gion of possible purchasers, covers
over his squirming, unsightlv cargo
~hlch ne hauls in a creaky, tumble
down handcart, and thus accosts tho
DeneVolent-looking passer-by, The
uarAV Is no slight student Of human
nature and seldom draws a zero.
i pegs you pahdon, sab, but NAV
l intercept you fob a moment? Old
uncle is nigh on to hundred wears n
ana lore Gawd he wants a chaw Of
oaccy that bad be jist naturally cant
See straight, and that's the truf." The
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-10-31

has no bearing upon the making
wearing apparel, healing OF the sich'
suppression of noise or TO 4ncre"'o
the comfort Of mankind.
The advocate of the theory that man
is far superior to his helpmeet tnlhAs
it a great fact to proclaim tnat NV
one of the things that are caileu sie"'
Inventions came from the brain OF d
woman. Therefore he concludes tna'
a woman never invents anythlns
worth while. An after-dinner speaker
IT may have been Chauncey DepeW
or Amba ssador Choate-once answered
that argument by saying: YES IL j."
true she has never invented any'nlns
great except the best way of separat-
ing the male inventor from the money
he has acquired by making the so
called inventions"
About fifteen years ago the contro-
versy grew so hot that the then pa'en'
commissioner had the records OF MS
Office searched for the purpose OF max
ing an accurate compilation OF the per-
tinent facts as to the inventive tacul-
ty of womankind, as shown IN the
work of this office. The result was
the preparation Of pamphlet con-
tanning the names Of all women TO
whom patents mad been granted
There were less than 5000. Since
that time two more pamphlets nave
appeared, showing that the total num-
Der of inventors belonging to the
weaker sex does not exceed SOOO'
Since the last Of these was issued,
the names of perhaps 5000 have been
added to the record.
The whole number Of patents grant
ed in the United States to date Is 1885,
GAO. OF course, many patents nave
been issued to the same man, men like
Edison and George Westinghouse hold
ing hundreds of them. 1t Is a fair
statement to say that letters patent
have been issued to at least 7OO'OOO
persons, and of this great number only
about 10000 are women.
The first American queen to be
! granted letter giving her the eXclus'
i've right to manufacture an article
invented by herself was Mary Kies
The records do not give her address
The letter was issued May 8, 1909, Ii
years after the patent office was es'
tablished. She contrived a method fol
weaving straw with either silk OF
! thread. The records do not show
whether she made or lost money or
the venture 1t is probable that she
lost, as the vast majority of inventors
do They do not even make enough
to pay the cost Of taking out the let
ter, which is $35,-Washington Cor
| New York World.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-10-31
STORY or A pIAMonn

How II Increased in Valne
Passed On to New Owns.. = Waa
The manner in which ohia...
value rise and fall in price J gsss q
to the wants, needs and desires - s ~
er and seller is strikingIy illns.r, IVY.
in the following story related sss's' 50
Washington Post reporter by ! w y u
ington diamond merchant and hrn NJ,
He said:
about six months ago wo,na : ,.5
straitened circumstances enterad ~, =
cal pawnshop and, borrowing na i :. J.
scissors, pried an exceedingly hes,s =
full one and one-half carat diamss.
from the setting in her ring and q NV
ed it for $50, At the end Of the +h,s..
days, failing to redeem the etona !.
was placed on sale for the sum 81 ssa
I came along few days later and Is sss'
ing the gem purchased 1t. II was
most perfect diamond, both as to ii,
liancy and cut, and was well worth
$4OO to any one. had no MONEY
with me at the time, but my credit &.
Ing good, | took the diamond. which
was placed in small pill box. On NJ
way home l dropped into the shon 4
another and somewhat more prosper.
GUS pawnbroker, whom / requested 4
weigh the stone for me-. The m,nn.a
he saw 1t he was immensely pleased
and offered me $3.50 for It then ana
there. I considered q few minutes
as the prospect Of getting more for Il
doomed up temptingly before my men.
tai vision, but when came to think
Of how easy 1t was for me to pick nm
500 in less than two blocks / accent.
ed the offer, took the money, retraeed
my steps, paid the first pawnbroker
his $50 and went on my way rejoicing
with the 500 profit. Well, In tbe
course of a week or two a well-knowp
New York drummer came to the civ
and seeing the stone which had sold
for $3.50, purchased it for $3.50. Later
in the day he came to my place and
after selling me some stones was
about to depart, when, turning, he
said:
"'Oh, by the way, I want to show
you beautiful stone that purchased
to-day on private 'spec." got 1t at a
Touchdown bargain, too; paid only $3.50
for it. I'm just as sure to sell it for
$3.50 as the sun Is to shine and with
that he opened his case, and there, to
my surprise, lay the very diamond
had purchased for $50 and had sold
for $3.50. I asked him where be
bought it, etc, thus confirming the
fact that 1t was the same stone had
handled a few weeks before. The day
following he went to a local diamond
dealer, who, 1t appeared, wanted just
such stone, and who paid him the
$3.50 for it. To-day that diamond Is in
the engagement ring Of very pretty
girl who is now married and whose
husband, who at the time he purchased
it was her lover, paid $500 for the
stone alone. This was the most strik-
Ing case Of a thing increasing In value
that ever came to my notice, and yet
1t simply shows how an unusually
good, rare and perfect thing will rise
in price when somebody wants it bad
ly. In this case all who purchased
the diamond got 1t cheap. 1t was
cheap at $780,"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-10-31
HOW THE CAT DloEsTs FOOD.

Tabby Can Give the Human Race VAL
liable Suggestions.
For some time past professor IN
Harvard University has been studying
the process of digestion as revealed by
the Roentgen ray sent through the
stomachs of divers and sundry cats.
The results are instructive.
There are several cats employed In
the experiments, but only one at
time, and mostly Of the gentler sex,
as the Thomases were obstinate pa
tents, with irregular digestive proc
esses. The subject was kept hungry
for ten hours and then so we'll fed
that after preliminary toilet It
stretched out comfortably to sleep. In
that position it was strapped between
the lens and the screen Of the apparat-
ua, so that the X-ray threw the shad-
ow of its stomach on the luminous
screen. A little blsmuth was mixed
with the bread and milk of the cats
food to darken the shadow.
The food lay at first in the upper and
larger part Of the pear-shaped stomach.
Then series Of wavelike motions be-
gan from the center of the stomach
and was continued with clOcklike reg
ularity,, the shadows Of the food pass
ing from the reservoir at the top to
the passage into the intestines at the
bottom, at ten-second intervals.
Two important facts were observed
and to these attention is particularly
called. For regularity Of the digestive
process a condition of calm content
was necessary. The moment pussy
became provoked at anything the
| wavelike motions ceased, and were
only resumed when she regained pla
cidity Of temper. That Is why Thomas
cats proved unsatisfactory subjects
They lost their tempers too often an6
the churn in the lower half of the
stomach quit work. 1t was also founC
that when a hard pellet had beer
waved on to the outlet of the stomach
1t was returned to be worked owe,
again, this process continuing until Il
had been 30 dissolved by the gastric
juice that 1t scarcely cast shadow.
These, therefore, are the two lesson,
Of the cats stomach to man at tabl,
and after. Thoroughly masticate Won
food, that the churning process ma,
not be prolonged beyond the prone
time. Refrain from anger or wo1r,
after meals until the food is complete
ly digested
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-10-31
"When the Ghost Walks"

"'When the ghost walks as synony-
nous with salary day is familiar
term. but l never yet saw in print an
explanation Of its origin" said vet
eran actor.
Like most Of the technical express
sions of the stage land, this phrase
comes from England. In the days OF
Macready, a provincial company was
playing Hamlet at Lavenham, in SUI
folk.
Salaries were constantly in arrears
and the suspicion began to grow
among the members Of the company
that the manager intended to defraud
them.
ION the last night Of the engagement
the performance went along smootnly
enough up to that passage Of the ira
gedy In which the ghost disappears
and Hamlet says: 'Perchance Twill
walk again Then from behind the
scenes came the ghosts voice in tone
distinctly audible to every one: no.
this ghost will walk no more until nS
salary Is paid"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-10-31
Letting Baby Cry.

Unable longer to stand 1t, he ran ~
his neighbours door and banged on "
till the lady OF the house, likewise
the mother Of the brawling brat ap.
peared in a state Of alarm. "Madam'
he cried, "do you not know that your
baby has been crying for hall an
hourT Certainly 1 do, sir; what u
1t?" "Why, er-G-madam, you, er-
you must know that your nelghDol0
have some rights. The child needs a.,
tention. A pin, or something
ooh, that's all right; the doctors VI
ders are to let it cry. Crying Is s"Uu
for the lungs" "Ah, I see. He -
making a blacksmith's bellows out u
your believing beloved. Good morn morn
ing" His wordsNhad the desired enecl,
"Blacksmith's bellows, indeed! sn'
moaned, as she fastened In ana S0otA
ed the brawler.-New York Press
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-10-31

Romance and the romantic, to the
popular mind, signify an Indefnable
something that 10 felt to be in the
realm of the mysterious, the imag1na-
tive, the poetic and the legendary. We
too often fail to recognize 1t as a pre-"
cious part Of our own lives. A 70"
nance, according to the dictionary,
deals mot so much with real or famil-
lar life as with extraordinary and Of
ten extravagant adventures" So we
blindly accept it as something to be
read merely and seldom, II ever. to be
realized. But real and familiar life has
its substratum Of the unreal and I'M
familiar. The truth Is that few lives
are devoid Of everyday romances If we
but recognize them. One who goes
into the fiction alcoves Of a public H.
brary to see that romance filled
shelves wonders at the prolific inven-
ton Of the professional romance writ.
ers. There is world in itself Of char
acters of action, Of motives, of emo
lions, of successes and failures, Of re-
wards and punishments. But If instead
one were able tot read the unreal and un-
familiar In the Familiarity crowded
street car that carried him to the H.
brary, he might look upon the fiction
alcove as comparatively barren and
unfruitful in the very element with
which 1t seems to abound For all this
world of invention ON the fiction
shelves is but a poor imitation OF the
rich romance that 1t all about US. II
Is written out and put into books for
those who are blind to 1t in their own
lives, just as raised letters are provid-
ed for the blind who cannot read or
binary print. Do you know the life
story Of your next door neighbor? Do
you know even a 1.-THE of his risings
and fallings, his hopes and his dlsap-
pointments, his inducements and his
extrications, his struggles and his
ease-takings, his heroic sacrifices, his
hideous fears, his associations and his
friendllness, his joys unuutterable and
his griefs unspeakable? You think you
know him. You think you have known
him all your life perhaps. And yet
you have never seen much that Is ro-
mantle in him. You see his weakness
and his strength, his tastes and dis
trusts, his virtues and his vices-moYe
or less-and that is all. No; we live
only on the crust or rind of our neigh
bors' lives, We do not 60 below the
surface There is no romance in your
neighbours life because you do not take
the romantic view of it yourself. You
cannot see what ought to be as plain
as print before your eyes. and so you
must go to the library shelves and get
the raised letters Of the blind in order
to read romance, deeming 1t something
unreal. But there Is no more true ro
nance for you ON the library shelf
than there Is In real life SO long as you
have not the romantic conception, the
sympathy with 1t as a thing that act
ually is all about you, the power OF
seeing the unfamiliar in the familiar
the poetry under the prose.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-10-31

A Philadelphia preacher has made q
great hit by his lecture entitled, Acres
Of Diamonds" The lecture has this
story for Its teaching: A man spent
years and wandered far and wide In
search Of diamonds. Returning home
without success, he dug, one day, In
his back yard and found a diamond
mine. The moral Is plain. Appreciate
the things nearest you. Acres Of dia-
monds are all about you II you will
but look for them. Your back yard
Is full of them. There's GRANDPA
Skinner" Grandpa lives by an inland
Lake In log cabin, where he has lived
for forty years. For the past ten years
his cash income has been $40 yearly.
Upon this and his garden and fish he
has caught Grandpa Skinner lives
''Poor fellow" you say. Poor? Listen
to what he says: Here in my little
cabin / am richer than Pierpont Nor
gan. My $40 has bought more for me
than all his millions can buy for him
ten years of perfect happiness. ="
Why, bless you, he is the happiest man
you will meet in a days travel. He
has acres of diamonds! Peace. Con-
tentment. Good cheer. Wholesome
enjoyment. Anything more valuable
than these? Ten dollars against tens
OF mtllionsI Morgan puts his millions
in the hopper of his life and draws
out worry and vexation of spirit.
Grandpa Skinner puts in a contented
mind and draws out the peace that
passes understanding. Morgan has
searched the wide world over for his
diamonds. Grandpa Skinner has found
them in his back yard. All, the dia'
monds we never see. Crystals in the
grass made by the rising sun. Dia'
monds all aglitter everywhere. Crys
tale of the frost. Brilliancy all about
us. But we are looking, alas, for dol
lars. The goddess of greed has blind
Cd US poor mortals.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-10-31
WOMEN INVENTORS,
Statistics Prove That Fair Sex TAX
Out Very Few Patents,

Statistics Prove That Fair Sex Take
Out Very Few Patents.
Another long-drawn-out controversy
as to how greatly the inventive fac
ulty has been developed in woman
kind appears imminent to officers of
the patent Office. Every few years
some Jealous advocate Of the equality
of the sexes rises up to declare that
the female portion of the human kind
is just as bright, intellectually, as the
male portion.
About every fifteen years that dis
pute degenerates into a squabble as
to the deductions that are to be
drawn from the facts found in the
patent office records. Usually the
man in the argument taunts his op,
ponent about the relatively small mum,
Der Of new and useful things invented
by women. He usually says that wo,
man has never invented anything thai
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-10-31

How many know that there has been
q thirty years war going on In Asia 2
1t is 80, and the latest report is that
the war has been ended by the formal
surrender of two rebel chiefs. This
war of thirty years duration was be-
tween the Dutch government and the
Acheens of Sumatra and has cost the
Dutch more than $2O0,OOO,O00 and the
lives Of several hundred thousand SOL
diers. Thirty years wars are getting
out of date, particularly in country
which possesses the central court Of
arbitration.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-10-31
One Chair Was Enough

Mothe-When you and Mr.. Hug
gard got back from the picnic last
evening you entertained him in the
back parlor, didn't you?
Daughter-Yes, ma, but he on,v
stayed about an hour. Besides, were
engaged.
Mother-I should hope so. The I'm.
holsterer took away all the parIor
chairs but one yesterdav,-pbilodoI
phia Press.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-10-31

The conspiracy between science and
Invention to decrease the size Of the
earth continues. Not SO many years
ago, as q result Of the fictitious Phin-
cas- Fogg's remarkable adventures,
great controversy arose as to whether
the trip around the world really could
be made in eighty days. Those who
ridiouled the idea were brought speed
fly to g realization Of their error. and
now Henry Frederick, citizen Of New
York, has girdled the globe in fifty
four days seven hours and twenty min
utes. He was simply travelling COM
fortably, too, he says, not rushing. It's
O little, little world we are living In.