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scoundrels and circulated by gossips
who would rather believe ill than
good.
Perhaps the man was weak when
he took his own life, but who shall
Judge him?
His way Of fighting was to face the
foe, He had no skill in the devious
ways of the scandal monger. He
couldn't see his foes. He didn't
even know them. He only realized
that the people of his world believed
him man with blot on his name
a being not fit to associate with clear
men. He was made to feel it. L
cut him. 1t killed him just as it has
slain other men. 1t is the lowest
most despicable, meanest kind o
warfare that was ever conceived.
General Sir Hector Macdonald wa
Il brave, clean, upright man, an hon
or to his country.
This official news comes late, but
is welcome.
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HOW A BRAVE SOLDIER
DIED,

Scandal, gossip, envy, killed a
man. Three venOmous snakes were
loosened and struck their fangs deep
into the vitals of a hero.
Perhaps you remember the suicide
of General Sir Hector Macdonald a
few weeks ago. People talked about
it in whispers. They were told by
gossips that he had done some awful
thing, and that he died because he
could not face it. And his suicide
was viewed as a confession of guilt
1t now appears, when it is too late
to avail this soldier hero, that he was
the victim of scandal, and the miser-
able stories about his life were put
in circulation by heartless men who
were jealous of his courage, his mill
tary glory, his manhood and his po-
sition.
A commission was appointed to
investigate th@ stories and after the
most rigid and earching investiga-
tion not one wOh. of taint.coUld be
found to attach TO this brilliant sol
der There was ample evidence of
the work of the assassins of charac-
ter, but every tale was run TO earth
and found TO be a lie, builded by
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Cheap Labor.

They were discussing the decora-
lions of the new town house.
Il should include nothing besides
the italian painters" advised the
architect.
"Um.n
ain the dining hall Corregio and
Leonardo Da Vinci-"
"Uhuh.n
michael Angelo in the library"
"Hm."
"Botticelli and Murillo in the
drawing room. You favor the Ital-
ian schools of painting, do you not?
"Well, | don't know" replied the
patron of art obviously. "These i'm
migrants are pretty good cheap labor
but what are we going to do about
pictures?"-New York Times.
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TO BAR OUT TOILERs.

There is a scheme on foot up in
Ohio that doesn't taste good.
1t is movement against the fell
lows who work for a living. A plan
to bar them from one of the profess
sions-the law.
1t is proposed to do this by making
rule that the man who studies law
must devote himself entirely to that
duty during the period prescribed
by the supreme court, and must sep
arate himself from any means of Sc
curing livelihood. In other words,
he can't hold Il steady job.
See what that would do?
1t would make II kid glove affair of
the profession. 1t would be saying
to the young man who works for his
daily bread, and who has so much
ambition that he is willing to study
nights and every spare moment to
elevate himself: "You can not come
in. You belong with the working
class. You are down-stay down.
We do not desire to reflect ON your
honesty or integrity, but we do not
want you in our ranks. The mere
fact that you have no bank account
or rich parents to provide for you is
sufficient to domn you"
That is the coarse way and the fair
way to describe the situation.
What would Abraham Lincoln
have done if wealth and the ability
to cease physical labor had been
made the test when he was studying
law, and what would he have said if
such a proposition had been made to
himP The answer is easy. His mo
would have been as sure and strong
as his mighty mind and keen sense
of fairness could make it.
There is great deal of honor due
these plodding students who face adj
versity and hardship, who live today
on the earnings of yesterday, who
endure poverty, who support those
who are dependent upon them. And
rise, no matter how great the bur-
dens.
They make good lawyers and doc
tors and business men. They are
broad and thorough because they
have been through the mill.
This Ohio scheme has not proceed
ed very far 1t cannot go through
without the direct aid of the supreme
court. There are probably some
self-made men on that bench who
worked while they studied law, and
it would be just like that body to
turn the entire proposition down
hard with few remarks about the
dignity of labor, and words of appre-
cation for the sterling young fellows
who refuse to be anything less than
strong men.
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An Exciting Episode.

MRS. Whipple was here today, pa,
an she told ma she knew you when
you was a boy, an she asked ma if
you didn't marry rather late in life,
an ma said not so very, an then ma
said she was about twenty years
younger than you, an Mrs. WhippIe
said then you must be older than she
is, cause she isn't any twenty years
older than ma, an ma said she
s'posed Mrs. Whipple was the same
age as Patti, an Mrs. Whipple got
red an said she guessed ma wasn't
any spring chicken herself, an ma
said she laid no claims to being OF
the vintage of 1910, an Mrs. Whipple
got mad an bounced out, an ma
slapped my ears an cried. What
was it all about, par"
"Blest if / know, Willie. '-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deed Under Section Of Chapter

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deed Under Section s of Chapter
1888, Laws of florida.
Notice is hereby given that j. B. d.
Woodburn SEQ, purchaser of tax certiti-
cate No. Il, dated the LIST day of July, A
D 1901, has filed said certificate in
my office, and has made application for
tax deed to issue In accordance with law.
Said certificate embraces the following
described property situated in Putnam
county, Florida, to-wit:
Sc of NV /, W of sc /, ! of sw l.,
section 81. township s, range 25-200
acres.
The said land being assessed at the
date of the issuance of such certificate
in the name of T. Q. Brown. Unless
said certificate shall be redeemed accord
ing to law, tax deed will issue thereon on
the 23rd day Of December, A. ID. 1908.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 10Th day Of November A d 1908.
[sEALl JOSEPH PRICE,
Clerk Circuit Court Putnam Co.. Florida.
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MASTERS SALE.

Notice ishoreby given that under and by vir-
ture of certain decree of foreclosure and sale
heretofore made in and by the Circuit Court
of the United States, Fifth Judicial Circuit in
and for the Southern District OF Florida, in
Chancery sitting, in a certain cause pending
in said Court wherein Charles II, Leonard is
Complainant, and Joseph E,Lucas and others
arc defendants, the undersigned L. L Haskell,
as Special Master in Chancery, appointed In
and by said decree, will, on Monday the 9th day
of october, A. d 1903, during the legal hours of
sale, in front OF the court house door in the
city or Palhtka, Putnam County, State of Flor
ida, offer for sale at public auction and will
sell to the highest and best Bidder for cash the
property described in said decree of foreclosure
and sale, as follows:
The steamer Metamora, together with all and
singular her boilers, engines, tools, fixtures,
appliances and furniture of every kind and
description whatsoever to said steamboat be-
longing or In any wise appertaining
The steamboat Alligator, together with all
and singular her boilers, engines, tools, app1-
ances and furniture of every kind and descrip-
ton to said steamboat belonging or In any wise
appertaining.
And also that certain piece or parcel ofIand
situate in the City of Palatka, County of Put
nam and State of Florida, described as follows,
to wit: Beginning at the North side of square
stake set by M. II. Dalton and j. E. Lucas as
marking the upper portion OF the division line
between them, said stake being distant thirty
eight 1887 feet and six 6) inches In the easterly
direction from the west side of Water Street in
said City of Palatka; thence from said stake
easterly 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 CD feet and ten (l0) inches; thence West at
right angles to point on the east side of Water
street due North of the division stake above
referred to; thence South seventy-one tn feet
ten OO) inches to the North side Of said division
stake to the point of beginning, together with
all and singular the tenements, houses and i'm
proVements thereon and thereunto belonging
or IN any wise appertaining.
X. L, HASKELL,
JOHN E. PARTRIDGE,
E, P. AXrELL,
Complainant's Solicitors.
The sale of the above described property is
postponed until Monday, Dec. It'll, A. d 1903,
during the legal hours of sale
Z. f. HASKELL,
Special Master in Chancery
Palatka, Fla, Nov D., 1908
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Notice..

Notice is hereby given that on the first Mon
day in February, A. D. 1904 ], A, J. Hflbourn,
as executor of the estate OF the late Porter o.
HIlbourn, shall apply to tine Honorable NJ. /.
Coke, County Judge of Putnam County, Florida,
at his Office in Palatka, Florida, for final set
Element and discharge as such executor, and
shall then and there make final return Of es-
tate accounts, receipts and disbursements, and
shall then and there report and account as re-
quired by law In such cases, and shall ask to be
discharged from my eXecutOrship of said estate.
A. j. HILB0URN,
Executor of the Estate of Porter .. Hilbourn,
(deceased)
This July 25th, 1903.
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Administrators Notice.

Notice is hereby given that six months after
tho date hereof will present my final account
and voucher as administrator cum testamentO
anneXO Of the estate of Walter Hart to the COun
ty Judge of Putnam County and ask to be dis
charged from the further administration of the
estate OF said Walter N. Hart, deceased July
2lst, 1908. THE0DORA II. HART,
Administrators of estate Of Edward II. Hart,
and Ex-Otlicio Administrative of said Walter
N. Hart, deceased 7-24-03 en-
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no longer doubt that the most hardy, by
long odds, is the Satsuma, budded on
trifoliata stock
What is 'tankage'? This is slaugh-
ter-house refuse, deriving its name from
the rendering TANKS in which it is treat
ed to super-heated steam, and the fat
and other products separated, The ma
terial remaining is dried and sold for
fertilizer as 'tankage 1t is chiefly
valuable for its six to eight per cent of
nitrogen. 1t contains more phosphoric
acic, but in an unavailable form.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOB

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Fun
Tax Deed Under Section of Chapter
1888, Laws of Florida.
Notice is hereby given that j. B. D.
WOODBURY. & Co., purchaser of tax certi-
ficate No. 32, dated the 9Th day of April
A. D 1892, has filed said certificate in my
office, and has made application for tax
deed to issue in accordance with law.
Said certificate embraces the following
described property situated in Putnam
county, Florida, to wit:
Sci of nw1, section 81, township g.,
range 25-40 acres.
The said land being assessed at the
date of the issuance Of such certificate
in the name of Unknown. Unless said
certificate shall be redeemed according
to law, tax deed will issue thereon on the
23rd day Of December A D 1903.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 10Th day of November, A D 1908,
TSeall JOSEPH PRlOE,
Clerk Circuit Court, Putnam Co, Florida.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deed Under Section s Chapter
1000 .,,n nf Eln,idn

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deed Under Section s Chapter
1888, Laws of Florida
Notice is hereby given that j. b. D..
WOODBURY. & Co., purchaser of tax certif-
cate No. 31-a of. dated the 5th day of Apr.
A. D., 1892, has filed said certificate In my
office, and has made application for tax
deed to issue In accordance with law.
Said-certificate embraces the following
described property situated in Putnam
county, Florida. to wit:
As to sw /, of SCI, mel of sw /, section
81, township 8, range $50 acres.
The said land being assessed at the
date of the issuance of such certificate
in the name of Unknown. Unless
said certificate shall be redeemed ac-
cording to law, tax deed will issue
thereon on the 23rd day ofDecember A d
1908.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 10th day of Nov. A. D. 1903.
TSeal1 JOSEPH PRICE,
Clerk ct OF of Putnam County, Florida
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-04
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deed Under Section of Chapter

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deed Under Section of Chapter
1888, Laws of Florida.
Notice is hereby given that J. B. D..
,Voodburn & Co purchaser Of Tax certiii-
cate No. IA, dated the 9Th day Of August,
A d 1889, has filed said certificate in my
Office, and has made application for tax
deed to issue in accordance with law.
Said certificate embraces the following
described property situated in Putnam
county, Florida, to wit:
SwI of nw1, section 81, township 8,
range 25-40 acres.
The said land being assessed at the
date of the issuance of such certificate
in the name of Unknown. I'm
less said certificate shall be redeem
ed according to law, tax deed will is
sue thereon on the 23rd day of Dec
ernber, A. d, 1903
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 18th day of November A d 1903.
[Seall JOSEPH PRICE,
Clerk CT CT of Putnam County, Florida
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The Doctor-You regard society as
merely machine, do you? What part
of the machinery do you consider me,
for instance?
The Professor-You are one of the
cranks.-EXchange.
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The Inyention of Judas,

The kaiser and the czar exchanged
kisses when they they met day be-
fore yesterday. This feature of the
diplomatic game was invented by
one J Iscariot.-Chicago Tribune. &,
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Study at Home

earn more with the Tablet Home Study Lessons you need
leave home employment to Learn Bookkeeping Arithmetic
Algeria Geometry Grammar Rhetoric, Literature, History
Physics Latin, etc. Teacher aided %
6aeessl. cfsalsli lFss. Address, klukhs raaks Tie
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Honor the charge they made,
Honor the Light brigade,
Noble six hundredl

standing as If looking into an open
grave, he plucked the white flower
from his coat and cast it down, bit
of business that caught the house in
stantly. While the people maltreated
damp umbrellas and kicked out their
gum shoes in giving him recall he
was clutching his hair and wildly pro-
testing to me:
"'Mme. Clara, have never meant
that for n claptrap! Never! Never!
Just it came TO me that moment to
throw the flower to the dead! Think
me a fool-but notch, please not-a
claptrapperP youths Companion.
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STATE CT OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
Lucas { OUNTY

FRANK ] CHENEY makes oath that he
8 senior partner of the firm of F. ]
CHENkY & Go. doing business in the City
OF Toledo, County and State aforesaid,
and hat said firm will pay the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
aod every case of OATARRH that cannot
be cured by the use of HALLS oATARRH
CURF
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Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
naly, and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
for testimanials. free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75e.
Halle Family Pills are the best.
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NOT A CLAPTRAPPER.
An Incident of Alexander Salvinps
First Stage Appearance.

An Incident of Alexander SalvinpS
First Stage Appearance.
Tommaso Salvini, the great actor, al
though he gave every assistance to his
son when he had proved his ability on
the stage, was averse at first to his be-
coming an actor and would not help
him to obtain a hearing. The young
mans first appearance was made by
favor of Clara Morris, his good friend,
at a charity entertainment in Yonkers,
where he recited 1.-The Charge Of the
Light Brigade"
He was then very young, very eager
and still delightfully."- queer in his Eng
fish. A few days before the great oc-
casion some one used in his presence
the word claptrap.
whats thatp demanded young
Alessandro at. once. "Clap is So" he
struck his hands together. TRAP is
for rats. What, then, is claptrapT
at is vulgar or unworthy bid for
applause" his hostess explained.
"Bahr he rejolned, with contempt.
II know him. That cheap actor who
plays at the gallery. He is, then, in
English, claptrapper, is he not?"
On the night of his debut, although
the poor fellow declared he was sick
with the scare" he pulled himself to-
gether in time and delivered the poem
most stirringly.
with a bound he was on the scrap
of stage" records Clara Morris, "and
his high, clear Forward, the Light
brigadep must surely have been heard
down in Broadway. 1t really was a
clever bit of work, a trifle too forid,
but that was the result of nervousness.
The instinct of the actor was twice
plainly shown-once when on making
mistake, instead of stammering or
going back. he swiftly jumped the
faulty lines and dashed on securely
with the others, and again when at the
close he read with much feeling the
words:
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FRANK J. CHENEY

Sworn to before me and subscribed II
my presence, this 9th day of December
a 1000
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED..

What should be the percentage OF
waste in dressing fat cattle and hogs for
the market? Native Florida steers and
hogs when as fat as it is profitable to
make them will usually shrink respec-
lively SO and 30 per cent. Good improved
stock, under the same conditions will
average respectively 40 and 20 per cent.
of shrinkage This difference alone will
pay for the difference in the cost of the
two classes of stock.
Which is the hardest of the seedless
oranges? The oranges Of this class be-
long to the Tangerine, or "Sid glove"
type. They are of Chinese and Japanese
origin, and have nearly lost their power
of seed production through centuries Of
propagation by cuttings, whereby the
use and necessity Of seeds has been
avoided. AS nature has marked ten
dency TO produce nothing uselessly, the
habit OF growth without the needless
seed has become fixed.
OF this class Of oranges there can be
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Nos. IS and A.-"The Florida Limited"
Jacksonville and Kansas City. Dining cars.
Dining cars. Apply to any Ticket Agent fof
II. +. CARY, District Passenger, Agen
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Nos and 6 -"Chicaga and Florida Special" Solid
and Cincinnati Arrives daily except Mondays leaves
man drawing sleeping to Chicago Via Big Fou
Library observation TO Louisville. First class thor
car Cincinnati Also Tuesday, Thursday and saturd
Detroit.
Nos Is and l4''The Florida Limited" Solid vestibul
Ing cars, class thoroughfare coaches and DIM
cinnati. Through Pullman drawing room sleeping cars
to Chicago via Pennsylvania Lines. Daily
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY

Nos Palm Limited Solid vestibue tra
room compartment composite observation and dining cars be
daily Mondays Leaves daily Sanda
Nos 80 Florida Express" Pullman
Coaches between
ngon. Daily.
Nos 20 3d. "washington Limited Pullman draw
Coaches between jacksonville
cars bet Columbia and Washington. Daily.
The Forrest City times., 1903-02-20

The mushy condition OF the dumps
IN the bottoms on the ChOctaw, caus.
ing the rails to spread, made schedule
time back number. All available
force was at work Strengthening the
track through the bottoms.
Geo. Beck won in q rattle a huge
GramaphOne, and was obliged to sell
it on account of threats against his
welfare by parties living within hear.
ing OF this combination of sounds.
Sousa's Grand March sounded much
like IL cat and dog fight.
jim Brown, indicted about eighteen
months ago for seduction, came in and
surrendered to Deputy Sheriff Muir.
phree last Friday, and was admitted
to bail in the sum of $500, E. A. Rolfe
and /. A. Buford becoming sureties.
DIR. W. A. Charping. an optician of
considerable note. will be here Monday
f'eD. I'D, and remain one week at e
A. Short Il Co.'s Jewelry store, North
Washington street Now is the time
to attend to failing eyesights ny getting
properly adjusted glasses. Eyes tested
free of charge.
Miss Bertha Baskins, agent for
Greenhouse ut COvington, Tenn. has
been quite sick the past week at the
residence Of Mrs. Maggie Terry, who
has nursed her with all the love OF n
mother. Miss Baskins' father arrived
Tuesday to take her home.
Attention is called to The adver.
tisement of DR.. {. s. Aldricll in anoth-
er column. Ii your horse is ailing ar
has any defects. take him to the Doc
tor and he will tell you whether he can
be cured or not. The Doctor will he at
Hatcher e Stout's stable, South Front
street, for ten days.
The members OF N. B. Forrest Camp
Confederate Veterans will meet at the
courthouse Saturday, February 2S, at
2 p. m. Business of Importance on
hand, and the question of attending
the Reunion at New Orleans will be
discussed. A new commander is to
be elected, on account OF the reslgna
ton Of the present incumbent. A full
meeting is desired.
In the beginning of the New Year,
when good resolutions occupy goodly
portion OF your brain cells. why not
make business sagacity and household
economy a matter Of deep considera-
ton, and by your energy find out for a
fact that w. Il. Sanders, the grocery.
man, will save you money on your ne.
cessities, and at the same time supply
your table with line Of goods that
would make French Bill of Fare Cafe
look like 15-cent chop house. 1t will
pay you to buy your groceries of San.
ders.