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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-14

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEhD
UNDER SECTION 8 OF CHAPTER 1888,
LAWS OF FLORIDA.
Notice is hereby given thatJ. j Hay
man, purchaser OF tax certificate No
$40, dated the Sd day Of July A d. 1899,
has filed said certificate in my Office and
has made application for tax deed to is
sue in accordance with law Said certifl-
cane embraces the following described
property situated in Putnam county, Flor
ida, to-wit:
N of ne /, NV of sw /. section 20,
township IL, range 23--12O 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 I'd day Of September A d. 1903.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 9th day Of July A. d. 1903.
ISeall JOSEPH PRICE,
Clerk circuit court putnam co. Florida
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-14

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED
UNDER SECTION s OF CHAPTER 1888,
LAWS OF FLORIDA.
Notice is hereby given that j. j. Hay
man, purchaser of tax certiilcate No. 669,
dated the 1st day of June A, d. 1896, 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 prop
erty situated in Putnam county, Florida,
to-wit:
w J of NV 4, section 80, township II,
range $50 acres.
The said land being assessed at the
late of the isseance of such certificate
in the name of j. f. Dean. Unless said
certificate shall be redeemed according
to law, tax deed will issue thereon OH
the I'd day of September d 1908.
Witn"ss my official signature and seal
this the 9th day of July A. d. 1903
[Seall JOSEPH PRICE,
clerk circuit court putnam co. Florida
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-14

Notice of application for Tax Deed un-
der section of chapter 1888, Laws of
Florida
Notice is hereby given that ] f
Wells, purchaser of tax certificate No.
764, dated the 4th day of July, A. D.
1898, 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:
wi of swi of nw4, section 26. township
II, range $50 acres.
The said land being assessed at the
date of the issuance of such certificate
in the name of Fla. Finance Co. Unless
said certificate shall be redeemed ac-
cording to law, tax deed will issue there
on on the 18th day of September, A. D.
1903.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 18th day of August, A. D. 1903
TSeal1 JOSEPH PRICE,
Clerk ct. CT. Putnam County, Florida.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-14

Notice OF application for Tax Deed un-
der Section of chapter 1888, Laws OF
Florida
Notice is hereby given that Z
Wells, purchaser of tex certificate No
766, dated the 4th day of July, A. ID.
1898, 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:
In e pit of eI of sci of mel, section q,
township IL, range 26--3 acres
The said land being assessed at the
date of the issuance of such certificate
In the name of H P B Thompson. I'm
less said certificate shall be redeemed
according to law, tax deed will issue
thereon on the 18th day of September.
A. d. 1903.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 18th day of August, A. D. 1908.
= [Seall JOSEPH PRICE,
Clerk ct. CT. of Putnam Co., Florida.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-14
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deed Under Section s Of Chapter
1888, Laws of Florida.

Notice is hereby given that j. E.
Wells, purchaser Of Tax Certificate
No. 7O5, dated the 2nd day Of July A
D 1900, 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:
WI of net of nw1 Of nea, section 27, town
ship II, range 26-5 acres.
The said land being assessed at the
date of the issuance of such certificate
in the name of Max Harrison. I'm
less said certificate shall be redeem
ed according to law, tax deed will is
sue thereon on the 18th day of Sep
tember, A. d 1908.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 18th day of August, A. d. 1903.
ISeall JOSEPH PRICE,
Clerk CT. Ct. of Putnam County, Florida
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-14

N0TICH OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deed Under Section Of Chapter
1888, laws of Florida
Notice i" hereby given that j. E.
Wells. purchaser of Tax Certificate
No. 7G2, dated the 4th day of July, A.
D., 1898. 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:
WI of sw4 of sw of NV !, section 26,
township II, range 26-5 acres.
The said land being assessed at the
date of the issuance of such certificate
in the name of NJ. NJ Harris. Unless
said certificate shall be redeemed
according to law, tax deed will issue
thereon on the 18th day of September
A D., 1903.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 18th day of August, A. d. 1903.
[Seall JOSEPH PRICE,
Clerk Ct. Ct. Of Putnam county, Florida.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-10

tier on tier. Below these and beyond
the sunken orchestra, which contains
40 pieces, is the great stage.
Those who have witnessed "Parsi-
far say the effect of the whole opera
can hardly be described. 1t is so strong
and so moving and the musical effect
of the great orchestra is so impressive
that it is almost painful, even the
strongest feeling the strain and inten-
sity of it.
Frau Wagner and her son, Siegfried
personally manage the "ParsifaF fes-
rivals of Baireuth. She is described as
tall and remarkably thin, with delicate
features and a distinguished bearing
She greatly resembles her father. Franz
List; is a keen business woman. is
wealthy and has the assurance of a
continuance of fortune in the royalties
from her husbands operas and the
sale of his works. Before her marriage
to Richard Wagner she had been the
wife of another world famous muSi-
clan, Hans Won BulOw.
Herr Siegfried Wagner, her son, is
musician OF ability. Physically he is a
small man, though larger than was his
AdlhCAy W mum lAC 10 StiiO W ANStAAblC.
He was educated to become an archi-
feet. His father did not encourage him
to study music, and he did not attempt
to do so until he was twenty. After
working hard and learning to play
many instruments he appeared as Il
conductor of his fathers works. His
later life has been spent in Baireuth.
Several years ago an opera of his own
creation, 'Der Barenheuter," made a
hit in Berlin. Herr Wagner is thirty
four years old and unmarried.
Heinrich Conried, who succeeded
Maurice Grau as manager of the Met
ropOlitan Opera House. New York. last
winter, is a native Of Austria. He had
a successful career as an actor in the
leading cities of Austria and Germany
before he came to this country in 1877
to take charge of the Germania thea
ter, New York. Since then he has con-
Quoted several of the leading German
theaters of New York with great sue
cess.
Frau Wagner in her suit to enjoin
Mr.. Conried claims. that no copy of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-10
Care of the Cat.

Don't feed meat to cats when they
are kittens; it gives them fits. Don't
give them cold milk; just lukewarm is
the right temperature. Don't give them
chunks of raw meat; cook it a little
and cut it up rather small. Don't for
get to have a dish of fresh, clean water
convenient for them; cats suffer often
for cool drinks. Don't, if you buy meat
for them, liver and alwis" buy liver, as
they get tired of it, and it is not the
healthiest diet in the world. Don't for
get that bit of fresh fish is welcome.
Good Housekeeping.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-10

books failed to pay for the paper,
printing and advertising, and for long
after that they failed to pay his living
expenses, which were very small.
Social States" the earliest of his
great books, was sold on commission,
and it took fourteen years TO dispose
of an edition of T5O copies. But the
popularity of his writings grew with
the passage of his years, and in later
life the philosopher remarked:
Years ago my principles of PSy-
chology' was by no means popular, and
instead of calling it 'Cavaire to the
General l used to call it Cod Liver Oil
to the General for 1 am sure that If
ninety-nine people out of every hun
dred were asked whether they would
take a spoonful of cod liver oil or read
a chapter of that book they would have
preferred the cod liver Oil"
Herbert Spencer's life work, Syn
thetic Philosophy" was begun in 1850
and only completed in 1896. In the
days of his adversely. when he found
that his literary work was making him
poorer. he called Il halt. He discovered
that after fifteen years of labor he was
behind $4,000. 1t was impossible to go
on at that rate, and the author who
had at that time begun his great Syn
thetic Philosophy" which was appear
ing in quarterly numbers, issued to
subscribers a notice of cessation. But
just then, when it seemed that the
great work of his life must stop, there
came to him for the third time in his
life a bequest. and the work went on.
Then the scientific method of study
ing human life began to find willina
pupils not only among scientific men,
but also among young students at the
universities and workingmen, who
gave up their evenings to the study of
technical or social sciences. Few books
of philosophy have enjoyed so wide a
popularity as the Data of Ethics"
Herbert Spencer was the son of
schoolmaster and was educated at
home by his father. He never attend
ed college and has always declined de-
grees from institutions of learning.
When they were conferred upon him
he ignored them. At the age of seven
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-10
VIRTUE OF WATER.
Good Thing to Use In Keeping the
stomach Clean.

The habits of people in general do
not seem so bad when one considers
the average individuals limitations as
! to knowledge and thought. The fact is
that most people don't know, don't
think and hence don't care. Let them
read more science, think more sensibly
and act more seriously, then their hab-
| its will be more satisfactory.
| The alimentary receptacle, the stom-
ach or vat In which foods and liquids
are received and mixed, is habitually
converted by many persons into q
chemical retort for all sorts of drugs
and remedies with the view of reach
ling and relieving the ills Of the various
organs of the body, from dandruff to
cOrns. The writer believes that he can
give no more and better reasons for
! his confidence in the therapeutic value
of remedies than most other physt-
/ clans. but he wishes to emphasize here
| the transCendent element Of common
sense in their administration. Before
and above all things, however, what is
wanted is q clean castro intestinal ca
nal, and his claim is that water prop
erly used is the best a gent TO effect that
cleansing. On a par with this canal in
Importance are the eliminadve tissues
and organs Of the systematic kidneys,
mucous membrane and skin. What
therapeutic agent properly used is bet
ter than water? After all the assimila-
tive and eliminative organs and It's
sues have been thoroughly rinsed with
pure soft water then, if it be still nee
essary to administer a chemical agent,
one may be selected that will, with
these organs and tissues in better con-
dition. work wonders. If you are so
foolish as to allow yourself TO become
foul from head to foot, cleanse your
self with water before resoring to
chemical aids.-Health.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-10
FANCIES OF STUDENTS.
The Young SIedicO Who Thought He
Was Doomed to Paralysis.


Was Doomed to Paralysis.
'For the first year or two a man
studies medicine" said a young physi-
clan, The has every disease he learns
about. In my day we had a man
among us who felt sure he was going
to be paralyzed. He was healthy as
the next man, but that seemed to him
to make his disease more insidious. He
used to sit with his legs crossed and
hit his knee to see If his reheXes were
all right. Every time he failed to hit
the right spot he would look down at
his motionless foot and say:
boys, this is awful
HE used to stand up, put his heels
together and shut his eyes to see if
he'd stagger. And he always declared
he did, and then he'd look green around
the gills and sigh till even the fellow
who knew he had heart disease got
tired of it. Paralysis and nothing but
paralysis was on the mans mind, and
he reckoned on being stricken at any
time. When he was in his room he
wore a pair Of slippers-the kind you
can walk into without stOOping-and 1t
was his habit to leave things just wher-
ever he happened to step out of them.
One night when he had gone to bed
somewhat the worse for the evenings
merriment two of us who rOomed next
door stepped in and tackled his slippers
to the floor About s o'clock next morn
Ing we were startled by a blood cur
ding veil from him. We rushed in.
There he stood, just as he had stepped
ont Of he'd his feet in his sinners He
pointed to them with a trembling fin
ger and then turned toward US a face
of utter despair.
Boys said he thickly, boys, look
at my feet. can't move them. can't
walk a step. oh. Lord, it has come at
lastr London Tit-Bits-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-10
SON OF LITTLE MAC"

George II. Mcclellan. Candidate For
Mayor of New York.
|. Colonel George L. Mcclellan. Demo-
cratic candidate for the mayOralty of
New York city. is the only son of the
late General George b. Mcclellan, the
Little Mac" of civil war fame and
candidate for president of the United
States against Abraham Lincoln in
1864.
Mr.. Mcclellan was born in Dresden,
Saxony, in 1860 while his parents We're
on visit abroad. His education was
begun on the continent under private
tutors. He was graduated from Prince
ton in 1886 and later from Columbia
college law school and was admitted TO
the bar in 1892. He preferred n jour
nalistic career to the law, however,
and for several years was a member
of the reportOrial staff Of the New
York Herald. In 1890 he was appoint
cd auditor and treasurer Of the New
York and Brooklyn bridge, continuing
in that position until elected president
OF the board of aldermen Of New York
in 1898, to which office he was re-elect-
cd the following year.
Mr.. Mcclellan was chos9h'a member
of the Fifty-fourth congress from the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-10
HERBERT SPENCER.
HOW THE GREAT PHILOSOPHER IS
SPENDING HIS LAST DAYS.
Mentally Sound, but Physically
Weak, He Is Practically "A RecIuse.
His Early Struggles as an Author.
Incidents of His Career.

Herbert Spencer, the great English
philosopher, who was eighty-three last
April and who has been in feeble
health for many years, is still sound in
mind despite recent reports to the con-
trary, but he has finished his life work
and will probably never write another
word intended for the public eye.
The aged philosopher is now practi-
cally alone in the world, having not
one near relative living. Huxley and
TyndalI are gone, nearly all his other
old friends except John Morley have
passed away, and he is said to feel his
isolation keenly. He lives a very lone
~ life in his retreat at Brighton, Eng
land, where from his window he can
look upon the sea. The man who acts
as his secretary is almost his only COM
panion in the house, and he is spending
his old age in hermit-like solitude.
He was once an adept billiard player
and was rather proud of his skill, but
he no longer handles the cue. On one
occasion at the Athen9um club the
philosopher found his master at bill
lizards in a young man who beat him
thoroughly. When his defeat was no
longer to be disguised Spencer leaned
on his cue and delivered the following
speech to his antagonist: "a certain
proficiency in this game is possibly a
desirable accomplishment, but the eX-
traordinary ability, sir, you have just
displayed can only be the fruit of u
misSpent youth
Another story is related of Spencer
in which he came ont second best, his
antagonist being a boy, although bill
lizards was not on this occasion the
game. Spencer happened TO be stay
ing at Il country house at which the
gentleman who related the incident
was also a guest. One morning a
yOungster, looking out of the window,
saw a large flock of crows alighting on
the lawn and cried out, what an aw-
full lot of crOwsr' upon which the phi
losopher in a tone intended to convey
Il mild reproof. inquiringly said. "Well,
my young friend, are crows really so
very awful?'
The boy answered quickly, q did not
say What n lot of awful crows" but
What an awful lot of crows "
The philosopher remained silent, and
the boy whispered to the other guest,
Had him that time, think, sir"
For the first twelve years of his lit
erary life every one of Mr.. Spencer's
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-10
An Expensive Calf.

Fourteen years ago John Messengale
of Macon county, Mo-, and Elijah e.
Reese of Charlton county went to law
over a thirty dollar calf, and they are
still at law and fighting more fiercely
than ever, although the calf must have
grown into a pret.y fair sized steer by
this time. He is going finally to prove
an expensive one for somebody. The
case has been tried four times in JUS
tice and circuit courts. has been heard
once in the Kansas City court of APP
peals and is now pending in the Charl-
ton county circuit court again. having
been remanded by the court of appeals.
The costs now amount to more than a
hundred times the amount the steer
was worth at the time the litigation
began
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-10
An Irish Anrmer.

The London Chronicle tells a story
of an incident in a Donegal village
showing the friendly Irish habit of
giving a pleasing answer in preference
to the bald truth. 81 want some pep
permint lozenges,' said the Saxon Wis
itor, coming straight to the point.
Sure We do" smiled the Irish shop
man. keeping off it. How much are
they?' pursued the Saxon as the man
did not move. "And isn't it two ounces
a penny they are?" answered the Irish
man, still without moving. 'Well,
have you got any?" persisted his Gus
toner impatiently. ''Sure, not any at
allr' said the freshman, coming reluc-
family to the point, with his sweetest
smile of all.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-10
A WAY TO RAISE WAGES
A Simple Plan Which Makes a
Strike Unnecessary.
VOTE FOR 10 PER GENT ADVANCE.

How the Cost OF Living Is Increased
Average Family VIII Have 800
More to Spend AnnunIIy-Study the
Accompanying Figures.
The workingmen of the United States
can raise their wages 10 per cent with
out strike. They can do this by vOt-
ing for men who will abolish the ac-
cursed system of tariff protection -
which adds 10 per cent to the cost of
living without in any way benefting
labor. A saving of 10 per cent in ex-
penses is equivalent to an advance OF
10 per cent in wages. 1t is, in fact, an
increase in wages, for actual wages
are not money, but the goods which
money will buy.
WOrlkingmen sell labor and buy
goods. 1t is to their interest to have
labor dear and goods cheap. How can
tariff on goods protect labor? A tar
if on goods, by barring out foreign
goods, makes it easy for our manufac-
turers to form trusts and put up prices
This they have done. Prices of goods
are now 81 per cent higher than in
1897. when the Dingley bill, which
greatly increa sed tariff duties on goods,
became law. Trusts and monopolies
now control the prices of nearly every
thing. But the DingIey bill did not
put a duty on labor to keep out foreign
ers and protect workingmen. 1t left
labor on the free list and 5000 immi-
grants q day, or nearly 100000 a year,
are landing in this country to compete
with American workingmen and keep
wages down. Many strikes are lost or
partly lost because of this steady in
flow Of foreigners, all looking for work
Take the case of the boot and shoe
workers of Massachusetts and see what
they pay for tariff protection and
how little they get for their money
less than nothing.
The 1902 report of the bureau Of la
Dor of Massachusetts tells US that the
average number of persons employed
in the boot and shoe industry in 1902
was 81, 224 and that the total wages
paid were. $3OO95, S54. This makes the
y
The average workingmans family con
tains about four and one-half persons,
at least two of whom work for wages.
The yearly wages of the average fam
lily. then, are about 1888.
The report of this same bureau in
1901 on Prices and the Cost of Liv-
ing estimates that families with in
comes from $3.50 to 81 200 a year spend
certain percentages for certain items
of expenditure. Based upon these per
centages, but making allowances for
expenditures for liquors and tobacco
of $50 per family, which appears to
have been omitted from the bureaus
estimates. we get the following as the
tariff taxes paid by the average family
of workers in the boot and shoe indus
try:
Tariff tax paid.
Yearly eXpendl- To gov To
lures for Amount. eminent. trusts.
Rent recommendations $3.50 5000
n
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-10

Music Drama Should Never Be Per-
formed Outside of Baireufh.
Musical circles all over the world are
deeply interested in the outcome of the
action, recently instituted in New York
by Frau Cosima Wagner and her son,
Siegfried Wagner, to restrain Heinrich
COnried, manager of the Metropolitan
Opera House of New York, from pro-
ducing the sacred music drama "Parsi-
fall"
In presenting her case to the United
States circuit court Frau Wagner
through her attorneys states that in
1877 Richard Wagner composed the
poem and in 1879 the music for what
lie called Il sacred music drama, known
as 'Parsifal," the story of which is
founded upon the old Arthurian legend
of 1.-The Holy Grail" and introduces
Biblical characters and incidents, in
Guiding the baptism of Christ. the last
supper, Mary Magdalene washing the
feet of the Saviour. etc
Frau Wagner says that ''ParsifaT'
and that because of its religious and
spiritual nature should not be included
in the same category rs his other mu-
steal compositions or be subject to pc
cuniary transactions. but should be
kept separate and apart and performed
nowhere outside of Baireuth, Bavaria.
y few years prior to his death in 1888
Richard Wagner built the theater at
Baireuth known as the Festspielhaus,
which was solely devoted to the presen-
tation of his works. and it is claimed
by his widow that neither Wagner nor
any of his family has ever received any
pecuniary benefit from the ''ParSifal"
performances and that ''Parsifal' Is
performed solely in accordance with
the desire of it's creator and in the in
terest of art and musical culture.
The great Wagner theater, in which
"Parsifar' is annually presented,
stands about a mile to the north of the
town of Baireuth on Il little hill. 1t is
a great red building not at all Impress
i've INTELLECTUALLY. but towering high
above the trees. The auditorium is of
unusual construction. one great mass
of seats, nearly 1000 in number, rising
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-10

that General Corbin was to succeed
Lieutenant General S. Il. NJ. Young as
chief of staff on the latter's retirement
on Jan. o.
AS a diplomat and politician in the
army General Corbin has never been
eXcelled, and it has been alleged that
the only road to promotion in the army
has been through his good graceS.
Corbin's ambition has been to reach
supreme command of the army. With
the recent change the rank of com
handing general ceased, and General
Corbin needed only TO become chief Of
staff to realize his dream. That he
may not be chief of staff now seems
likely, as General Chaffee does not re-
tire until April II. 1906. General Cor
bin will retire five months later, and it
is improbable that he would be given
such a temporary honor.