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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-02
Crescent City News

Smith Cobb of Albany, N. Y, al
rived Tuesday for his usual winter S
stay. Mrs. Cobb will not come down
until after the holidays.
Miss Jessie Burton came up from
Palatka on Thursday. returning on
Monday. With her as her guest on
Friday was Mrs. W. S. Dewese of
Brighton, Tenn, who on that day
got her first view of extensive orange
groves laden with the golden fruit.
NJ. H. Reed went to jacksonville
early in the week to receive his new
gasoline launch which was to arrive
by Clyde line steamer, from New
York, Monday. With Capt. S. M.
LaBree, it was his purpose to sail
the launch up the river from Jack
sonville on Thursday.
Mrs. J. A. Icenhour and the chill
dren of Jacksonville arrived here
Thanksgiving evening and remained
over until Monday, guests of Mrs.
M. H. Read. Mrs. IcenhOur came
up to look after the shipping of the
orange crop from her young grove.
This crop amounted to about 200
boxes.
Mrs. T. H. Cornell of Marquette,
Michigan, arrived this week on a
visit to her father, It's. Bates, and
sister, Mrs. w. A. Russell. Mrs.
Cornell had planned to come here
later in the winter, but the sudden
death of her mother some two weeks
ago was the occasion of her change
of plans.
Mrs. &. B. Hubbard and children
left for New York last week. The
Hubbard home, "Lisnaro," will be
closed for the balance of the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubbard will go to
Cuba later in the season, where Mr..
Hubbard has large fruit growing in
terests, known as the Cuba Fruit Co.
of New York, of which company he
is president.
n. o. Tanning, the distinguished
political editor of the Brooklyn, IN.
W Eagle, with his wife, mother,
daughter, two sons and nurse arrived
on Tuesdays steamer and the party
are at Grove Hall. Mr.. and Mrs.
Tanning and Miss Tanning were
here for short time last winter and
were charmed with our little town.
Their return this season gives pleas
ure to the many friends they made
at the time of their former visit.
A. Joselyn, who arrived few
days ago from Massachusetts, is here
for his 18th consecutive winter. He
came here first in the fall of 1876 and
has not missed a season from that
time. 1t is to be hoped that this old
war veteran of the COS may live to
spend many more years here, and he
avs he is coming to Crescent City
for his winter stay just as long as he
can live to get here. And that will
be long time, for those who know
Mr.. JOselyn best have long since
discovered that he is one of thos e
men who do not grow old, no matter
how they pile on the years.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-02
CRESCENT CITY.

is one of the most beautiful
locations in Florida Tourists
will find it an ideal spot to
spend the winter, or pass a few
days Of keen delight.
The town is on Crescent Lake
ian arm of the st. Johns River
and is 100 miles by water, and
n miles by rail from Jackson
Vile.
The all day river ride on the
steamer Crescent, from Jack
sonville to Crescent City, is one
Of the delightful experiences of
Florida travel. The steamer
leaves Jacksonville at 8 a. m.
every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, reaching Crescent
City at 6 p. m. This trip is the
only daylight ride up the broad
and picturesque st. Johns.
The steamer has pretty cabins
and offers a delightful outlook
even in stormy weather.
Crescent City is the center of
the orange growing industry in
middle Florida, and beautiful
groves surround the place.
The fruit is at its best now.
Good boating, hunting and
fishing will afford amusement
for sportsmen.
Naptba launches can be Sc
cured cheaply for water trips.
Crescent City has good hotels
and boarding houses at mode
rate rates.
Beautiful shaded walks and
bicycle paths.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-02
COUGHING SPELL CAUSED DEATH

Harry Duckwell, aged % years,
choked to death early yesterday morn
ing at his home, in the presence of his
wife and child, He contracted slight
cold few days ago and paid but little
attention to it, Yesterday morning he
was seized with fit Of coughing which
continued for some time. His wife sent
for physician but before he could ar
rive, another coughing spell came on
and Duckwell died from suffocation.--
st. Louis Globe Democrat, Dec. /,
1901" Billiards. Horehound Syrup
would have saved him. csc, soc, and
Sl00. Sold by Alderman Il Stewards
Palatka and Lounds' Drug store, Ores.
cent City.
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While You Wait.

She had taken her umbrella into one
of those places where they offer to re,
cover them while you wait" ut will
take two days." said the man, But
can't possibly wait two days in here,
she demonstrated. IT'S SO very stutfy,
isn't it," The umbrella member, with
out smile, said he would send 1t
around in a couple of days She point
ed out to him that there was still big
difference between what he advertised
and what he could accomplish. Then
he explained. ut will be done while
you wait" said he, but you needn't
begin to wait until day after tomor-
row."-Chicago News.
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POMONA.

Miss Ethel Smith spent Thanks.
giving holiday at home returning tC
her school at McMeekin Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hunt and two
children of Pennsylvania, arrived il
town last week and are located fol
the winter in W. S. Middleton's cot,
tage formerly known as the Ide
place.
Misses Carrie Greene and Aida
Gardner of Palatka were the guests
of Mrs A, G. Smith over Thanks
giving.
The entertainment last Thursday
night, given by the school children
and young people, was Il great sue
cess and was well attended by the
town people and many strangers. Al
the close of the performance the V
|. A. ladies sold cake and coffee
after which there were marches and
some dancing.
Misses Mamie Morrison and Dora
Webb were home from Palatka fol-
Thanksgiving.
The still at Middleton's turpentiue
camp caught fire Friday afternoon
and burned to the ground, causing
considerable excitement, and II big
loss to the company 1t is stated
that another still will be ready for
business in q week.
Rev. NJ. G. Welch is again here,
after spending the summer in Wind
sor, Conn.
CORTLAND Middleton returned to
Daisy, Fla, Tuesday, having been
two days in town.
Mrs. Johnson and daughters have
returned from IA months visit with
relatives in Baxter, Ga. They were
accompanied by Miss Boie, who will
be their guest for two weeks.
Mrs. G. w. Shinn is entertaining
friends from Quincy. Ill
The Misses Middleton have return
ed to HOrtense, Ga, after a month S
stay with their brothers. R. Chester
Middleton accompanied the young
ladies as far as Jacksonville.
Mrs. H. A. Curtis and son, Roland,
former residents nf Pomona, but now
of st. Petersburg, Fla, are the guests
of Mrs, H. A. Ring in Sisco, on their
way home from Maine, where they
have spent several months.
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A MIGHTY PREACHER.
John Ross Was Strong of Arm and
"a [:ss;Si IIES,.Cr.

John Ross Was strong of Arm and
"a GaGl FISHER.
John Ross was Scotch minister
who lourishrd IN the early part Of the
seventeenth century. Tales of his won
derful deeds are told to this day in his
former parish of Blair At one time
the reverend gentleman walked to
Mause, distance of about three miles,
for the purpose of seeing certain
farmer and if possible inducing him to
come to church, where he had never
been. He found him fishing in the riv-
err and asked to be allowed to have a
cast. 81 never lend my rod to any
body" snid the farmer. But" replied
the minister, Il have come all the way
expressly to see you, and l must have
a cast" The farmer, who was Il very
strong man and had never been beaten
in fist fight, offered to fight for it.
"All right" said the minister, and he
gave the farmer such mauling that
he was glad to give up his rod. But 1t
was a different kind of fishing that the
minister had come for. He asked the
farmer to keep the rod and conduct
him to his house at Mause. When they
arrived the minister said, Now, you
go on your knees and pray" telling
him that he would not leave till he did
so.
So the farmer fell on his knees and
cried ooh, Lord, deliver me from this
man" stop" said the minister. THAT
is very good. l hope you may always
be able to do as well. Now, you have
to promise to come to the kirk next
Sunday" This the farmer did. Not
long afterward he became leading
elder.
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Personal and Social.
Oranges are moving out rapidly

Oranges are moving out rapidly.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Mitchell of
Huntington We're in town Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Linton and
their guests had their Thanksgiv-
ing dinner at Grove Hall.
The gentleman who tried to i'm
personate hobo last Saturday night
was "too blamed realistic"
A. D. Porter and his daugh ter,
of WelIsville, Ohio, have secured
apartments over Chamberlin's store.
Mrs. w. D. Williams has arrived
for the winter season and every one
is overjoyed to have her here again.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Pratt gave
thanks for their Thanksgiving din
ner along with the guests at Grove
Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. w H. Fuller of De-
troit, Mich, have leased the Hutch
ms cottage on Summit street for the
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Braddock of
Denver are happy over the arrival of
baby daughter on Sunday, Novem-
Der Goth.
Advices from New York show a
glut in the grape fruit market, with
the recommendation that shipments
be held up.
Mai. G. P. Healy was in town last
Friday on purchasing trip. He is
giving his full time now to his big
farming interests.
w. A. Sturdy of Attleboro, Mass,
is again at Grove Hall for the win
ter, and his old friends here were
delighted to see him again.
Mrs. c, Lyon and daughter, Miss
Eva Lyon, write that they will come
to Crescent City after the holidays.
They are now in Detroit, Mich,
T. S. Bates has leased his residence
for the winter to Mrs. Langdon of
Vermont. The Misses Gordon, also
of Vermont, will reside with Mrs.
Langdon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. f. Morse of
Portland, Maine, are again here and
occupying the PierpOnt residence
The young ladies will come later in
the winter.
L. A. Ballard came up Saturday
from his mining camp in Lake
county and will spend two or three
weeks here experimenting the ship
ment of his orange crop
The Thanksgiving service on the
evening of that day at the Presby-
terrain church was largely attended,
and DR.. Reeves preached a grand
sermon appropriate to the day
Mrs T. U. Harris, one of the pleas
ant contingent of Grove Hall guests
last season, has decided to return
here for the coming winter, and will
arrive during the present month
TT. Appleby of st. Georges, and
Mrs. Larisey of Charleston, 5. o.
brother and sister of our townsman'
J. P. Appleby, were here for a few
DAYS last week on visit to the tamil
Ily of their brother
Paul c. Smith, Julius q. Grlmsley
and Arthur B. Appleby were called
70 Palatka on Tuesday to serve as
iurors in the circuit court All
three were excused by Judge Wills
after furnishing good reason why
they should not serve.
Frank Duncan, the man who crack
ed the safe in Capt. j. W. Miller s
store one night last summer, was
executed in the Jail yard in Birmlng-
! ham, Ala, last Friday noon, He SUI
fered the death penalty for the muir
dor Of a policeman in Birmingham
four wears ago. Duncan had escaped
from the Birmingham Jail and FOL
three years, and up to the time 'i
his arrest in st. Augustine soon after
the Crescent City job, had been IN
4 E,r in
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-02
81 was much afflicted with sriatiea

81 was much afflicted with sriatica, -
writes Ed q. Mud, Iowavllle, Sedgwicl
Co., Kan, "going about on crutches and
suffering deal of pain. was induced
to try Ballard's Snow Liniment, which
1t is the greatest liniment ever used
have recommended it to number Of
persons; IN express themselves as be-
ing benefited by 1t. 1 now walk with
out crutches, able to perform a great
deal of light labor on the farm" 25c, SOC,
Sl0O. Sold by Alderman & Steward S,
Palatka, and Lounds' Drug store, Ores
cent City.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-02

Etienne Dumont, writing In the early
part of the last century, said: "The
prevailing character of the French Is
that of conceit Every member of the
assembly considered himself capable
of undertaking everything. l often
said that If you proposed to the first
hundred men you met in the streets of
Paris and to the same number in the
streets Of London to undertake the
charge of the government nlnety-nine
of them would accept in Paris and
ninety-nine would refuse ILL London"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-02

They tell this story down on Wall
street: The executive officer of a great
insurance company happening one
day to meet a friend in the street,
found himself violently upbraided be-
cause Is company refused to invest
in the bonds of an enterprise with
which his friend was connected.
The insurance man stood it q few
minutes, then said carelessly, as If he
were ordering box of new brand
of cigars, "Oh, well, send me up Il mil
lion and a half of them. World s
Work
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CURED PARALYSIS.

W. S. Bailey, P. o. True, Texas,
writes my wife had aeen suffering ii {
years with paralysis in her arm when l
was persuaded to use Billiards. Snow
Eminent, which cured her all right. 1
have also used it for old cores, frost
bites and skin eruptions 1t does the
work" 25c, SOC. 100. Sold by Acker-
man & Stewards, Palatka, ard Lounds
Drug store Crescent City.
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want some money, do YER said the
kind old lady. Now. ! wonder eff ye
deserve it. What would you do with a
penny eff l gey it to YET"
Lady" replied the polite beggar,
yer kindness would touch me so dat
I'd buy a postul card wild de money
an write yer note O thanks. Cath.
Ole Standard and Times.
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that on the l4th day
ot January, A. D., 1908, I shall make my nnal
report as executor of the last Will and tesla
ment of Israel NJ. Meyer to the Hon. NJ COKE,
county Judge Of Putnam county, Florida, al
ms ONCE in Palatka, Florida, and shall then
ana there present my vouchers showing re,
Nelpts and disbursements and reporting al
matters required OF me under the law, ana
snail then and there apply TO His Honor for my
hhal discharge as executor Of said estate,
same having been fully administered by me IN
July, A, D, 1901 G. Lopez BAILEY,
6m Fvacntor ~ said Estate
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HEART FLuTTERING.

Undigested food and gas in the stomach,
located just below the heart, presses
against It and causes heart palpitation
When your heart troubles you in that
way take Herbine for a few days. You
will soon be all right. SOC. Sold by
Alderman 4 Stewards, Palatka, and
Lounds' Drug store, Crescent City.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-02
Too Much Athletics.

Many physicians now claim that the
general health is hurt rather than ben
Gifted by athletics, that muscle build
ing is not necessary to good health,
that to bring about a perfectly train
ed condition has severe effect on
the nerves, that built up muscle has
a tendency to degenerate and that the
heart, being a muscular organ, shares
in this danger.
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just us with Her Father

"Your daughters music Is imprOv-
ing" said the professor, but when she
runs the scales l have to watch her
pretty closely"
"Just like her father" said Mrs. MI
rItch. HE made his money in the
grocery business. "-Philadelphia Ledg-
or
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-02

Blaine SILVER is running large
orange packing house in the big
building on Market street near the
Crescent's landing. Mr.. SILVER will
take contracts for packing and ship
ping fruit. He has a large force of
expert workmen in his employ.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-02
Bids.

The Board Of County Commissioners will re-
Der 1904 for building the wharf for ferry boat at
Iahtka and East Palatka, specifications at the
Oierk $ Office the board reserving the right to
reject any aud all bids.
Oct. 18Th. 1864. Clerk.
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Parties in Crescent City desiring to sub
scribe for this paper or wishing to renew
their subscriptions thereto, may leave their
names and money with Mr.. Il. ID. Lounds at
the pOstOffice who Is our authorized agent.
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CRESCENT CITY TEMPERA FOR THE
WEEK ENDING, NOVEMBER 25th, l0O4.--E.
d. WILLIAMS, OBSERVER.
The Bourbon news., 1904-09-02
ALARM THAT WORKS WELL.
Any Bright Young Man Can Make
One at an Expense Of But
Few Cents ar

A young man with any mechanical
ability can easily make the following
electric alarm. 1t will ring at the hour
set, and will keep ringing until the
switch is turned off. There is no rolling
over for another nap.
The necessary materials are an cleo
trio bell, few feet of annunciator wire,
switch, dry battery, a left-handed
screw of any size wire and thread (it
can best be made from one and a half
inch stove bolt), square piece of Nor
way iron, say one and quarter inches
by one-eighth inch thick, with a hole
tapped out in center for left-hand bolt
to fit. and piece of brass three-quarter
inch by two and half inches. Any
piece of spring metal will do if you can
not get brass.
The alarm illustrated is mounted on
a neat little box, e, about Is by inches.
1t holds eight batteries. Although one
is all that is necessary for the alarm, by
using several and switch of several
The Bourbon news., 1904-09-02

ways been a muzzle loader. By degrees
a breech loader is now being substituted.
To get the best results the gun should be
adapted to conditions of darkness, cold
and wet weather, which conditions are
directly opposed to the successful work
ing of the muzzle-loading gun, with its
unprotected powder charge bags, it's
open bore pointing skyward and closed
at the lower end, forming a natural re-
ceptacle for water, and its open igniting
primer and wooden carriage, which
must be securely tied down to prevent
recoil. Speaking of the new system, the
Scientific American says:
'The improved life-saving gun is
considerably less than three feet in
length, and is built of steel and a special
bronze alloy, which resists the action of
salt air and water. The gun tapers from
the breech, where the greatest strain
comes, to diameter of five inches at the
muzzle A special self-locking mechan-
ism, at once the simplest and having the
fewest working parts of any yet devised,
closes the rear of the bore in such way
that any water finding its way into the
gun will be instantly drawn out. The
firing hammer with its safety device IS
actuated by a lanyard, and relies wholly
on the pull of the gunner, all the springs
and delicate latches ordinarily used in
army cannon being entirely eliminat-
ed. % prevent the troublesome and dan
gerous jumping back of the gun when
fired it is provided with simple liquid
recoil checks attached to the trunnions
and operating very similarly to the
common door check. Instead of having
the powder charge in loose woolen bag
open to moisture, it Is contained, togeth-
er with its primer, in a hermetically
sealed bronze cartridge core, which slips
easily into the breech of the gun. After
the cartridge has been inserted and the
breech closed the projectile carrying the
line is inserted in the muzzle and showed
nome. This projectile is cylindrical
shot, rounded elliptically at the inner
end and having means for securing the
shot line at the outer end"
The Bourbon news., 1904-09-02

Won't Give Up Their Car Seats Nor
Their Jobs to Their Women
Acquaintance.

She was a new woman, and was rath-
er proud of the fact that she had a place
in the world of business that enabled
her to regard herself as being on an
equality with man. But there was one
thing that annoyed her, relates a Chi
cago paper.
81 ride downtown on the car early
every morning" she said, with young
man who lives little farther out than
/ do, and I don't mind saying that he
doesn't know what courtesy and gentle
manliness are"
What does he do?' inquired the big
brother, who doesn't think very much
of new women, anyway, and is conse-
quently opposed TO his sister being in
the world of business.
"It isn't what he does," she replied:
"it's what he doesn't do. Time and time
again he has let me stand up all the
way downtown, when it would seem
as If the very least he could have done
was to get up and offer me his seat"
'"That is wrong, isn't it?" returned the
big brother.
"It's contemplate selfishness, that's
what it is" she answered,
'The fact that he Is in possession of a
seat" went on the big brother. "of
course does not entitle him to it if fell
low clerk of the opposite sex happens to
want it. And yet men in business will
do these things. Why, I know a girl
who has twice the grievance you have
in that line"
What happened to herr" she asked.
Man there first, and refused to give
up when she came along" he explained.
"Give up his seat?"
mo; his job. She discovered that it
would just about suit her, but the great,
big brute of man hadn't chivalry and
courtesy enough to get up from his desk.
bow politely, and say: Madam. permit
me to offer you my job Most ungentle-
manly. isn't it; But, do you know,
think the old-fashioned courtesy is"
However, she did not wait to hear
about that. She merely said he was q
mean thing, and didn't understand what
was due to lady at all And he himself
admits that constantly changing condi-
tions make it mighty hard to find out.