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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-02
PROPOSALS.
Notice 10 Contractors.

ceiye sealed proposals until Z: 80 O'Clock p m,
necember 10Th. 1904, for the erection OF a Guy
Building. Proposals will be opened at Clty
Council Chamber at O'Clock p. m, Decehoor
Goth, 1904. ~
Plans and specifications may be seen at me
ofiice of the City Clerk, Palatka, Fla, or at me
ofIlce of II. ]. Klutho, Architect, Jacksonville
Florida
Each bid must contain the full name OF the
marty or parties interested In same and TO pc
accompanied by certified CHI ok on some sol OF,
vent bank in the sum of Five Hundred $500
Dollars, payable to the City OF PalatKa, rs
surety that II the proposal be accepted com
tract will be entered into.
The City Council reserves the right 10 reject
any or all bids. .,,,,,.,,,,
November l6. 1901. city Clerk.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deed Under Section of Chapter
ASSS Laws of Florida

NOIlCE OF AEGLlOA1lON rON
Tax Deed Under Section of Chapter
1888, Laws of Florida.
Notice is hereby given that A.
Usina, purchaser of tax certificate
No. 1876, 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
Lot block 259, Palatka.
The said land being assessed at the
date of the issuance of such certificate in
the name of John NJ. Wilson. Unless said
certificate shall be redeemed according
to law, tax deed will issue thereon on the
31st day of Dec, D 1904.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 22d day OF Nov, A D 1904.
TSeall JOSEPH PR E,
Clerk Circuit Court, Putnam Co. Florida
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-02
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deed Under Section of Chapter
1888, Laws of Florida.


1888, Laws of Florida.
Notice is hereby given that A.
Usina, purchaser of Tax certificate
No. TIA, 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 property situated in Putnam
county, Florida, to wit:
Lot block 259, Palatka.
The said land being assessed at the
date of the Issuance of such certificate
in the name of t. H. McManns. I'm
less said certificate shall be redeem
ed according to law, tax deed will is
sue thereon on the 31st day of Dec,
A. D 1904
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 22d day of Nov, A. D. 1904.
[Seall JOSEPH PRICE,
Clerk Circuit CT of Putnam Co., Fla.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-02

Don't fail to see Sleeps 5000
challenge Dog and Pony show for the
amusement Of all. 5000 for its
equal at the carnival Dec. 6 to 10.
The old plantation with old time
darkies will sing old time melodies
and amuse all at the great carnival
December 6 to 10.
Reduced rates on all railroads to
Palatka's grand gala week, Decem-
Der to 10; colors purple and white.
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DRS. R. < c. GOLDSTEIN,
The Optic Specialists OF Louisville,
KY, Are Of The GT0f1n
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Physicians especially are invited to
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lens or to an irregularity of the refract-
ing media of the Cye, and are relieved at
once upon the application of the proper
glasses. Ninety per cent of the people
over ~ years of age need glasses, and so
per cent of the 80 need them for dis
lance.
Glasses are not always given to i'm
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Optical science has male rapid ad-
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Special care should be taken in select
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Glasses nicely fitted to the face become
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Fitting children with spectacles
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Parents do not neglect your children's
eyes.
Difficult cases solicited.
All questions in regard to the eyes
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Consultation and Examination
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Office hours from 10 a. m. to P. m
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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-02
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deel Under Section of Chapter
1888 Laws of Florida.

Ida D6O OuuCi hCCOlOu q vi NHupISl
1888 Laws of Florida.
Notice is hereby given that VIM.
Miller, purchaser of tax certificate
No. 800, dated the Sd day of July, a.
D. 1899, 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
Nwi of net of nwi, e! of sw4, and nj
of nw1 of set, nwt OF mel of set, sec
tion II, township 10, range 24-I2O acres.
The said land being assessed at the
date of the issuance of such certificate in
the name Of E. E. Summers. Unless said
certificate shall be redeemed according
to law, tax deed willissue thereon on the
18th day of Dec, A. D. 1904.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 10th day of Nov, A D. 1904.
[SealI JOSEPH PRICE,
Clerk Circuit Court, Putnam Co. Florida.
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Consultation and Examination
Free.
Office hours from 10 a. IN. to p. m
at the Graham Hotel.

Coming! Redell's Big Carnival,
PalatkH's gala week, December 6, Z,
s, 8, TO- Gala Week colors purple
and white. Gala week this year will
be bigger and better and grander
than ever before. Mr.. Riddell has
succeeded in getting the finest lot of
shows that could be gotten in St,
Louis. Mr.. j. w. Hays, the con-
tracing agent wishes to state to the
press and public that the shows that
have been engaged this season for
Gala Week are of the highest degree /;
every one clean, moral and refined.
Mr.. Hays wishes to state further
more, that there is not an objection
able feature with the carnival this
year; if any may be found, that Mr..
Riddell will forfeit $1,000 for every
one.
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Excellent Dining Car Service.

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No. iS-''The Florida United Daily.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-13
HIIMoR IN SERMONS.

There is no doubt that good many sermons, are dreadfully dull. But it is an element in the difficulty of preach- ing that clergymen, in preparing and
 delivering their sermons, are practieal- fly debarred from adopting some ac- .cepted oratorical means. Thus the use .of hunor in a sermon is almost un- known within the Church of England.
 Noneonfor1nist preachers like the late MT. Sturgeon have sometimes ems ployed humor in their sermons with striking effect. When he preached (if the story is true) upon the Martyrs Memorial at Oxford, and asked where it was possible to find martyrs at the present day, and suggested that, if the bishops and clergy of the Church
 of England were the martyrs they would be sure to burn we'll they were |so dry, he resorted to a device which might or might not be allowed and ap- proved by his own congregation, but would certainly grate upon the critical taste of churchnefl. TO be amusing in the pulpit is a great crime says Professor Mahaffy, who seems to re- StGI &GllctL IL IIOI OpGIl u lO appeal to that peculiar human faculty the faculty of laughter" But the use of humor in sermons is a dangerous weapon. It is more likely to create offence than to excite piety, and the clergy of the Church of England have wisely agreed to forego it. For where one orator possesses the suothe tact of knowing when to raise a laugh and how tocheck it in his congregation,
 and of employing merriment in such a
 way to leave no sense of incongruity or irreverence behind it, it is probable
 that ten men in the exercise of humor will do harm rather than good, and will destroy or diminish the moving power of their own exhortations.- .-The
 Right Rev. Bishop Weldon, in The
 Nineteenth Century.
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FINANCIAL LAMBS.

While standard Oiln has been so scientifically spreading abroad the i'm pression that the public should never own it's stock, secretly they have bean engaged in exchanging that stock for the securities of the people in the form of banks and trust companies, rail- roads and other assets of definite value. So completely has Standard Oil pulled the wool over the eyes of the votaries of finance that there can- not be found in or out of Wall Street a single great ffnancier who would not laugh to scorn the suggestion that Standard Oil'' is engaged in a cam paign for the distribution of it's Standard oil stock to the public Yet pin your great finaneier down to the facts, and he'll admit that he himself las quite a block Of the stock, and that institutions of which he is a director include among their assests in. one form or another good sized par cels of the inestimable security. But so firm is the belief of these very wise men in the spells woven for them for this or that special reason they were allowed as favor to acquire their holdings, and so inpressiYely have they been shown that their ownership lin Standard oil stock must be kept secret that no suspicion has even en- tered their minds that they were play ing the part of lambs in it's purchase.
 Thomas ". Lawson. in Everybody $ Magazine. K
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HOW TO MAKE GOOD TEA.

The great secret of making good tea lies in the water. It must be boiling. No matter what the tea has cost a pound, it will be absolutely ruined un- less made with water that has really reached boiling point. If this is not the case the leaves will not open properly, and in consequence the flavor will be lost. Water that has simmered for hours is of no use. Tea made with it will have a flat taste. People of an economical turn of mind say that a few grains of carbonate of soda added before the boiling water is poured on the tea will assist to draw out it's goodness. The teapot should be kept very dry; the ordinary earthen teapot makes far better tea than silver or metal one. Allow one teaspoonful of tea for each person, and one heaped- up spoonful over. Warm the teapot we'll with boiling water, and when thor oughly hot put in the tea. Pour on the freshly boiling water, close the lid, and allow the tea to draw for five minutes. For mixed tea the usual pro- portion is four spoonfuls of black to one of green, but green tea should be used carefully, as it, is apt to upset a weak digestion.-Boston Globe.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-13

Grammar School Algebra" by David Eugene Smith, professor of mathemat- ics in Teachers college, Columbia uI1i- versity, New York. %..@.4 .s 7. .
 This work is intended to serve as an introduction to the study of algebra, and is adapted to the needs of the sev- enth or eighth school year, It is ar- ranged in harmony with the leading courses of study that include algebra in the curriculum of the grades.
 The relation of algebra to arithmetic is emphasized, the subject is treated topically, and each important point is touched at least twice. The book be- gins by showing the uses of algebra, employing such practical applications as are within the pupils range of knowledge. When an interest has thus been awakened in the subject, the fun- damental operations are presented with the simple explanations necessary to make the student independent of dog matic rules. Throughout the book abundant oral and written drill exereis-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-13

the Spanish war; Will Dixon. John Eu- rope. Willis Accoo. Harry Weilman and Harry Brown.
 Will Dixon hit town from Chicago with hard luck story. When the rag time craze was booming he bethought himself of several songs which he had made up' out of his head'' to sing to the neighbors. He went to a white musi- elan, he says, and sang them over to him several times.
 Do you think there's anything in them?'' asked Dixon.
 Not much,' said the white man, they'll hardly do.'' So Dixon gave it up. But two or three months later along came his songs to the music store, published under another name.
 | Drifting round the country this year in a road show is the negro who wrote My Grandfather's Clock" This is old Sam Lucas, now starring the west in ''The Moonshiner's Daughter" He is also the author of Carve Dat Possum.
 The most famous negro composer of popular songs was Gussie L. Davis. now dead And he never wrote a negro song-at least not one that made hit. ]! He belonged to the era of the story song.' "The Lighthouse by the Sea, :" ''The Fatal Wedding and "The Bag gage Coach Ahead" were his. He was a performer. too, and used to sing his own songs. ..- s... ...s....... V.
 The great composer of the negro race isn't claimed by America. He is S. Coleridge-Taylor of England, who was born in Africa, and is half Scotch and half native. 0ratorio is his speciality. 'The Atonement'' is his best known Hong work. He has written also "Hia- watha." not the late popular two-step' but a cantata of that name. By the Waters of Babylon" an anthem often heard in American churches, is his also. He teaches in the Royal Conservatory. There is possibility that he may visit New York next winter. "The only mas ter we have" the negro musicians say of Coleridge- ge-Taylor.-New York Sun.
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ing with scholarship or politics when we are all our days panting dishevelled after seampering Dame Fashion, who, all our brOken-minded lives, is just a little aheadI Yet dress reform is the first article in our creed of antiquities, and I, for one, am last of ladies to declare myself a Ileretic. am not ungrateful for the gift of sex and species. Suppose were a fowl of the air-what condemnation of holden gray. and soul unexpressed either by vocal throat or personality of plumagei Among things furred or feathered it is the male who dresses and the lady who wears uniform; that it is other wise with human beings is due. sup pose, to some frealish bit of chivalry on the part of the autocrat Evolution, the ringmaster who puts the entire menagerie through their tricks. No, I would not be a fowl; let me not repine, let me at this business of dressing pluekily.-Winifred Kirkland, in the September Atlantic.
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REGIsTRARS.

The City Registrars will hold a meet ing for the purpose of perfecting the list of electors and also list of those TO be Made" on Monday, October IT, 1904, which is the last day that new names of electors Ito be made" can be added to said lists, from a. m. to 5 D. m. at the following places:
 1st Ward-KonoId's Coal Office, No, III Church street.
 2d Ward--No. 292 Oak street. =, 3rd Ward--John H. Flannigan'S, No. 25 Congress avenue.
 4th ward-No. 279 Water street. 5th ward-No. 29 Warren street. 9th ward-No. 76 Hamilton street. 7th ward-John Hickey's Store, No. IFS Hamilton Street
 Sth ward-Tailor Shop, No. 902 State Street.
 sth ward--J. T. Benham's Feed Store, No. 27 Broadway.
 10th ward-Barber Shop. No. 2s2 Elm 11th ward-No. 2s9 Grand Avenue. 18th ward-Barber shop, No. 265 Grand Avenue.
 18th ward-Goode's Cigar Store, No. SS6 Whalley Avenue
 i4th ward-NO. 34 East Grand Ave. 18th Ward-Engine House, Forbes Avenue.
 The Registrars will also hold two sessions at above named places October 25th and 27th from a. m. to D. m for the purpose of making any corrections necessary to said lists.
 FRANCIS S. HAMILTON,
 FRANCIS w. FOLEY,
 O11-19-17 General Registrars.
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WILD DOGS OF CENTRAL AFRICA

WILD DOGS OF CENTRAL AFRICA.
 The wild dog of central Africa, an ex- plorer writes, is common enough. He is an ugly looking beast, with apied
 body, coarse hair, short head and large upright ears. These wild dogs play fearful havoc with game, occasional clearing out whole districts precisely in the same manner as the red dhole of India. before which even the tiger is said to resist
 They have a wonderful power of scent, wonderful boldness, endurence of Ipertinacity, and their loose, easy gall lop covers the ground far more quickly than it's appears to do. They usually hunt in considerable packs, although [ have sometimes met them in three land fours. I have never heard ofwild dogs actually attacking man, but they often behave as if on the point of do- ling 50, and unarmed travellers have been literally treed by them before now,-From the Chicago News.
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WHY FILIPINOS DON'T LIKE
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Americans have asked the writer:
 Why don't the Filipinos like us? Look what we have done for them!
 Precisely; but the money belongs to the
 Filipinos, and the amount expended to satisfy the Americans love for big
 ventures is out of all proportion to that disbursed for the Filipino's real com fort. The native looks with astonished indifference on the big buildings, the enormous telegraph poles, the vast stabling, teams Of tall horses, gigantic wagons, majestic ships and fleets of steam launches, and exclaims 'Abahr' when he reads in his dialect paper of the hundreds of thousands of gold dol lars being spent in making a road to Baguio, solely in order that the Civil Commission may enjoy the mountain breeze. And he is just realizing that all this is going to be paid for by the
 colony when the now pending Internal Revenue bill'' becomes law. Now, if half the money had been employed in public works for which the Filipino has been clamoring for generations past for instance, the construction of good country roads and bridges, the dredg- ing of the port of Iloilo and the re- laying of half the city and suburban pavements and roadways these re- forms directly affecting his personal comfort, could not have failed to inn press him with the fact that things had decidedly changed for the better. To be convinced of this, one has only to hear what the natives say in praise of the few miles of road remade for military purposes from Calamba, oil the Laguna coast, to Lipa. CJohn Foreman, in The Contemporary Re- view.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-13
LITTLE JoITRNEy

She entered the car of travel just before the lunch hgour.
 ''I wish to see some booklets and folders of the different resorts" she said, placing her dainty satchel on the counter.
 Certainly, lniss,'' responded the agent. Then he began unlading re- volving cabinet that contained hun dreds of brilliantly Autographed pam phlets. Here they are, miss,'' he. said, tossing out a score of booklets.
 The Catskills, the Adirondacks, the grand old Rockies, and a dozen more"
 Thank you,' she said stacking up the collection before her. Show me same that describe the bench ports"
 Here they are, miss by the hundred. From Florida to Prince Edward Edward Island there is a continuous line of the delightful spots.
 She raked the folders toward her and said: How about the great lakes?"
 "The great lakes? There is not a place that can touch them for autumn recuperation. Here are the guides of the lake steamer. You can take your. choice from Duluth to Quebec.
 She glanced them over.
 These are very pretty" she unused, Have you any descriptive books of the West?"
 Hundreds, miss. The railroads put out oceans Of them each year. Read of d sunset seen from Pike's Peak and then take the next train.''
 Would it be asking too much if I requested you to show me some of the California bookiets?"
 Here are dozen, miss'
 And the tropics?"
 Greatest place on earth to spent the autumn. Jamaica is the lost Eden"
 Thank you. I'll take these folders and booklets with me-
 You are not going to all those places?n
 I'm not going to any. am just making decision. They'll look as sweet pasted on the walls of my den. Besides the maps are instructive. Well, good day. thank you for your kind- ness, and later in the season will be around to get ; collection of winter resorts" She tripped out of the office with the bundle of gayly decorated matter under her arm. The agent watched her in silence. tried to pumme1 poor hat-trap ped dler just for spite. Chicago News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-13

"Defending the Island" story of Bar Harbor in 175S, by James Otis, au- thor of ''The Boys of '9S { Boston Boys of 1775," etc.; Illustrated by l.. J. Bridg- man. The latest volume in the Stories of American History Series
 This story tells how the children of two families living on Mount Desert in the year 1758 defended the island, dur ing the absence of their fathers on q fishing trip, against the combined at tacks of French and Indians. The old est child was only fifteen, but boys and girls in those days had been taught al most from infancy the use of firearms, and the assailants were driven back by well-directed shots from behind the stockade, until the fearless band of be- sieged women and childreiNa obtained timely and unexpected aid MT. Otis little book is a tale of pluck and daring, filled with unusual and striking situa- tions, and yet always within the bounds of historical truth. All healthy-m boys and girls will like this spirited story, which is concerned with one of the most exciting events in New Eng land history. Small quarto,. neatly bound in extra cloth, with seventeen original illustrations by L. J. Bridgman; price 75 cents; for sale by all booksell- CTS; Dana Estes and Company, publish CTS, Boston.
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es are provided. The work includes linear equations with two unknown quantities, and easy quadratics. Pub lished by Ginn and Company, Boston; list price 50 cents; mailing price 55 cents; for sale by all booksellers.