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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22

Editor McCreary of the Gaines,
vile Sun complains because the ''or,
iginal' Bony Broward papers of the
state refuse him full fellowship. He
admits that the Sun did not support
Bony, the candidate, but claims it is
giving loyal support to Bony, the
nominee. 1t does seem as if these
editorial upholders of the banditti
could afford to suspend the period of
probation in the case of the Sun and
admit that paper to full communion.
The Sun run Bony's name at the
mast head of its editorial column for
four or five days before the state eX-
ecutive committee met and placed its
stamp OF approval on ballot box stuff
ing by declaring Bony the nominee.
The Sun anticipated the steal and ac-
cepts, without protest, the result of
the hoId-up. But that isn't sutlic-
lent in the eyes Of the "Originals. y
To them the Suns conversion is at
best forced one and brigands are
always more or less suspicious of
those who express IA desire to join
the gang after having been request.
ed to stand and deliver.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22
"The Forty Year-OId."
EDITOR PALArKA NEWS:


The above is ut the head-of an edi-
torial in your paper last week. You
begin; 1t is II commonly accepted
saying that unless man is well
| along towards success before he is 40
years of age he will never succeed. -
THE statement is too broad. The
facts are against it. Men have
distinguished themselves at TO- 80,
| so, 10 and even S0-seldOm before 40. y
We infer you mean conspicuous
success, and beg to take issue with
you. Your article would hardly
make our youth feel the necessity of
early, courageous effort A few ill.,
stances are cited instead Of making
general statements.
"Who has made a great fortune be-
fore he was 10? -
John Jacob Astor, our first million
aire, at 81 was worth II quarter of a
million and on the highway which
soon led to his million.
cor merchandising. Marshall
Field had established II very large
business which survived the Chicago
fire and the panic of 1873 and was
but IS. John Wanamaker at 81 was
at the height of success. At 70
George Peabody was ut the head of
large mercantile and banking bust
ness in Baltimore.
cor politics." Alexander Hamil-
ton from 30 to 30 was one of the
strongest factors in laying the fOun-
datiOn of this government. Thomas
Jefferson wrote the Declaration of
Independence when he was 80. VIM.
J. Bryan was nominated for the pres
idency at 3G' Edmond Burke was
a recognized leader in the English
Parliament at 81. Macaulnv was the
reform leader at 81. VIM. Z. Glad
stone entered parliament at % and
soon became power. William Pitt,
the younger. was Prime Minister of
England ut %.
"Or literature Edgar Allen Poe
died at 40, Robert Burns at 81, Lord
Byron at 3G, Shelly at 3d. Keats at
rs, Shakespeare wrote Romeo and
Juliet when he was 81. "The Mer-
chant Of Venice" when 80, Hamlet"
when 80. LongfellOw wrote "The
Psalm of Life" at 81 and William
Cullen Bryant "Thanatopsis' at 49,
"Or art Raphael died at 81, and
Michael Angeles best work was done
at about 30.
"Or war Alexander the Great
had conquered the world and died at
80. Napoleon was supreme on the
continent of Europe at Sat Water
loo at 10
At 80 William, Prince of Orange,
was opposing with great vigor the
king of Spain. Stonewall Jackson
met his death at 80.
Again. When 81 Luther posted his
80 theses on chapel door at Witten-,I
berg. When % John Calvin wrote
his Constitutes on the Christian Re-
ligion. Subscriber.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22
WIN. A. RUSSELL, Editor
DANGER OF PAGANIsM.

One of the most notable of recen
journalistic enterprises was the tax
ing of religious census of LOndol
by the Daily News of that city, eX
tracts from which have been pub
lishrd in this country.
The census is valuable as showing
the religious status of the greatest
city in the world, and the heart OF
the British empire.
The net results of the census, gen.
erali2ed, are these:
Attendance ut the services of the
Established church is steadily de.
clining.
The nou-conformists are holding
their own much better, but show lax.
ity in religious activity.
OF the worshippers So per cent at
tend church but once ON Sunday: 81
per cent attend two services.
The weekly prayer meeting as an
institution has practically ceased to
exist.
The question arises: Would the
showing in this country, taking the
country us II whole, be any BETTER
Somewhat, perhaps. And yet
1t may be stated as Il general
proposition that the majority of our
population does not attend church
services
Is it because the people are OPP
posed to the churches? Or, because
they do not care anything about the
future life? Or, that they deny the
utility of religion?
1t is none of these. In II word, the
peopl" are indirerentists. Religious
activity is no part of their lives
They are uninterested
The reasons for this state of affairs
are many;
The whilom clashing of creeds,
now happily almost ended, the So
called conflict between science and
religion, the higher criticism
these have had to do with the in
difference of many thinking people.
And then the pulpit is somewhat
to blame. Much of modern preach
ing has lost its power. 1t is ration
alistic instead Of cvangelistic. The
evangel of our fathers, whose heart
burned with conviction, who fulmi-
mated. who spoke as one having au-
thority and whose soul yearned for
the sinner, is seldom found in the
pulpit of today. He may have been
crude, this old-time evangelist, but
as Puck says, "hc used to raise the
mortgage ON your mansion in the
skies. Your average modern
preacher reasons, entertains, sooths.
And there is the newspaper, which
holds so large II place in the daily
life Of the people. And the newspa-
per does not always cater to spirit
ual things.
And the failure of Christians to
live up to their creed. And the ma
terialistic tendencies Of the age-the
reasons are plentiful. But
These tendencies away from re-
ligion are unfortunate. More. They
are dangerous! A people without
religion is people liable to come
under the sway Of moral anarchy.
Among the dangers co the republic
must be catalogued the danger of
paganism.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22
DOCTOR OF DANCING.
This Title Was Given to Beauchamps
kby Louis XIV.

In France during the reign of Louis
XIV. dancing took very prominent
position among court festivities. anC
many members of the royal family
took part in the complex ballcts of the
time. Louis himself, no mean perform
er, took lessons for twenty years from
BeauchanIps. who was called the ia
thcr of all dancing masters and upon
whom the king conferred the title doc
tor as Il special mark Of favor.
Beauchamps had the honor of ap.
pearinE rs partner with the king in the
minuct. Ounce which was introduced
in 1850 in France, and no court ball
was opened in Europe for a century
and Il half without it,
About the year 1861 royal acad-
envy of dancing was formed under the
auspices of BeauchHmps, Lulli, Moliere
and others, the object of which was to
elevate the art and check all abuses.
OF this academy Beauchamps was
chief, with the title of director.-Lon-
don Telegraph.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22

TheodOr Mommseu, the famous his
torian, had not only the appearance
but the manner Of scholar Once
during the half hours drive from Ber-
lin TO Charlottenburg the car in which
the professor rode went badly off the
track. The rest of the passengers
alighted, the horses were removed and
the stranded car was left until help
could be found Mommsen remained,
reading his book An hour passed, and
the sound Of levers and jacks and the
plunging of horses hoofs aroused him
from his reyerie. With no sign of dis
cOmpOsure he arose from his seat and
went to the door 'Ah," said he, I'VE
seem to have come to Il standstill."
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22
POPGUN BRIGANDS.

There are criminals in embryo.
Two small boys in II western town,
both under 10 years of age waylaid
another boy aged :, held him up
with popguns and robbed him of five
cents worth of candy, which he had
just bought at Il corner grocery store,
and Il copper penny. Both the juve-
nile highwaymcn, 50 the newspaper
from black cloth, and they gave the
command for their victim to throw
up his hands in the most approved
manner, accompanying it with u
flourish of the airguus.
One of the highwaymen covered
the victim with his weapon while
the other went through his pockets,
and when the candy and the penny
had been secured the victim was
told to move along sharp and not
look behind him on pain of death.
The highwaymen then made their
escape with the plundcr.
That was fun for the bandits.
They will probably try it again
and the next time they will go after
bigger game. And then
Now what is the matter with these
boys? Depraved? Not necessarily.
Boys under 10 years are seldom as
bad Us that.
They are simply living up to their
ideals. They are following bene-
ficent law of human nature-a desire
TO emulate. 1t is case of misdi-
rected energy.
These popgun bandits have been
feeding on cheap literature and have
a burning wish to follow in the foot
steps of Diamond Dick, AIkali Ike,
or Bold Ben, the Avengrr. They
are trying to make heroes of them
selves.
You would spank them were they |
your boys? That would neither
help nor hurt, particularly.
What the boys need is new theo-
ry of life. What sort of theory has
your boy?
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22

Round trip rates to Washington, D..
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route by two hours and eleven minutes
from jacksonville to Washington, offers
excursion rate, Jacksonville to Wash
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fastest and finest all year train between
the east and south, leaves jacksonville
3 100 a III. arrives Washington :45 a. IN.
following morning. No. 40, A.
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s :05 p. m. arrives Washington II 80 p.
IN. following evening. An excellent OPP
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Jacksonville, Florida.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22

by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There Is only one
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HANS Family Pills are the best
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22
Minnie Counties.

The three original counties of Maine
had good old English county names,
York, Cumberland and Lincoln. Only
two, oxford and Somerset, have been
similarly named since, all the rest hay
ing good American appellatiOns. For
the names Of Androscoggin, Aroostook,
Kennebec Penobscot, Piscataquls and
Sagadahoc find their origin among the
aborigines, while Franklin, Hancock,
Knox and Washington bear the names
of distinguished Americans of the
white race.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22
AIOes.

The most valuable aloes come from
the island OF SOkotra, which lies just
off the east African coast from Cape
Guardafui. The drug itself is the bit
ter resinOus Juice of the leaves of the
aloe plant that has been hardened in
the sun. These leaves are of a fibrous,
tleshy nature and, in addition to the
Juice, the natives make this fiber into
rope, many insisting that 1t makes a
better rope than hemp.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22

William P. Scott, candidate for
president of the United States on the
negro liberty ticket, is a saloon keep
er at East St Louis, in Illinois. He
was recently convicted of running a
disOrderly place and fined 800 and
costs. He paid $50 down and the
court gave him time to pay the bal
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22

Chairman Cortelyou has evidently
profited by his long association with
the strenuous Teddy. He has served
notice on all the men who have been
accustomed to boss things in the re-
publican party that he wants no die
tation from anyone. That certainly
sounds very much Rooseveltian.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22
Prank Of the Lightning.

In 1874 u fishing smack of one of the
Shetland isles was struck by light
ming during IL fierce storm. The bolt
first struck the mast, which 1t splin-
tered completely. 1t then passed to g
watch IN the pocket Of man sitting
close to the mast and completely melt
ed it. The man not only was unln,
Jured, but he did not know what had
taken place till ne took his watch from
his pocket and found 1t fused into Il
maaa
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22
BASEBALL PLAYERS AND FOOT
RACERS!

Louis J. Kruger, ex-champion long
distance foot racer of Germany and Hol-
land. writes, Oct 9th, 1901: During
my training of eight weeks foot races
at Salt Lake City, in April last, used
Ballard Snow Liniment to my greatest
satisfaction. Therefore, high recon-
mend Snow Liniment to all who are
troubled with sprails, bruises or rheu-
matism." 25c, soc, 81 90 bottle Sold by
Alderman d Stewards, PaIatka, and
Lounds Drug Store, Crescent City.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22
Notice of Application for Per,
nit to Sell Liquors, Wines
and Beers.

WHEREAS Chas. q, Smith has filed with
the Board Of County Commissioners for Put
nam county, Florida, his application for per-
init % sell liquors, wines and beer In election
district % Of said county and state; any citizen
of such election district may show cause. II any
thcre be, At the meeting OF the Board to be held
ON Tuesday, the I'd day Of Aug, 1904 next. why
such permit should not be granted.
JOSEPH PRICE
Clerk Of the Board Of County COMMISSIONS rs
Putnam County, Florida.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22

II lost my foot in the war;" said the
tramp, 'and I'm trying to raise enough
money to get out to California"
What do you want to 20 to Califor-
mia for" asked the woman at the door.
"Oh, I've heard that there are things
which grow foot in a day out there"
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22

A company of negroes will run a
steamship line from New York to
Liberia. Maybe they will call it the
Color Line.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22
Medical Department.
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and 10000 patients annually. Special
instruction is given daily at the bedside
of the sick. The next session begins
October Goth, 1904 For catalogue and
information, address
Prof. S. E. CHAILLE, M. D., Dean
New Orleans, la
p o Drawer 26I
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22

Panama is said to be figuring on a
coinage system. Why not make
Panama hats legal tender?
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22
Administrators Notice.

In Court Of County Judge in and for fu l,n If
County, Florida In matter OF the tsi n"m n
VIM p Wright, deceased. To all 70 NTTsball
may concern: Please take MOTTO; lh s WRIGHT.
as administrator OF the estate OF VIM "a ynu.
deceased, present my final accounts a'J and
cheers TO the County Judge for appio,,- ~ nf
ask for formal discharge as admlhlstIl nvsm-
said estate on Tuesday the 22nd day "i ~, no and
Der, A. D., 1894, at a. m. at whlch az ,i'"
f'''So ''1 '""' 10 f''9'' HENRY sTRgNLA,
Administrator OF the estate of VIM r. "i's'
Deceased
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22

No. sd lily Pullman Drawing Room and
Buffet Sleeping Car between Jacksonville and
St. Louis
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22
Excellent Dining Car Service.

j. LUSK District Passenger Agent street. Jacksonv Fla
G B. ACKERT, g. NJ, W. H.TAYLOE, P ">' -"
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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22
Worlds F1IT Tickets 10
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ARRIVALS JACKSONVILLE.
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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22
L. c. STEPHENS.

Kirby and Morris sts,, Palatka, Fla.
Telephone "a and we Will bring the
goods to you,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-02-15
4 Clever Fish.

Tie salmon seems u BE- gifted with
much intelligence, or "hcrcditary fore
sight" rs it IS occasionally called
which IS more particularly acute Wh.u
danger Signals are abroad. says VI.
liam G. Harris il Iie,d and Stream.
They Lave heen known, Ubcu cou@Jo-
gated in The upper pools, To become
frightened ly poaghcr4 approaching,
thcm With net ell spear and u imBc
diateIy dash down atr.atu= ~ q distance
of thirty miles IN op tj-ut pot stop
ping Until they hHJ t'#et4d pools 81
deep that tbeH could uHi te=tateu ult1
the appliances el tJU= =puaelrr. Tie.
seemed 10 know lI.d il tHrg aes6 Ht4A#
cr NJ the stream taejf do,m.Nyas ~.;ti q.
W IfeH coming from tlle s.9 tH ~ehauIs
and on entering the estuary t.la! GNe
been seen WIth an cd leader at the
head at tie school. the rest terf.u- u
triangle about two and Il 6df f,et= he
low the surface af 1h"= Walor, aud on
calm days. guided ~ tIo otd Patriarch,
they would sWim age&,I gGe- fisher
mems nets, urNcl approaching them
nearer titau tcH or tW"!N. Yards
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-02-15
Two yncurable Crazes
OFFICES, ~ Pine st.

One Of the ways 70 get Ito swell
ksociety is to bNtt III through the turf
Eor the tanbark. the race track or the
horse show. A certain well-known
fhan has already spent 100000 on
tthe tanbark, without penetrating the
|outer cuticle of the haut monde, and
when he has spent another 100000 he
will still be butting. There are two
|crazes vhich cannot be cured-the
craze for society and the craze for
political ofice.--New York Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-02-15
stnndin& an t@@ "n Hnd

AHy fresh es& #rau without uei1ls
boiled, h" balanced OIL ejtlfef tHA by
any euc possessing patience aua
steady hand.
III ofoer 10 stvr time tie es@ should
hc placed far Il short time OH the= end
upon Wlii..h il i.S desired 10 balance it.
SO -; Ia ai.oW lfle la.I 10 s"ttte, then
both foleHrms Of tho person making
the experiment should be rested on the
edge of the table and the egg should bc
taken between the three fingers and
thumbs of 10th hands and slowly turn
ed around until the center of gravity is
found. This experiment may ut first
require Il little time, but after Il little
practice it Will be found very easy TO
do. 1t would be we'll to try il first on
the tablecloth and Chen on the bottom
of Il plate.
1t is conceded Of course. that the
present century is far more advanced
than that of Columbus, so it is Guly to
DC expected that different ideas should
have h"en formed, even as to the bal
8nclnl Of eggs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-02-15

zennast. and the Americans cheered.
Several of the Gucrricre's shots that
struck the CONSTITUTIONS hull rebound
ed into the water. "Hur.ah." cried her
sailors Her sides are made of iron.
Hurrah for old IronsdeS" And
thus she was christcned The other
masts of the Gnerriere soon went over
board, and at the end of thirty min
utes she was a helpless hulk on the
water and hauled down her flag She
was Il total wreck and was blown up
Hull made for Boston, where the
news Of his victory created the great
est enthusiasm. Shortly after this
Commodore Hull Was relieved by Com
no(orc Hainbridge. and under the lat
tcrs command she fought and captur-
ed the English frigate Java, one of the
crack ships of the British navy This
battle took place off the coast of Bra
Zil on Dee. % 1872. 1t lasted three
hours. and the English ship was SO
completely wrecked she was burned.
The next and last memorable fight of
the Constitution occurred on Feb. 90,
1915. after peace had actually been
signed, when she was under command
of Ccn:moGore Stewart IN this on
gagcmon she fought and captured the
Cyane and Levant the battle taking
place off Madeira.
The Constitution came VI with these
two vessels about & o'clock in the even
ing. and the action began at close quar-
ters. with the enemy's vessels on the
port side OF the frigate. The broad
sides were heavy and continuous, Stew
art handling his ship with great skill.
Shortly after the battle began the moon
arose. giving light to continue the con
test. After forty minutes the Cyane
struck her colorS, and Stewart bore
down on the Levant, which was trying
to escape. She was Ovcrhaulod and
captured. Stewart sailed with his
prizes to the Cape de Verde islands and
while there at anchor sighted three
British frigates. He at once put to sea
with his prizes, and the frigateS gave
chase The Cyane escaped ana was
brought to America, and the Constitu-
ton also outsailesl her pursuers. The
Levant took refuge at Porto Playa,
where the British. disregarding neu-
tiality rights. recapturod her
In 1880, when it was proposed 10 dis
mantle the old ship and sell Ter. Dr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes came to her
rescue with the poem "Old IronsideS," ;"
the lines beginning, Aye, tear her tat
tered ensign down.,
The Constitution has already been in
service as a school ship for the cadets
of the Naval academy Attempts have
heen made to have congress repair the
. old ship, but so far without success
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-02-15
Genesis Of Life Insurance.

Life insurance originated in LOG in
London. In that year there WIS form
ed the first life Insurance. company. 1t
was called the Amicahlc Society For a
Perpetual Assurance Office. 1t was 81
mutual benefit concern.
Each member, without reference to
age, paid a fixed admission fee and q
fixed annual charge peg share Oh from
one to three shares, and at the end of
the year Il portion of the fund accumu-
lated WAS divided among the heirs of
those who had died. in accordance with
the number of shares each dead person
had held. out of this company, with
its crude and imperfect methods, life
insurance as it exists today has grown
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-02-15
4 Defense of DauciuE,

1t is not necessary III these days to
defrild til" claim o. t.se Ganco to a
pace alnens a.. flr;@ .\s soan as we
hav" co; Ed or tiie Puritan prejudice
on IL" point a.:al nne uu"y hoe that
tbs no Ien4 II EXISTS fol. t.ta intelligent
part q ffl@ f3of,alat'ola tn" caim is TOO
oNs.tN a5ef - {" t'."d II .utoGy, for If
We ts'a>@ s4}} Ia l.lzyfU tl!" prodtc;iol of
b"af'r th''n ttfaz e:tse e5!,ty needs s.atn2
to be e9llce,' Il N'Isip # We GH saf~t:;nd
it as sell e.pr#s>siea i'll some concrete
form We shall fii5d that tIlo dance,
which is Il t.4a at fusion OF music,
painting ana scIiptarP.i is m,e=emiHent-
ly capable Of giving expression beyond
the possibility Of words 20 the basic
and therefor" largely inArticlIiato. parts
Of our nature-the= hunger of the spirit
and the JOY of lifc-Londou Outlook