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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-26
Prosperous Gainesville

Here is a prosperity story from
Gainesville, taken from the Sun of
that city.
Eighteen months building, aggre-
eating valuation of $4,000.
That is the record shown by
Gainesvilles industrious and wide
awake people for the past year and Il
half, and it is doubtful if any city in
the state in proportion to population
can equal it.
When the building boom did strike
Gainesville it struck it with proper
spirit. Elegant business houses and
residences and enormous factories of
great cost, and all of those completed
are now occupied.
Among the buildings erected dur
ing those eighteen months are the
immense factory of the American
Oil and Chemical Company, the fac
tory of the Gainesville Planning and
Coffin Company, the handsome and
up-to-date stabless of Crawford d
Davis, the new plant of the Stand
ard Fertilizer Company, additions to
Eddins' planning mill and novelty
works, two cOmmOdiOus brick ware
houses by the Baird Hardware Com
pany and S. j. Thomas, the Bank
night block. the Endel block. the
elegant granite front Phifer building
and the Dell building, now almost
completed, and dozens of residences
ranging in value from $500 to $500.
Notwithstanding that it was pre-
dicted that too many stores were be-
ing erected, in nearly every instance
the places were engaged before the
buildings were completed. Every
one of the ten new stores on West
Union street were occupied almost
before the plastering was dry on the
walls, and they are likely to remain
so if present indications count for
anything AS soon as Phifer Bros.
vacate the store now occupied by
them, it is learned that first-class
and modern grocery store will be es-
tablished there. There is at present
only one vacant store in the business
section and this will likely be occu-
pied in short while.
While the merchants at this sea-
son are complaining of quiet trade, |
it must be remembered that they are
in the midst of the dullest season of /.
the year. They have confidence that
trade will begin lively as soon as the
cotton season opens fully.
In all, Gainesville has prospered |
rs no other city in Florida, and it Is
no wonder that Gainesville people
are proud of their town.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-26
Where COnvicts Ever Wear ShrOuds
and Sleep Beside Collins.

Entombed in a grim castle on the
outskirts of Lisbon are some of the
most miserable men on earth. These
are the inmates of Portugal's deadly
prisons of silence. In this building ev-
erything that human ingenuity can
suggest to render the lives of its pris-
oners horrible maddening torture is
done. The corridors, piled tier on tier
five stories high, extend from a COM
mon center like the spokes of a huge
wheel. The cells are narrow, tomb
like, and within each stands a coffin.
The prison garb is shroud The at
PENDANTS creep about in felt slippers,
No one is allowed TO utter a word.
The doors are unlocked, and the half
thousand wretches march out, cloth
ed in shrouds and with faces covered
by masks, for 1t is part of this
hideOus punishment that-nOne may
look upon the countenances OF his fell
low prisoners Few of them endure
this torture for more than ten years.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-26
A REAL GRACE PROBLEM"

The enormous increase in immigra-
tinn gives the race problem IL new
aspect and Il SERIOUSNESS that is not
confined to the south nor to the man
with the black skin.
our capacity for assimilation of this
vast, increasing flood of foreign ele-
mrntS, with their strange medIy of
alien customs, their unframed aspi-
ratiuns and ideals, and their dense
ignorance of our institutions. is apt
to be severely OvertaXed.
1t is II problem that comes more
nearly home to us and more closely
affects every section of the country
than does the negro question, for in
this case there is no end To the influx
Of communicating matter ut the foun-
tainhead of public spirit, intelligence
and morality.
The prosperous condition Of the
United States offers unusual temp
tatiOm to immigration. And when
in connection with this is considered
the excessive taxation of impOverish-
ed Italy. fanatical oppression of the
Jews in Ruumania and Russia, Mos
lem tyranny in the Turkish Balkan
provinceS'and famines in other lands,
the tremendous increase in the emf
grafton to this country is not surpris-
ing, nor can there be hope that it will
cease unless strenuous measures are
taken against it.
During the last six months of last
year the total number of immigrants
from all countries was 323,641, or
more than 1000 for each day. This
is 10000 in excess of the number for
tue corresponding period in the year
before. The total for January of this
year was 81 900, an increase of S,622
over January last year The total
number of immigrants barred dur
ing January was trivial, being only
sol.
The more recent legislation of con-
gress contains nothing that can inn
prove the matter in the least. 1t
is a problem that politicians, for reas-
ons of party policy, fear to boldly
handle. But certainly the time is
not far distant when naturalized for
cigners must see as clearly as do the |
native born that this ceaseless flood .
is hopelessly engulfing American la
Dor and debasing American spirit.
The inevitable result of a cOntinu-
alton of this sort of thing will be the
of everything truly AM
ericau. Already the United States
has more of the various foreign ele-
ment in its population than it can as
1t is not pleasant to prophesy dis
lster. But it must be apparent to I
Every thinking mind that Il cOntinu-
tnce of this enormous influx of ig-
torrance must result in moral and
ocial plague spots all over the land. J
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-26
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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-26
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
of January, A. D., 1905, shall make my final
report rs executor OF the last Will aud test,L-
ment of Israel VI Meyer to the Hon. NJ l Coke
county Judge OF Putnam county, Florida, at
his ofTce in Palatka, Florida, ana shall then
and there present my vouchers showing re-
ceipts and disbursements and reporting all
matters required Of me under the law, and
shull then aud there apply to His nor for my
nnal discharge as executor of said estate,
same having been full administered by me in
accordance with law This the 18th day of
July, A. D., 1894. q. Lopez BAILEY,
I'm Executor of Said Estate
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-26
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For Presid mt
ALTON BROOKS PARKER
of New York.
For Vice President
HENRY q. DAVIS
of West Va.
For Presidentin Electors,
H. p BAILY,
II. A JENNINGS.
j. c. II KOuNCE,
A. b. NEWTON,
F. B STONEMAN.
For United States Senator,
JAMES P. TALIAFEREO.
For Congress.
FRANK CLARK.
FOR GOVERNOR
n, B. Broward
For Secretary of State,
H. CLAY CRAWFORD.
For Attorney General
w. H. ELLIS
For State Comptroller,
A. G. GROOM.
For State Treasurer,
VIM. V. KNOTT.
For State School Superintendent,
WIN. NJ. HOLLOWAY.
For Commissioner Of Agriculture,
b. E. M'LIN.
For Railroad Commissioner,
JOHN L. MORGAN.
For State Chemist,
r. E. ROSE.
For Justices of Supreme Court,
R. FENWICK TAYLOR,
ROBERT S. COCKRELL,
THOMAS NJ. SHACKELFORD,
JAMES b WHITFIELD.
For Representatives State Legislature,
DR.. G. F. SPRAGUE,
JOHN p WALL.
For Clerk Circuit Court,
JOSEPH PRICE.
For County Treasurer,
S ]. KENNERLY.
For Sheriff,
r. G. HOWELL.
For County Judge,
MI. COKE.
For Assessor.
G. F. BULLARD.
For Tax Collector,
A S. WILLARD.
For Supt. Public Instruction,
L. X. TUCKER.
For Supervisor of Registration,
HENNIS PET ERMANN.
For County G Commissioners,
w. D. ALLEN,
L. {. CANOYA,
EDWARD w. NORTH,
JOHN G. STRICKLAND,
ID. WILLIAMS.
For Board of Public Instruction,
JOHN II. GREEN,
SAM UEL ]. HILBURN,
LABAN PRICE.
For Justice of Peace-Sth District.
G. 7 ROWTON,
For Justice of Prace-l6th District.
j. l. WIMBERLEY.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-26
Administrator Notice.

In Court Of County Judge in and Tor rut,' oi
County, Florida. In matter OF me e,h"m II
VIM P. Wright, deceased. To all ~ shall
may concern; Please take notice; ma ~ tIrIgbt,
as administrator of the estate OF WIN, W vnl.
deceased. present my nnal accounts sui and
ch, RS 10 the County Judge for appf,G, 10, 81
ask for formal discharge as admins ovem-
said estate on Tuesday the 22nd DAY 81 IN and
Der, A, D., 1904, az y a. m. at which a. IN
P'''0' you may ~ p''''' HENRY s1RgNL.lb,
Administrator Of the estate of VIM r "r's'
Deceased.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-18
Pe-ru-na Protects the Entire House
hold Against Catarrhal
Diseases.

One OF the greatest foes with which
every family has TO contend is our change
able climate. To protect the family from
colds and coughs is always a serious prob
lem, and often impossible.
Sooner or later IL is the inevitable fate
OF every one to catch cold. Care in avoid.
ing exposure and the use OF proper cloth
ing viii protect from the frequency and
perhaps the severity OF colds, but with the
greatest OF precautions they will come.
This is a settled fact Of human experience.
Everybody must expect to be caught some
where or somehow.
Perhaps it will be wet feet. or a draught.
or damp clothes, or it may be one OF a
thousand other little mishaps, but no one
IS shrewd enough to always avoid the iney.
table catching cold
There is no fact of medical science better
known than that Peruna cures catarrb
wherever located. Thousands OF families
in all parts o. the United States are pro.
tected from colds and catarrh by Peruna.
Once in the family Peruna always stays
No home can spare PeruLa after the first
trial of it.
We have on file many thousand testimo
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-18
PHYSICAL Culture.

1t is a mistake to think that excess
i've physical exercise is beneficial. The
opposite is the fact. AS some one has
said, Man is not constructed to be O
running and leaping animal, like q
deer or cat" TO emphasize bodily de-
velopment above the mental develop
ment is step toward resumption OF
the life of the savage and lower ami
mails. Physical culture is a desirable
thing; but, as in everything else, the
extremes are to be avoided. A person
may have too little bodily exercise and
may also have far too much or violent
exercise. One who is walking a con.
siderable part of the day would need
but little else as exercise except, per-
haps, calisthenics for the arms, back
and chest and on retiring or arising,
And the same device is applicable to a
woman who docs her own housework.
But one confined over a desk or type
writer should make a conscientious
habit of walking, bicycling and calls
themes every day for an hour or there
abouts.-Cincinnati Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-18
The Crafty Opossum.

To the uninitiated the opossum is Q
slow-growlng, stupid beast, with hard
ly enough ambition to eat his food.
But those who have studied his habits
declare that there is more of the rogue
than the fool in his makeup, and that
his apparent stupidity is but part Of
his business policy. He seldom goes
hungry, and he always has a hole to
crawl into when he is sleepy. And, in
spite Of the slowness, he manages some
way, to catch many animals much
swifter than he is. 1t is said that even
the brisk squirrel falls prey to him
in the open woods, where one would
think the spry little creature had all
the advantage. The opossum catches
rats and mice, and eats ground birds
and their eggs. He Is not entirely re-
stricted to meat diet, however, but Ia
fond Of LtGrly oil tire berries and other
wild fruits thai grow in the woods and
fields, and has been known to creep into
orchards and berry patches to devour
cultivated fruits.-Detroit News-Trib-
une.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-18
An Early Umbrella.

A curious relic of the century be-
fore last is still to be seen in Shelf
field. This is nothing less than the
first umbrella that ever created SEN
sation in the streets of the city of
cutters 1t belonged originally'to John
Greaves of Fargate, who faced the
ridiculo of the townsmen under it's
shelter, and 1t was handed down to
his descendant, Miss Law of Western
Bank. A marvel of ingenuity is this
old Sheffield umbrella Nothing
could be less like its slim ard gen.
teel modern representative. Instead
of being folded in present-day fashion
the handle unscrewed and the ribs
were hinged in the middle, so that
the cover could be doubled back. The
whole rolled up like a constable's
cape, foot long. 1t could, and prob
ably did, go easily into the capacious
pockets of 1770. An old-time master
cutler, William Trickett, soon fol-
lowed the example Of Greaves, but
the first time he appeared in the
streets with his umbrella he was
mobbed by the crowd. His own broth
er led the mob, shouting: Hey, laads.
abr Bill's getten a walkin' stick wi
petticuts on.'-London Taller.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-18
MAN WHO DESIGNS TIES.
He Is Always Engaged in inventina
Novelties.

In the East End, right in the heart
OF the quarter which has become no.
torious as the home of the "undesira.
bic alien," there lives and works a man
whose occupation finds no entry I'm
any directory-ofilcial or otherwise. He
Is professional designer of neckties,
and there are probably not more than
three or four like him, working as
free lances" in the country, these
men being usually employed by whole
sale scarf manufacturers and jealously
guarded. His work is not, of course,
the designing of patterns of the ma
terial used, that being in the hands
OF artists, but consists in devising
new shapes and styles in tying or fas-
toninE
The world has moved since the days
Of the scarf of the chest preserver'
type, and many patterns and shapes
have found a temporary boom and
then passed out of sight. The demand
for new styles is STEADY and constant
and the free lance" is always in.
venting novelties. He knows his
A'.H' h'Nt ipi Nldb NOulu suit OHt house
would not be adapted to the higher
requirements of another, so that he
can always get good price for his
ideas. To get good thing in tie
shapes that catches on is to obtain
a monopoly that will be a profitable
undertaking for the firm that has pur-
chased 1t. There are hundreds of no.
tons that are tried, but very few of
them ever achieve any popularity. The
most likely ideas, according to the
professional tie designer, are those
that initiate the more expensive shapes
with an economy of material, this en-
abling the manufacturers to offer to
the middle class buyer an article which |
assists him to keep up a reputation
for being smartly dressed, and at the !
same keep down expenses. - London |
Hour Glass.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-18
Spoiled by Success.

Julius Chambers related in the Read
er how in 1887, while he was editing a
paper in Paris, he conceived the idea
of putting on his editorial staff an old
beggar woman who had two wooden
legs and who was q well known sight
on the boulevard. So he paid her a
regular salary and had brilliant inter-
views written with leading men and
women of Paris, which he published
over the signature "The Little Old
Woman on Two Sticks" He says: "It
soon became matter of pride among
English and Americans to know the
wretched creature who had become so
famous. Money was showered upon
her by American and English visitors
who had not fathomed the humor of
the situation and veritably accepted
the inference that the beggar was on
speaking acquaintance with all the no
tables of Paris. The episode finally
developed into farce because the old
womans sanity was reused by the at
tention notoriety brought her. She
could not read English, knew nothing
about the contents of the articles and
actually flattered herself into the be-
lief that she possessed physical at
traction for the generous hearted men
who gave her aims or patted her ten
derly on the shoulder Like many an
other useful member Of society, she
was spoiled by success and one day
struck for higher wages"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-18
Shakespeare Shown up.

The following is a criticism of
Hamlet" by a genius in New South
Wales:
There Is too much chinnlng in the
piece. The author is behind the times,
and appears to forget that what we
want nowadays is hair-raising situa-
tions and detectives. In the hands of
a skillful playwright a detective would
have been put upon the track of Ham
let's uncle, and the old man would
have been hunted down in a mann er
that would have excited the audience
out OF their number elevens. The NOR
al OF the piece is not good The scene
where Hamlet cheeks his mother is a
very bad example to the rising genera
tion, and 1t is not improved when the
dreary old ghost comes in and blows
him up. Our advice to the author Is a
little more action, little more fine
sentiment. and a fair share of variety
business In his next piece. In the
specially arts of the play-scene he has
entirely missed his opportunities"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-18
WE EAT TOO MUCH.
Students and Soldiers Grow stronger
on Reduced Diet.


Prof. II. II. Chittenden, of Yale, an
nounced before the National Academy
of Sciences that 'the average healthy
man eats from two to three times
as much as he needs to keep him in
perfect physical and mental health and
vigor."
For year Prof. Chittenden has been
In charge Of experiments conducted by
the Sheffield Scientific school, of Yale,
Three classes of men were experiment.
ed on-profcssors, students and SOL
dlers.
At the end of the experiments, which
lasted several m-nths, the men we're,
Prof. Chittendel says, in perfect
health. There was little change in the
weight of the men. All we're stronger
and their bodily vlgor greater.
All this Prof. Chittenden attributes
to the fact that they exercised regu-
larly, and ate only about one-third as
much as a strong man ordinarily eats.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-18

and farmer. Catskill, N. Y, says:
doctors told me ten years ago that
had Bright's disease. and said they
could do nothing to save me. My back
ached so l could not stand it to even
drive about, and passages of the kid
ney secretlons were so frequent as to
annoy me greatly. was growing
worse all the time. but Doan's Kidney
Pills cured me. and have been well
ever since"
A FREE TRIAL OF this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Overbaugh
will be mailed on application to any
part OF the United States. Address
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. n. Y.
For sale by all dealers; price 30 cents
per box.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-18
voraeIty and veraclty.

While cleaning a large pike Mrs.
John Harris OF Seaford, Del, was sur
prised to find when she cut 1t open
another pike of ordinary size In its
stomach. After finishing cleaning
and sailing the first pike she started
to clean the second, and was still
further amazed when she discovered
another pike in the second ones stom-
ach. She proceeded to cut open the
third one, and was still more aston
lshed TO find minnow In its stomach
with n small hook in its mouth. She
called her husband to look at the four
fish, and he declared he had never seen
nor heard tell of so many FISH vving
In the stomach of one fish. The pike
was caught in Hern's mill pond. near
Seaford, a place noted for large pike.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-18
Successful People.

Prof. Dexter, of the University of III.
inois, has compiled a curious volume
of statistics relating to successful
people, and containing S,602 names
1t Is shown that musicians gain sue
cess at the earliest age; the scientists
at an early age; the actor and the
author next; the inventors gain their
place slowly, no one below the age OF
40 being included in the book. Women
reach success in all callings, except in
music and on the stage, later than
their male competitors. II has before
been noted that musical gifts tend to
develop more quickly than almost any
other. AS for the business men, II
Is interesting to learn that 81 per
cent OF the successful men of business
did not enter college, while IL per
cent completed it. OF the financiers,
lS per cent are college graduates.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-18
THE PEPPERMINT STICK.
Some Words Of Praise for Candy Of
Our paddies.


The old style stick candy has red
stripes running around IL in spiral
form. The body of the stick Is white.
II is slightly favored with peppermint.
II is very sweet and wholesome. Good
enough for a king! SO cheap that the
poorest may have 1t. Six sticks for s
cents. Enough to last a family of
six two days. Break stick in two
In the middle, eat half of Ii after din
ner, or after supper IL preferred. That
Is enough candy for one day. 1t is
good for children. Keep 1t in tne house.
Away up in the pantry where the chill
dren can't help themselves. After
dinner is over take II down. The chill
dren will like 1t immensely. They
will like 1t all the better for not be-
ing able to get too much of II. Never
let them have all they want of II. A
half stick Is enough. although a whole
stick might be allowed occasionally.
All the fancy stun put up
In boxes that cost dollar
or more cannot equal the old
fashioned stick candy. Six sticks Of
II contain more solid comfort and more
nutrition than a wagon load of car
amels and painted bonbons. 1t is the
candy of our forefathers. Our grand
mothers used to eat IL. Accept no
other. BE sure that you get the prop
er trademark-fed stripes running
around the stick. Beware of substi-
tutes.-Medical Talk.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-18
The Art Of Managing a Motor Ca

The Art Of Managing a Motor Car
Although an academy has been es.
tablished in London for teaching the
art of managing motor-car, very few
women, so far, seem anxious to avail
themselves of the opportunity of be-
coming certified chauffeuses, if such a
word may be used. Men, on the con-
trary, applied at once for enrolment
by the score, while only five or six
ladies came forward for instruction.
Those who have done so, however,
showed surprising quickness in grasp
ing the technical details of an automo-
bile's mechanism. OF course, it is
doubtful whether English women pos
sess the nerve requisite for steering n
car under such difficult conditions as
are entailed by crowded roads, sharp
turns, or steep hills. 1t would seem,
however, as If these hindrances to easy
driving have little or no terror for the
phlegmatic Germans, since the cable
grams OF a few days ago told us that in
B,rlin no fewer than three ladies have
already obtained certificates as fully
qualified motorists-no small attain
ment this for country of such con-
views.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-18
Gewnre of Ointmenis For Catarrh That
Contain Nfcrcurv.

rs mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
TEN when entering It through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians, as tue damage they will do IS ten fold
TO the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by +. j. Cheney Co., Toledo, o., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
ofthe system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
pe sure you get the genuine. II is taken IN
ternally, and made In Toledo, Ohio, by II.
j. Cheney n Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists; price, Toe. per bottle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-18

ary troubles. too.
come to tell you the
kidneys are sick.
Constant weariness,
hea da ches. dizzy
sp els. days of
pain, nights OF un-
rest, are danger sig-
mails warning you to
cure the kidneys.
Use Doan's Kidney
Pills, which have
made thousands Of
permanent cures.
Frank ID. Over
baugh, cattle-buyer