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The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-29
A HEARTY LAUGH.
1t Is a Blessing, This Reflex of a Sum
shiny Soul.

1t Is n Blessing, This Reflex of n Sum
shiny Soul.
The cold, chilling atmosphere which
sometimes pervades a reception or 9th
er social gathering is often entirely
dissipated by the hearty, ringing laugh
ter of some simple, genuine soul who
is bubbling over with fun. The stiff
ness and constraint which a minute
before embarrassed the whole COM
pany are relieved as If by magic.
There is something in genuine, spon-
taneous humor which removes all re-
straint, scatters embarrassment, re-
lieves tension and YIELDS souls together
as no introduction or conversation can.
1t puts the shy at ease, disslpates pref
udice, gives confidence to the timid and
treasures the shrinking soul. The
CHEEKY smile or the spontaneous laugh
awakens sympathy and arouses feel
ings of friendliness. 1t seems to melt
all barriers.
vi, w 1lIIICo live Ill u sunny cOuls
What a blessed heritage is a sunny
face, to be able to fling out sunshine
wherever one goes, to be able to scat
ter the shadows and to tighten sorrow
laden hearts, to have power to send
cheer into despairing souls through a
sunny and q radiant heart! And if,
haply, this heritage is combined with
superb manner and exquisite per-
sonality, no money wealth can com
pare with its value.
This blessing is not very difficult Of
acquisition, for sunny face is but a
reflection Of a warm, generous heart
The sunshine does not appear first
upon the face, but in the soul. The
glad smile that makes the face radiant
is but glimpse of the souls sunshine.
%. s. Marden in Success Magazine.
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IF HE'D KEPT HIS MOUTH
SHUT,

The Times Union of Tuesday CON
tanned a full report of what is termed
the "Wllliams-Lamar Clash of
Words" in the. House of Representa-
tives, early in the present month.
Mr.. Lamar's predicament at the
close of the discussion is best pictur-
ed in this paragraph and story from
Mr.. Williams reply:
Now, Mr.. Chairman, have done
what did 'in malice to none and in
charity to ALL" promoted the gen.
tleman who has just taken his seat
the gentleman from Florida-to for
eign affairs, which Is the fourth most
important committee of this house
The committee on rules is first, ways
and means second, appropriations
third, and foreign affairs fourth, be-
cause it deals with all international
questions and with the affairs of the
state department, whose cabinet
head is the American premier. Now,
If the gentleman had gone along
quietly it would have helped him in
Florida; it would not have hurt him,
and, If | may be excused for telling
an anecdote on grave and dignified
occasion, l believe | will tell one.
One man died in New York. His
body was carried to the morgue. A
description of the body was published
in the papers. Finally two brothers
out in Texas whose father had gone
to New York at some time concluded
it was their father. The corpse bore
their fathers name. They were
ranchmen and wealthy; so they wir-
ed on and said, "the body seems to
be the body of so and so; if so, to
have the undertaken dress the corpse
in q proper manner and embalm it
and they would be up there. They
went on up and looked at the corpse,
and it looked very much like what
their father had been. Now,
there was on it one of those under
takers cloths to keep the lower jaw
from dropping down. The cloth in
some way became dislocated, and
the jaw dropped down, and there fell
out of the mouth of the corpse n set
of false teeth. Then these boys who
had come to New York said: THAT
is not our father. He never had
false teeth; he did not have time to
get false teeth, and we decline to pay
the funeral expenses" nothing thus
far having been done. Then the I'M
dertaker had p conversation with the
corpse after the boys had left. Said
he, "Oh, yes; if you had kept your
blamed mouth shut you would have
had flrst-class funeral (great laugh
teri, conducted in a first-class man
ner, with all sorts of plumes and
feathers and four black horses and a
great big metallic casket and fine
hearse and hired mourners, with all
the latest embellishments so well
come to the feelings of corpses; but
you could not keep your mouth shut,
and now you will be buried without
any honors and nobody will attend
the funeral. There will not even be
any hired mourners."
Mr.. Chairman, it is seldom, in
deed, that intense national interest
can be aroused in the exhibition of
any mans sores, unless the sores are
of contagious character. Happily
for mankind, the sores of injured
vanity are never contagious.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-29

The Land Department of the Flori-
da East Coast Railway company has
received diploma and been awarded
a gold medal by the president and
directors of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition for the best exhibit of
citrus fruits and pineapples at the
st. Louis Exposition last year. The
medal is now being prepared at the
U. S. mint and will be forwarded as
soon as completed, The Florida eX-
hibit of the East Coast Railway has
won over the finest displays of citrus
fruit ever gotten together in this
country, and the company is enti-
tied to the thanks of every lover of
Florida. 1t is no insignificant thing
to down those California exhibitors.
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In Holland, says Scotch paper,
marriage by proxy is allowed. This is
the so called marriage by the glove
and is usually put in practice by a
Dutchman who is sojourning abroad
and, wanting wife, is too poor or
too far off to return home for one. In
such a ease he writes home to a law
yer, who selects one comfortable to the
requirements of his client If the gen.
tleman approves he next sends the law
yer a soiled left hand glove and a
power of attorney, which settles the
business. A friend marries the woman
by proxy, and she is thereafter prompt
ly shipped off to her new home.
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If olive oil congeals in freezing
weather, it is a sign that 1t is adulter-
ated with lard. Very few bottles of so
called olive oil will stand this simple
test-in fact, we seldom get the pure
thing, and, if we did, the chances are
that we could not eat it. At least, that
was the experience once upon time of
one woman who used a great deal of
mayonnaise dressing upon her table
and had supposed that she dotted on
olive oil. An italian friend bestowed
upon her flask of the peculiarly green
fluid. To her surprise, not one of her
family, herself included, could bear its
taste. There was a tang to it which
showed them that they had never eaten
olive oil before and that they never
wanted to eat 1t again. So they gave
the flask away.-New York Telegram.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-29

The cobwebs will seem to an impress
sionable visitor the noblest things in
the Bordeaux cellars. Some of them
look like thick pile curtains, somber in
hue, Of course, but famously suggestive
Of warmth. And with even only a
moderate imagination one may go to
and fro among the barrels fancying the
pendent shapes overhead are dusky
stalactites instead of the airy next to
nothing as they really are If you hold
your candle high enough you may
shrivel few yards of the fabric. But
that were truly shocking deed of
vandalism, for, though no layman can
understand why this dismal tapestry
is reverenced as it is, his ignorance will
not be held sufficient excuse for his
crime.-Chambers' Journal.
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ATRUE DEMOCRAT.

The following definition of demo-
crat is by Congressman John Sharp
Williams, minority leader In tie
lower house of congress. 1t occurs
in a letter written last summer to
Congressman Lamar, whose recently
acquired radicalisms led to his plac-
ing himself in a position where he
was made the laughing stock of the
entire House of Representatives:
"A true democrat is neither a con-
sentative nor a radical. He is both.
He is conservative when it comes to
conserving, or preserving, or saving
right and democratic and American
things. He is radical when it comes
to tearing up by the roots radical
abuses. He is simply democratic al
ways, and meets each question upon
its own merits from a democratic
standpoint and solves it with plain
common sense. Common sense fire.
quently suggests that a cause can
best be carried to success by going
slow. Common sense frequently also
suggests that battle can best be won
by an impetuous charge. Everything
depends upon the condition of the
ground, the situation of the enemy
and your own forces.
There is no such thing in my die
tionary as a conservative democrat.
There is no such thing in my diction-
airy as a radical democrat. There is
just one thing "a democrat. Too
many men who call themselves con-
sentative democrats are really at
heart republicans. Too many men
who call themselves radical demo-
Gratis are really at heart populists or
socialists, as the case may be-the
two things being, by the way, by no
means the same thing.
"A party cannot win ultimate sue
cess by having its differences empha-
sized. There are always differences,
of course. The way to win ultimate
success is to minimize differences, as
far as possible without sacrifice of
fundamental principle, and to EN-.
phasize agreed purposes"
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-29
UNIQUE FEATS.
Odd Physical Tricks That People
Here and There Can Do.

Odd Physical Tricks That People
Here and There Can Do.
A group of travelling men were dis
cussing unique feats and physical
tricks that people here and there
can do.
Il know a Chicagoan," said one,
"who can whistle a tune and hum its
accompaniment at the same time. He
whistles through fiat, not through the
usual round hole, and the deep, musical
accompaniment together with the shrill
sweetness of the whistle makes a
mighty attractive thing to hear"
81 Knew a barber" said the second
drummer, who had a unique way of
cracking nuts. He would place a nut
between the back of his head and a
stone or brick wall, and then he would
give himself sharp rap on the fore
head with his fist. The nuts would
crack open every time"
"a Manayunk man." said the third
"can give his head a jerk that turns
back his eyelids. He has to turn them
down again with his fingers. This is
an ugly feat, and I'm glad it is rare"
Il knew at school," said the fourth
drummer, "a boy named Bucly Ad-
ans who could play tunes by swapping
his fingers. The thumb and first two
fingers of each hand would work away
busily, and forth would come the clear
est, sweetest, faintest music. used to
sit with Bucky Adams, and many
tedious school session would he make
shorter and pleasanter with this odd
gift. New York Press.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-29

Thackeray once wrote in note to O
friend, abiding to an incident occa-
stoned by one of his articles in Punch
Il thought over the COMPOUNDED matter
in the railroad and wrote instantly on
arriving here a letter of contrition and
apology to Henry Taylor for having
made what see now was a flippant
and offensive allusion to Mrs. Taylor. 1
am glad l have done it. 1 am glad
that so many people whom have been
thinking bigoted and unfair and I'M
just toward me have been right and
that have been wrong, and my mind
Is an immense deal easier"
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-29
THE SUDAN NATIVES.
They Once Thought White Men to BE
Submarine Monsters.


There is passage In one of the an
Gent Arab histories to the effect that
1.-THE white people come from the other
side of the sea-" This statement has
become so distorted among certain
tribes of natives Of the Sudan that
they believe that the white men come
from the bottom of the sea A willy
Arab leader in this district once in
formed his followers that they had
nothing to fear from the white men,
as they could not live away from the
water. The fact that a high official
took his bath daily was further con-
sidered confirmatory evidence of the
submarine origin of the white man.
The Arabs, in order to retain their in
fluence over the natives, spread broad
cast the report that the white men
We're cannibals. The fact that they did
not eat black men was explained as
due to their devilish cunning. They
wanted to make themselves strong in
the country before beginning their hor-
rid practices, but as they could not al
together do without this kind of food
they brought human flesh with them in
cans. In west Africa French expedi-
ton had the unfortunate experience of
finding portion Of human finger
cut off, no doubt, by some accident-in
a can of meat. Here was fresh and
conclusive confirmation of the story,
in which the people had almost ceased
to believe, and it was only after, a con-
siderable lapse of time that the idea
was at length eradicated. = Chicago
News.
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A New Application Of Scripture.

There was rejoicing in the village at
the killingRsf a pig. Being dead, 1t
was cut up. A neighbours cat stole Sc
cretly into the larder and annexed a
piece of pork, which she brought in
triumph to her mistress. Next day the
clergyman of the parish visited the old
woman, who recounted to him the re-
rnarkable sagacity Of the beast at
was quite beautiful. sir" she said
piously. "to see the way the sweet
creature brought me the piece Of pork
1t brought to my mind what we read
in the Bible about Elijah and the
ravens"
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-29
cAMELs OUTCOME.
Creatures That Go For Extended Pc
RODS without Drinking.

Creatures Thai Go For Extended Pes
RODS without Drinking.
Other creatures than the camel are
able to get along for extended periods
without drinking. Sheep in the south
western deserts go for forty to sixty
days in winter. without drink, grazing
on the green, succulent vegetation Of
that season. Peccaries In the desert of
Sonora live in little dry hills where
there Is no natural water for long peri
DDS. They cannot possibly find water
in fact, for months at time. The only
moisture they can obtain comes from
roots and the fruits of cactl, but the
most extraordinary case is that of the
pocket mouse, one of the common ro-
dents of the desert. This little creature,
by the way, has a genuine fur lined
pocket" on the outside of its cheek.
When it is hungry it takes food from
this pocket with Its paw, just as a man
would pull ham sandwich from his
pocket. One of these mice has been
kept for three years with no other food
than the mixed bird seed of commerce.
During this period it had not taste of
either water or green food. Other ex-
perimenters have found, in fact, that
these mice in captivity refuse such
treats, not seeming to know that water
is good to drink. The bird seed put be-
fore this mouse contained not more
than 10 per cent of moisture, which is
less than is necessary for digestion.
Stuff so dry as this cannot even be
swallowed until it is moistened by
saliva. Yet this remarkable mouse
gave nothing but his time to the inter-
ests of science. He suffered nothing in
health or spirits during his captivity
Brooklyn Eagle.
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Whit a "Hurrinnne. Ia.

Hurricane" is the old Spanish name
for a West Indies cyclone, but it is
used by modern meteorologists to des-
ignate a long continued wind of ex-
IRENE violence. In Beaumont's scale
the different winds are classed as
Eight" gentle" fresh" and strong
breezes. The next is stir breeze,
then a STRONG" wind and then we
strike the gales" The "gales" run
through three or four classes, the last
merging into the hurricane"
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-29

And now comes word that the
great election frauds case in Volusia
county, wherein the irrepressible
and irresponsible Jeems Alexander
claimed to have been defrauded of
votes, and for neglect to prosecute
which Governor Broward recently
removed from office Court Solicitor
James w. Perkins, has been tried
and the deposed solicitor has been
eXonerated. You see they knew
Jeems in DeLand; they knew his
post-election claims were on a par
with his ante-election predictions Of
a clean sweep; they knew also that
he didn't carry asingle election pre-
cinct in the district; they knew
Jeems only as standing joke. But
the governor took him seriously. He
disqualified Judge Stewart from
hearing the case and sent Judge
Shaylor Of Jacksonville up to De-
Land to try it. Result: AIN ten
minutes the jury returned a verdict
of not guilty. The defense put in no
evidence at all, for the state was I'M
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-29
STATE or OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY. -

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that be Is senior
partnerof the firm Of E. J. Cheney & Co., doing
brsiness In he city of Toledo, County and State
Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn 10 before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9Th day OF December, A d. 1885.
(SeaD A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood aud mucous surfaces
OF the system. Send for testimonials free
F.J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toled a. o.
sold BY Druggists, Price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for Constipation.
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"My new play is sure to make a hit, IS
said the-sreat actress. ut gives me an
opportunity to display twenty new
gowns"
"Gracious~ exclaimed her friend.
"How many actsT
only four, but in one Of them the
scenes at a dressmaker's. "-Philadel-
phia Press.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deed Under Section s of Chapter
1883, Laws of Florida.

lax Deeu Uluef SECTION OF Cnapjel
1883, Laws Of Florida.
Notice is hereby given that w G
Townsend, purchaser of tax certificate
No. 544, dated the End day of July
A D 1900, has filed said certificate il
my office, and has made application fol
tax deed to issue in accordance with law
Said certificate embraces the following
described property situated in Putnam
county, Florida, to-wit:
w of nw4, and nw4 of sw1. section 81,
township II, range 26-120 acres.
The said land being assessed at the
date of the issual Ice of such certificate
in the name of Unknown. I'm
less said certificate shall be redeemed
according to law, tax deed will issue
thereon on the 80 h day of December,
A. ID. 1905.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 23d day of November, A D 1905
seal JOSEPH PR Z,
Clerk Circuit Court Putnam Co. Florida
By r. Raymond Price, dep clerk.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-29
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deed Under Section of Chapter
1883 Laws of For ida

1888, Laws of For ida.
Notice is hereby given that w. G
Townsend, purchaser of tax certificate
No. S52, dated the 4th day Of April
A. D 1898, has fed said certificate in my
office, and has made Application for taS
deed to issue in accordance with law
Said certificate embraces the following
described property situated in Putnam
county, florida, to.wit:
Lot l, w bank of river, section 81
township II, range 26-66I acres.
The said land beiI & assessed at the
date OF the issdance of such certificate in
the name of Unknown. Unless said
certificate shall be redeemed according
to law, tax deed will issue thereon on the
3Oth day of December, D 1905.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 23d day of November A d 1908
[Seall JOSEPH PRICE.
CLERK circuit court. Putnam Co. Florida
BY r Raymond Price, dep. clerk
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deel Under Section q Of Chon+o,

lax Dee1 Under Section 8 of CHAPTER
1888 Laws of Florida.
Notice is hereby given that w. G.
Townsend, purchaser of tax certificate
No. S29, dated the 4th day of Nov. A,
ID. 1895, has filed said certificate in nv
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:
Govt lot 8. W of river, section AZ
township IL, range 26-3SI acres.
The said land being assessed at the
date of the issuance of such certifieate
In the name Of w, A. Bryan Unless
said certificate shall be redeemed
according to law, tax deed will Issue
thereon on the Both day of December
A. D. 1905.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 23d day of November, A d 1905
tSeall JOSEPH PRICE.
Clerk circuit court, Putnam Co. Florida
By r Raymond rice, dep. elerk
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II Hnppened In Yineland.

"Shay, off'sher," the man with the
liquid burden remarked to the police
man, 'shee all 'em houses runnin' by 2"
Sure" replied the policeman good
humoredly, II see them"
well, whennum'r six-twentf' comesh
long shtop it, caushe ats miner =
Philadelphia Ledger.
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As to the great and commanding tai
ents, they are the gift of Providence
In some way unknown to us. They rise
where they are least expected. They
fail when everything seems disposed to
produce them, or at least to call them
forth.-Burke.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-29

The smallest bird cannot alight upon
the greatest tree without sending a
shock to its inmost fiber Every mind
is at times no less sensitive to the most
trifing words.
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able to prove that more votes were
cast for Alexander than the returns
showed" Now Governor Broward
should come out in manly fashion
and acknowledge that he has been
bnncoed.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION; 4, F ~,

NOTICE OF APPLICATION fH tar
Tex Deed Under Section $ OF Oh'P'''
1883, Laws of Florida.
Notice is hereby given that .,Scate
Mcleod purchaser of Tax certii,'TnI n,
No. 277, dated the 9th day OF July, a. a.
1908, has filed said certificate IN s ~! tax
fee, and has made application ~, iGi law,
deed to issue in accordance VIII iarinr
Said certificate embraces the lI n,.nam
described property situated IN fu'n'
county, Florida, towit: hin IS,
Ell Of swi, section l, township
range $50 acres. If the
The said land being assessed i9cate
date of the Issuance of such ceiI ITnless
in the name of B. F. Cook. sooamed
said certificate shall be rg Ti issue
according to law, tax deed Wi. d.
thereon on the 18th day Of January
1906. I'D seal
Witness my official signature ana D.,
this the 7th day Of December a.
1905. pP1cE.
[seall JOSEFhh u. Florlda
Cik. Circuit Court Putnam 90
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-29

Duty stands for the most part close
at hand, unobscured, simple, Immedi-
ate. If any man has the will to hear
her voice, to him is she willing to en-
ter and to be his ready guest-Francis
Peabody.
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81 SUFFERED AWFUL PAIN

in my womb and ovaries, - writes Mrs.
Naomi Bake, of Webster Groves, Mo-,
'and my menseS were very painful
and irregular. Since taking Cardui ]
feel like a new woman, and do not
suffer as did,"
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WRITE US A LETTER

in strictest confidence, telling US all
your troubles. We will send free adj
vice Gin plain sealed envelope. Ad-
dress: Ladies' Advisory Dept, The
Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chatta-
nooga, Tenn.
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CONNECTION S +:

The Louisville & Nashville via Montgomery.
The Mobile & Ohio R. R. via Montgomery.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-04-21
Last Week of School.

The Holly public schools close
THIS week after II very successful
term Of eight mouths The en-
rol!ment, we understand, is about
$50, and the attendance. except in
cases of sickness, has been unus-
ualiy good. The ella -sitication OF
our schools and the thorough work
done in every department have
elected very hattt RIM comment
from some of the Leading educat.
nrs who haye visited our schools
during the year. ard must be very
gratifying to our principal 5. G
Barker and his able nssistlnts
Mrs Holysr. Misses Dickinson and
Biilmsslea.