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The Delta independent., 1905-12-22
wealthy Man Lived hermlt,. LIZ

M. Paul Colasson, one of The wealth.
est men In France. known to fame as
the "ParisIan hermit" lived for twen-
ty-seven years exclusively on eggs and
bread. supplied to him twice u week
10y an old servant, the only human be.
ing he ever consented to see. Until
some time into the '70s NJ. COLLISION
'cd the life OF rich and fashionable
:asn. but when his nephew. 4 hoy OF
a. to whom he was devoteily a
tnched. was burned to death at
fancy dress ball he shut himself up
In his palace and spent the rest %. eis
life miserly reclnse.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22
Brooks Candidacy No. Favored.

Ferry E. Brock. formerly clerk OF
he New hampshire House Of Repre-
senia;ives. has at various times been
Candidate for public Office. Some
3l.tle time ago his son, lad of six or
e!sh, years. was meditating upon the
sncertainties Of kingly existence, ana
It last he asked his mother.
III the Fling OF England should die.
WHO would be kirg?"
"Thc Prince OF Wclcs." he was told.
III the Prince of Wales should die
who would be king?" he asked again
Els mother turned the question CT
IA some way. when the boy. wi;h a
Icop breath. said:
We'll. anyway. I hop" pa won,
try for ~
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22
Letter on |. Collar.

A linen collar has been put TO
strange use by q resident in Glouces-
ter. England. Upon clearing the letter
hox at the pcstofice there recently 1t
was discovered that a letter had been
~ritten upon one side Of collar. 1t
being properly stamped. the missive
reached its destination.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22
.aaorn uos,uoly-.IIY 4,

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psuinc syM ,ssm su, 1uul psonoN 10
.AeN sQ puc 'Yso,s psuInQ sul spIssQ
!, aud pus 'Ls,ss w psIsu,v3 pun ,no
ausA sus oS ..Nas,s sQ, spIseQ II no
mop plIM IsMou U md l H.. 'lq5nou1
eus N sonou lou tIlA su sdsp
-isd. .ssls Suiu,kus 4ooo OF smp sAeY
a.upIp puu Nusls gu, psuInq OLA sIH
'uosIqolv uI ssAU usN luspI sQL
'euiulus inns u uoouksuoH sul
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22
Hunger Might Be Good Lesson.

It would be an excellent thing for
the softening Of the hard hearts In
this world, an almost complete cure
for mans inhumanity to man. II the
heartless could be compelled to live
on three or four meals and no more
within the limits Of single week. 1t
would be especially beneficial to those
who make the laws which make hun
ger in such a land as this possible
Wallace Rice in Chicago Journal.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22
womanIv Beauty.

This generation has seen In re
markable fashion the results OF pop
alar expectation and general habits
on physical development in the case
of women. The number OF tall snd
strong girls now is most striking: ard
equally so are the beauty and vitality
of many women who are past the
1ftieth Observation-Disclosures London
News.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22
;. .-s,,sIA krruuoIsrooo suIs 9

..'s,isIA ktTuuolsBooo 1uIN eul
eI5la ',s:omIsa Lusu SulsQ loy 600
.'eS pun .snois sqi IoJ OO0'eS 'Issp gu,
aoJ 600 IS 'SuIusu su, ioJ O0Oe4 'ssnoQ
90, ~, OOO'et sSsd an. :puupooS
~ u,I"u su, VI sllse3 ioy lv,usI
s.iaa& So O0oeSS SuIk1d NJ uoi,
-os s.uroIIsmv uoli uIu,Iso q suIsld
re snu, sItus pusIpslu IuoIuSo V
'Iol PIED sA asuM
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22
Poor Lo sseemins Civilized;

The Indian Is assuredly ncquirine
civilization. Forty years ago the
Sioux were the scourge OF tue north
west. The other day the greater pert
OF the tribe assembled to honor NM.
stcnary Bishop Hare on the occaaion
Of ats retirement. And that terxihle
old Apache. Geronimo. u . commas,
cant In the Reformed church ehs1er
aelphja Ledge
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22

Old Specimens Of 0riiis-vVork.
In Winchester cathedral (Eng3
there Is a door composed of four
pieces of iron grille-work which have
the distinction Of being the oldest
specimens of their kind In Britain.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22
Good Pay for Literary Work.

Good Pay for Literary Work.
again give It as my opinion that
there Is money In literature: wrote
. rhymed advertisement for the gro
Gerry man and received therefor .
whole ham and q barrel Of -four
Whitsett. Ga. Courier.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22

Wouldn't Play Second Fiddle.
Here is a story Kansas lrishman
tells on hash. An lrishman who ar
rived in this country only a few days
before, was offered some hash. He
refused 1t. LET them that chewed 1t.
eat it." he said.-Kansas City Journal.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22

Dead Mouse Caused Fatal Shock.
An English woman who found .
dead mouse in bottle from which she
had drunk glass of ale was so shock
ed that she died within . week.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22
Electric Furnace. Expensive.

Electric Furnaces Expenstve.
According to the Scientific Ameri-
can, the cost Of running an electric
furnace capable M producing the ex-
traordinary heat of 5000 degrees is
so cents q minute. $4S an hour, or
about $500 a day.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22
rh. eia Wind In oregon.

Port Oxford evidently is very
windy place. A gentleman just from
there reports that last week the wind
blew a sheep up against barn. about
twenty feet from the ground. and held
1t there four days, until 1t starved to
death.-Drain (Ore.) Nonpareil.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22
Mine on Fire Many Years.

A mine in Warwickshire, Eng, has
been alight for years. and man is pow.
erless to check 1t. The blaze started
in 4 seam of highly combustible coal.
and the workings. which stretch under
parts of Birmingham itself. are grad
ually being burnt out.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22

Female Monkey Did Aouss~ork.
A female chimpanxee once went out
to service at Loango. Italy. and made
the beds, swept the house and assist
ed in the kitchen by peeling the pota,
toes and turning the spit.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22
. Paw, for Nj, sleep,

A traveller In an English railroad
train went to sleep and passed the
station for which he had bought 4
ticket. At the next station he was
arrested for travelling without having
paid his fare.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22
Brother. AIoh Sense ef Duty.

Alfred Towns, of silverton, ore.'
returned the other day from trip IN
to the hills and told his brother Rob
crt that he had shot two deer. Rob
ert is a game warden and at once ar
rested Alfred for shooting without
license. and Alfred served nve days In
Jail.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22
.asna,noux skrs

SSpStAouX sAes UNFOLD
10 iueo lod sts IsAo sploq kuvuios
'osIod.cd eu, 10 ,vql liz 10 ,ssImssia
eV. puc 'NIIu s. MOO So uolI SO solAl
,uoav RI AI.u oIrunq usAa 'usslo 81
Suu s.,usrdsIs az, 10 luso lad Oz kI
.Issu :muoso 10 luso Isd lnoQr suIu,
.uoo Aoo oSsisAs us ~ NUm spL
'1i!W s.auvudoI3
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22

When Weeping ls Dangerous.
A pretty woman in tears may be
never pays homely woman to cry
before a man.-Somervil,e Journal.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22
nurplara Wear Gleves.

Four burglars, arrested In the act
by the London police, were all wear.
ing gloves in order not to leave finger
prints behind them.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22
To pl.infeet Dishes.

Soda. In 2 per cent solution. is
recommended by Prof. Esmarch Of
Gottlingen rs the best means OF disin
fecting eating utensils.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22
on. Room for Family.

Ou> NOOsU TOT VAUttys
The working classes In Mexico are
for the most part content with one
room fer a family. \ room In which
the door does duty for both window
and chimney.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22
Domestic Note.

Next to good cook the most i'm
portant thing in your house Is to get
along with your wife-Philadelphi
inquirer.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22

Takes More Than Mere Money.
It doesn't necessarily follow that
. man IL rich because no happens to
have more money than brains.-Cht
cago News.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22

Where prstsnss Avalls Not.
Heaven and hell the two place
where everybody has to drop prs
onnsss.-John Oliver Hobbies.
The Delta independent., 1905-12-22

War implement for Peace Duty.
Shells nlled with oil. intended to
calm stormy sea when fred Into It.
have been invented In France.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-28

+ba corn The liquid is volatile
hnt heavier thar air and VIII reach
every hole in the pile, killing every
RAT breathing its fumes 1t Is yer
combustible and should be careluiIy
protected from fire.
If for any reason, the bi-sglphide
cannot be used every living thing IN
the crib. or barn, may be killed ny
fumigation with potassium cyahi ~ =
The fumes are most deadly, so u e
generator must not only be carer
that he does not draw breal d
while setting his apparatus, DuC
mnst carefully guard against the pos
sible entrance of anyone else durii 9
the hour of exposure, and the Duilu
inc should be carefully aired befoi 6
it is entered. a., .
For one 100 cubic feet OF space the
following proportions are recon-
mended: Potassium cyanide, l oL'
Sulphuric acid, o., water OF.
Pour the acid into the water, theli
drOp the cyanide into the dlsh ana
get out without drawing a breath
In an hour every living thing eX-
posed will be dead, the building may
be aired and no trace of the opera
tion will remain except the deau
vprmine, Both these chemicals
may be purchased of wholesale
druggists.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-28
Masters Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given that in arcorda nee
~ with the terms Of a decree OF me VIZ ~
Court of the Sth Judicial Ci'cult OF tho
state of Florida in and for putnam county,
entered in the case pending In h,ncery in
saiI Court, wherein the las Florida savings N
Trust Company, a trustee, Is Complainant ana
The Palatka Hotel Company AID Nlipei .;
Webb as tru tee and The Florida Lana anu
Improyement Company are defendants, suhl
!. n M public auction, for cash, 10 the hlghest
bidder AT the front door OF the Court House III
and for said Putnam County, Florida, during
the legal hours Of sale on the first Monday IN
NAV next, being the first day Of May, A, D. l9Oo,
ain the following property, 10 wit: a i OF thut
certain Block of land in the city OF Palatka,
putnam County, Florida, bounded on the north
bv Reid street, on the east by Font street, on
the south by Lemon street and on the west D!
what was formerly known as FIRST street. hoM
known as Third street, the same being plock
Of land known as Block Eleven M in Palatka,
Florida, the same being the block OF land on
which the hotel known as the Putnam House
is situated the said Block In Its entirety WIN
all the lots and subdivisions thereof being IN
cluded together with the Hotel building sltu'
ate thereon and ali the outOuildings ana aI,-
purtenances thereon and thereto belonging
and ali personal property, furniture and nx-
lures of the said Putnam House therein OF
| thereto belonging. .,,,,rr>,
Special Master
! DAVIS x HILBURN,
COmplainants Solicitors.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-28
STATE NEWS IN TABLOID

Delray has new cooperative
canning factory which will put up
%, 900 cases of pineapples, besides IA
large quantity of lima beans, okra,
a I'd enough tomatoes to supply local
consumption. The factory is the
outco ne Of the Fruit and Vegetable
Growers association.
Judge James. H. Couch of Niece,
while fighting forest fires near his
home was overcome with heat and
falling into mass of burning pal
metto leaves was burned to death.
He was from Charleston, West Va,
and Il recent settler.
l.. r. Blocksom. merchant of Pun
ia GOrda, is dead in Savannah hos
pital. He was playing with a pet
cat; cat scratched him; blood pois.
Oaing.
Ellis Geiger, superintendent OF
schools in Clay county, has been ad.
mitted to the bar and will practice
law.
Twelve car loads of tomatoes ship
ped from Jacksonville last week sold
from $2.lO to 50 per crate. One cal
load shipped from Fort Laududaie
| last week sold for over $1,000.
H. X. Clouts has just completed a
census of Lakeland and finds 2,57i
people in the corporate limits. This
is an increase of ITO per cent over the
| government census of 1900.
J. 2. Middlecof of Paxton, Ill.
has purchased 100 acres of wild land
at Hastings for which he paid SIC, 900
or nearly SSS per acre. 1t is fine po-
tatU land.
Holton Roberts, "a nice young
man" of Key West has been arrested
l for till tapping. He is charged with
having taken several hundred dollars
out of the till of Alvin Lumley, &
butche with whom he was formerly
employed.
st. Augustine will have a munich
pal election in June and there viii
be enough contests TO make it inter
esting.
John F. Grady, late presidential
electOr, former state senator anC
/ former collector of customs at Appa.
| lachicola is dead He was a mer,
chant, ship chandler and prominent
man of affairs at Appalaehicola.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-28
The POOR WOMAN COOK

This is poem that ought to live.
1t was written by the editor of the
American Lumberman on the agree
ment not 10 employ any more wo-
men as cooks on lumber carrying
vessels.
1t mayut be- strictly handsome,
1t niayn't be just polite,
But the woman cook and her menoo
book
Must disappear from sight.
A woman | knows an angel,
And purity to have aboard,
But weather gifts thick and folks git
sick,
An a woman that's sick--oh, Lord
A woman kin mix puddin',
A woman kin build pie,
A woman kin bake chocolate cake
That's pleasant to the eye.
| Her face is sweet religion,
An her voice kind of balm
But a woman can't cuss like the
| rest of us,
When We fall in dead, dead calm.
A woman may save the china,
A woman may sweep the floor,
Keep chimneys clean and geraniums
gree l,
An fresh towel on the door.
A woman kin boiIa herrin',
A woman kin cook a clam
But when the spray knocI the jib
away
A woman amt worth a d-n.
A woman Is gold and silver,
A man is iron and steel;
A woman shrinks when the lee rail
sinks,
But man will die at the wheel.
A woman should rock a cradle
An wait by the cottage door
| But men belong where the wind II
strong
| And Ivntnpu haIonp ashore
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-28
A PROSE SONG Of FAITH.

Not long ago religious gathering
in this county preached the doctrine
that evil was on the increase in the
the world; that we were now living
in the wicked age, and that the
Christ would soon come to earth
again to rule thousand years before
the final judgment. These people
believed all this and-groancd,
That there is plenty Of evil in the
world none will deny. 1t is exploit
ed for all it is worth as news" And
yet every day some evil dies. And
every day there is added to the
worlds stock of goodness other good
ness.
Broadly speaking there are more
kind deeds and more helping hands
than ever before. And there is wider
opportunity for good.
This earth becomes every day 6
decenter place to live in. AS neyel
before man is subduing the earth
Where once stretched the desert now
blooms the rose. The open door il
more than trade opportunity. HUI
mainly everywhere is getting t
chance.
Wars? Yes, but beside the cannon
is the ambulance of the Red Cross
And the world over the best anC
wisest are holding up implorinl
hands for arbitration and for peace
For the first time in history war il
being reckOned as a crime.
Outrages? Yes, plenty Of them
Lipless labor has its oppressor. Tn,
white breast of womanhood still
bears the scars of centuries. Bacchui
still rules his helpless victims. AnC
across the sea hapless Armenia ag
onizes and her children perish OF
the wintry mountains and the ma
tions are silent.
Yes, yes, these and thousands o.
others. But
Wisdom and goodness will covel
the earth as the waters covers the
sea. And the wounded will fine
their good Samaritans. Sympathy
is no longer cramped to relieve. And
fear departs as faith comes in. AND
hate grows weaker as love grows
stronger.
The world is growing better-slow
ly but surely.
Despite the pessimism of the so,
called 'gOO-goO."
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-28
NAN PATTERSON.

Nan Patterson is now undergoing
her third trial for the murder of C@-
sar Young and the young actress and
her troubles are becoming pretty
well known to the reading public.
1t is difficult to believe that she is
murderess. The presumption is
against such belief. Indirectly, how
ever, she was concerned in the death
Of Young.
Nan Patterson is not all bad.
There must be much good in a girl
who. however Maynard and erring
she may have been, retains such
warm love for her old father and
mother and such touching sympathy
with them in their distress and des-
pair
But-how far better it would have
been had her love and solicitude for
them been genuine. What a world
of sin and suffering she would have
escaped had she thought of her good
parents before beginning her career
of shame and folly! They stand by
her faithfully; she treated them
with contemptuous Indifference and
neglect.
A fathers loyalty and a mother :
deyotion--they falter not; they fol-
low to tine end Of the world and per
INIT themselves TO be dragged
through the deeps of the sloughs OF
sin and shame. Theirs are the first
and the last passions that make earth
beautiful and the first to make heay-
en- sweet. 1t is only through the love
and sacrifice and forgiveness and de.
votion of parents for their erring
children that mortal mind can con-
ccive Of immortal bliss. Take away
those highest symbols of divinity
and the world would relapse into
savagery and heaven become incom-
prehensible.
For the faithful, broken-hearted
father and mother or Nan patterson
human sympathy breaks through its
hard crust Of selfishness, as a spring
breaks through solid rock, and flows
in "A living stream that brings YER
dure and bloom out of dead clay.
But for Nan Patterson, who forgo
them and their breaking hearts il
her life Of shame. and returned t.
, them only when there are no Others
. to turn to for love and cOmfort-fol
such as she human sympathy is no
so ready.
That love and devotion OF he
father and mother, had she treasured
it and returned it, would have SAVED
her from the shame and sorrow tina
is now hers and theirs.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-28
RAILROAD 70 KEY WEST,

Should the bill now before the leg
islatuTe providing for the construc-
ton Of railroad from the mainland
of Florida to the Island of Key
West become law it would mean
great things for Florida. No single
project contemplating money eXpen-
diture has ever been suggested that
contained more of promise for the
future prosperity of the state. And
yet
1t is being fought. II is being
fought by demagogues land news
papers, we regret to say for appar-
entity no other reason than that it Is
project of Mr.. Henry NJ. Flagler's.
Mr.. Flagler is interested in Stan
dard Oil. DemagOgues can see 10
further than that fact.
The fact that he is very deeply in
terested in Florida has escaped their
notice. That he has built W one en-
tile section of the state from north to
to south, made the wilderness to
bloom with the rose and added mil
lions upon millions to the taxable
value of the state is lost sight Of.
The demagOgues say che is rich--dam
the rich" That's their argument.
Think of it. This great scheme to
build a railroad over submerged
lands, and waterways. and construct
a highway that will be one Of the
marvels of the age, only passed the
Florida Senate by a majority OF one
vote. Some who voted against the
bill claimed to favorit. But We'll.
they offered all sorts of objections.
1t will cost immense sums of mon
ey to build such a road as Mr.. Flag
Ter cOntemplates, and Mr.. Flagler is
the only rich man who has the nerve
to do it. Kill this bill and the state
is dsgraced and its greatest oppor-
tunity for growth is destroyed for
ever.
The bill simply asks the right OF
way and protection. 1t does not ask
for the grant of thousands Of acres OF
state lands per mile of road, such as
has been granted other railway pro
jects. But simply the right Of way
over swamps, and water and rocky
keys and-prOtection.
And the protection asked consists
simply of guarantee that the pas
senger and freight rates now in force
in the state shall remain in force un'
til such time as this contemplated
railway over water can show a prof
exceeding per cent. on its bonded
indebtedness and a sinking fund no
exceeding per cent. per annum.
Don't seem possible that Il san'
man, to say nothing of a legislator
could stand in the way of such {
measure aud-the progress and pros
perity of his state.
The Baltimore American has prop
erly termed this measure the great
est engineering feat of the age
The News trusts that its value t,
the state will be better appreciated
in the House and that that body will
promptly pass the bill.
Putnam county feels honOred il
the fact that the measure was intro
duced by our distinguished Senator
DR.. F.. s. Grill, who is its leadin,
champion before the senate,
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-28

Ex-president Grover Clevelard
passed through Jacksonville last Fri
day. To avoid annoyance he went
under name of Joseph d. Bryant,
but there was no installing his
"mug."
Rudolph Franck old and highly
respected citizen of DeLand was ac-
cidentally shot and killed Saturday
He was crawling along the ground
gun in hand, when the hammer
struck some object and the gun was
discharged.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-28
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deed Under Section s of Chapter
489S. Laws of Florida.

NOTICE OF APFLlCAI lON run
Tax Deed Under Section s of Chapter
1888, Laws of Florida.
Notice is hereby given that Leroy
Carroll, purchaser of tax certificate
No. 1O4, dated the End day of June,
AD 1902, 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
IA of side nwi of mel, section 10,
township 10, range 24-lt acres.
The said land being assessed at the
date of the issua ice of such certificate
in the name of NJ L. Yates. I'm
less said certificate shall be redeemed
according to law, tax deed will issue
thereon on the 9Th day of May, A. D.
1905.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the Both day of March, A D 1905.
rsEALl JOSEPH PRICE,
Clerk Circuit Court Putnam Co.. Florida
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-28

There is more Ca arTh In this section OF the
country than ali ether diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed 10 be
incurable. For a great many years doctors
pronounced II a local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly fai ing to
able Science his proven catsrrh to be a con
stitutiOnal disease and therefore requires en-
stitutIoni treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo.
Ohio is the only constitutional cure on the
market II lie taken internally In doses from 10
drops to a teaspOonfuL II acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case il
falls % cure. Send for circulara and tsstimo-
malls
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-28

No 3O-DHily Pullman Drawing Room and
Buffet Sleeping Car between Jacksonville and
ST. Louis.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-28
ouEsrIoNs ANswEREp.

@. How may rats be killed in
corn cribs? If the cribs or bins are
reasonably tight carbon bi-sulphide
may be satisfactorily used to exter-
inmate the pests. The proper pro-
portion would be 2 OF for 100 bu. of
corn. Put the liquid in shallow
dishes, or absorb in waste cotton,
and distribute over the surface OF
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-28
"A SOUTuERN RAILWAY. -

No 4.-.New York and Florida ENpress
Dailv Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Gar
between Port Tampa, Jacksonville anu Nc"
York.
No 3O-"Washington and Fla. Limited. Daily
pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Car, Jackson
VILE TO New York.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-28

No l3-"The Florida Limited" Daily Pull.
man Drawing Room Sleeping ears between
jacksonville, Birmingham. Memphis and
Kansas City.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-28
Exce!Ient Dining Car Service.

Agent Bay Jacksonville
C.H. ACKERT G. NJ W Fl. TAYLOE, G. P. \.
H. HARDWICK P 7. NJ BROOKS A G p