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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-06-17
INoEpeNDsncE cELgBRArloN.
People Of North Gainesville VIII Have .
Grand Picnic on Fourth Of July.

Grand Picnic on Fourth Of JulY.
The people OF North Gainesville are
. patriotic set u they are anything
They never believe 10 doing things
half gay. and at 4 recent meeting
decided TO celebrate the Glorious
Fourth In q manner BETTING the oeea-
sion.
There va q great deal Of enthasIss-
&c patriotism manifested 81 this meet
Ing. The North Gainesville folks are
Americans, and they propose 20 de-
noDstrAts this fact on the Melons
birthday. when all are invited TO Join
With them In big feast Of good shlngs
TO sas and drink. There viii Also be
games and athletic sports, and In all.
the day will Be che LONG 20 be Fsmsm-
bered By thoee who will participate.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-06-17
iNGOF
ShOOL BOARD
Districts Created Of Willie
"a and Fewbsrry Districts.
PEcIAL DISTRICT ACCOUNTS

llsFaafisr Al Special District Accounts
WIN Be Paid From Special Funds.
ard II Money is Not There There
win BE Nothing Doing,
TIE Board Of Public Instruction OF
lsehua county met in special session
friday for the purpose of receiving the
report Of the grading committee and
eansassing the returns OF the New
parry and Willeford speeial school dis
friea6.
After canvassing the returns OF the
special election for these districts, che
board found that the majority we're
Cor special district and 90 declared in
each case.
The report Of the grading committee
ca she recent examinations In thIs city
ofapplicents for teachers' positions was
received and accepted. The report
showed that twenty. -four out Of thirty
two applicants had passed 4 successful
examination for the respective grades,
~ fOllows First grade, three second
grade, nine third grade. twelve. or
these tWenty-three were white, one
coIored.
The board decided that hereafter all
special district accounts will be kept
strictly separate from the common
school AecOuq after July /, which will
be the beginning Of the next scholastic
year. Separate warrant books will be
used for each special school district,
which will be drawn from these dis
trict funds when funds are apparent,
II was intended to appoint teachers
at this meeting, but this was deferred
until later date.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-06-17
THE PUBLIC BUILDING.
Postmaster Arrow Received Letter
From Senator TaIiaferro.

Postmaster Arrow Received Letter
From Senator TsIisfsrro.
Postmaster Arrow, as we'll ~ other
public officials, has been flooded with
questions from q curious public for the
past few weeks in regard to the pro-
gFess being made in the matter OF the
proposed public building 1t Gaines.
Vile, the status Of the situation. etc.
In order that he might have some
definite answer TO make 10 these 10.
quiriss, Postmaster Arrow wrote SEN
atoF Taliaferro In the matter and re-
coived In substance the following re-
ply:
"The House failed 10 pasS the omni-
bus public building bill containing the
Gainesville item, and no independent
measure passed with . provision for
Gainesville. 90 that the status is the
same as Il WAs-a8S 900. the original
appropriation. being available for the
work. IL 10 our purpose TO take care
Of Gainesville In the tirst public build
ing bill that Il introduced. bat - .
matter Of course u IL impOssIble for me
60 say In advance what can be done"
The people may rest assured that the
SsaatOs and CougresSmsn % the Ma
sional ospItol will do ali In their
power for IN inereass In she appropFis-
zion. which they. a. veil &C we. realize
10 q necessity. There Il one thing
certain, and that 10 that the bailding
will be erected even should no further
appropriation be seeursd, snd $50 900
will erect . ine stroetuFe.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-06-17
Made in the
Golden Sunlight

It is conceded by the highest authorities that tho
soda cracker contains the fe>SvnS elements of wheat
in the best proportions
This being So then unOOda Biscuit must at
once take first place as the food Of the wod-a soda
cracker. but such soda crackerl Made by exact
science in sunny akeres light bright and clean, that
they are revelation. The -four is tested; the purity
of the water is absolutely assured; the very air is
fltered.-why even the temperature and moisture of
the atmosphere is accurately regulated. The sponge
is kneaded by polished paddles not by hand Indeed
vnoeda Biscuit are only touched once and then
by pretty girl from the time the -four leaves the bag
until the beautiful package placed on your table
You ask why all this work, all this care in the
making Of soda cracker2 Because the soda cracker
is the best of all food and UneOda Biscuit is the
most wonderful of all soda crackers And with all
Of it the price is only 81 package.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-05
Judiciary Of Cook County.
APPELLATE COURT JUDGES.

FARL1N Q. BALL, Presiding Justice
)WARD o. BROWN, FRANCIS ADAM
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Ancient Order of Funereal Hiberpians compelled him to desert the post of duty; but Thaddeus declared the rem edy worse than the disease" for the reason that Johns substitute-his own brother-in-law-was a weaver by trade, whose baskets the public did not ap- preciars, and whose manner of cutting grass in the early fall and of tending furnace later on was atrocious.
 If could hire that man in summer, :" Thaddeus remarked one night when Johns substitute had 'dxed'' the fur mace SO that the library resembled a cold-storage room. "I think we could make this house an arctic par4 se. He seems to have a genius for taking warmth by the neck and shaking enough degrees of heat out of it to turn con-
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 term m<nage having seemed to him to- tally inadequate to express the state of affairs in his household-I must go back to the beginning of last autumn. and narrate few of the incidents that took place between that period and the sea- son of Peace on Earch and Goodwill to Men. Should not do so. there would be many. I doubt not. who would deem Thaddeus' course unjustiiable. es- pecially when we are all agreed that Christmas Day should be for all sorts and conditions of men the gladdest. hap piest day of all the year.
 Thaddeus and Bessie and the little Thad had returned to their attractive home after an absence of two months in section of the Adirondacks whither the march of civilization had not car- ried such comforts as gas. good beds. and other luxuries. to which the little family had become so accustomed that real camp life. with it's beds of balsam. lights of tallow. and fried coffee." pos-. sessed no charms for them. They were all renewed in spirit and quite ready to embark once more upon the troubled seas of housekeeping; and. as they saw it on that first night at home. their crew was a most excellent one. The cook rose almost to the exalted level of a chef in the estimation of Thaddeus as coWse upon course. to the number of seven, each made up of some deiicacy of the season, came to the table and received the indorsement which comes from total consumption. They were well served. too, these courses; and the two heads of the family. when Mary. the waitress, would enter the buffers pantry, leaving them alone and unob- served. nodded their satisfaction to each other across the snow-white cloth. and by means of certain well-established signals. such, as shaking their own tAoA4NS anu "iAhAI6 kl1S iSLl SyG taneously, with an almost vicious jerk of the head. silently congratulated them- selves upon the prospects of peace full future in a domestic sense, +
 That was just the best dinner I have had in centuries" said Thaddeus, as they adjourned to the library after the meal was over. "The broiled chicken was so good. Bess. that for a moment I wished were a bachelor again. so that could have it all; and after got over my first feeling of hesitation over the oysters. and realized that it was September with an R-belated. it is true. but still there-and ate six of them, I think could have gone downstairs and given cook a diamond ring with seven solitaires in 1t and a rece;pted bill for sealskin sacque. I don't see how we ever could have thought of discharg- ing her last June. do you?'
 Tt was good dinner" said Bessie, discreetly ignoring the allusion to their
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flagration into an icebeig think il tell the Fire Commissioners about him." ''He can't compare with John,' was Bessie's answer to this.
 ''No. I think that's why John sends him here when he is off riding in car riages in honor of his deceased chums. By the side of Dennis. John Is a jewel"
 John is very faithful with the fur nace," said Bessie. ''He never lets 1t go down. Why. day before yesterday l turned off every register in the house. and even then had to open all the win dows to keep from suffocating"
 But that wasn't all John. my dear." said Thaddeus. "The Weather Bureau had something to do with 1t. It was a warm day for this season of the year. anyhow. If John could combine the two businesses of selling coal and feeding furnaces. think he would become a millionaire And. by the way. think you ought to speak to him, Bess. about the windows. Since you gave him the work of window-cleaning to do. 1t is evident that he thinks have nothing to say in the matter. for he persistently ignores my requests that he clean them in squares as they are made, and not rub up a little circle in the middle. so that they look like blocks of opalescent glass with plate-glass bull'e-eyes let into the centres Look at them now"
 Dennis did that. John had to go to Mount Vernon with his militia company today"
 An! Dennis is well named, for his name is- But never mind. I'll credit John with his twelfth day off in four weeks"
 From John to Bridget, fin the matter of days off. was an easy step, though such was Bessies consummate diplo- macy that Thaddeus would probably have continued in ignorance of the ex- tent to which Bridget absented herself had they not both taken occasion one day to visit some relatives in Philadel- phfa, and on their return home at night found no dinner awaiting them.
 What's the matter nowr' asked Thaddeus, a little grossly, perhaps, for visiting relatives in Philadelphia inva- riably irritated him-possibly because he and they did not agree in politics. and their assumption that Thaddeus' party was entirely made up of the ignorant and self-seeking was galling to him. Why isn't dinner ready?"
 Mary says that an hour after we left cook got a telegram from New York saying that her brother was dying. and she had to go right off"
 ''I thought that brother was dying last week?'
 NO; that was her mothers brother. He got we'll. This is another person en- tirely."
 Naturally" snapped Thaddeus. But next time we get a cook let's have one whose relatives are all dead, or in the old country. where they can't be reach ed. I'm tired Of this business"
 Well, you shouldn't be cross with me about it. Thad." said Bessie. with a teary look in her eyes. 'I have to put up with a great deal more of 1t than you have, only you never know it. Why, I've cooked one-half of my own lunch cons in the last month";
 And the dinners. too, I'll wager. " growled Thaddeus.
 No; she's always got home for din. ner heretofore"
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doubt that Bridget could do 1t, and would be very glad to do it; but don't believe in setting a cook up in business"
 How do you mean?"
 "I mean that I haven't any doubt that Bridget would in very short time become a highly successful produce broker with bull tendencies. The chick en market would be buoyant. and the quotations on the Stock Exchange of. say B., S.. and P.-U.-C.-otherwise, Beef Succotash and Picked Up p-Codfish-would rise to the highest point in years. Why. my dear, by Christmas time cook would have our surplus in her own pocket book; and in the place of the customary five oranges and an apple she would re- ceive from the butcher a Christmas card, in the shape of check of massive. if not graceful, proportions. No. Bess, I think the old way is the best"
 Perhaps it is. By the way. John has kept the grounds looking we'll. hasn't he? The lawn, doesn't seem to have a weed on it," said Bessie, walking to the window and gazing out at the soft vel yety sward in the glow of twilight.
 "Yes, it looks pretty well; but there's a small heap of stuff over there near the fence which rather inclines me to be- lieve that. the weeds have been pulled out within the last few days-in fact. since you wrote to announce our re- turn. John Is an energetic man in an emergency. and I haven't a doubt he has been here at least once week ever since we left. Tn keep a record of John this fall"
 And so the two contented home-comers talked happily along, and when they closed their eyes in sleep that night they were. upon the whole. very we'll satis- fled with life
 Weeks elapsed. and with them some of the air-castIes collapsed. Whether custom stalled the infinite variety of the
  ficiency of Mary. the waitress. or wheth CT something was really and radically wrong with tho girls. Thaddeus and Bessie could not make out. Certain it was. however. that by slow degrees the satisfaction for which that first dinner seemed to stand as guarantor wore away, and dissatisfaction entered the household. Mary developed a fond ness for church at most inconvenient hours--hours at which, in fact, neither Thaddeus nor Bessie had ever supposed church could be. That it was eternal supposed there were intermissions. Then the cooks family, which had hitherto been moderately healthful. began to show signs of invalidism, though no such calamity as actual dissolution ever set Its devastating step within the charmed circle of her relatives. Cous- ins fell i'll whom she alone could com fort; nephews developed maladies for which she alone could care; and. ac- cording to Thaddeus' record, John had been compelled on penalty of a fine to attend the funerals of some twenty four deceased intimate friends in less than two months, although the news papers contained no mention of the ex- istence of a possible epidemic in the Celtic quarter. It is true that John showed a more pronounced desire to make his absence less inconvenient to his employer than did Mary and the cook. by providing substitute when the
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Well. we'll keep . record book for her. too. then. And we'll be generous with her. we'll allow her just as was allowed in college-twenty-five per cent. in cuts. If she has twenty-five and a fifth per cent. she goes"
 "I don't think understand" said Bessie.
 "well, we'll put it this way: There are thirty days in a month. That means ninety meals a month If she cooks sixty-seven and a half of them. she can stay; if she fails to cook the other twenty-two and a half. she can stay; but woe be unto her if she slips up by even so little as millionth part of the sixty eighth!'
 q don't see how you can manage the half part of it.''
 'we'n leave that to her." said Thad- deus, firmly; "and. what is more, we'll put John and Mary on the same basis. and Dennis we won't have on any basis at all. A man who will take advantage of hIs brothers absence at a wake to black the shoes of that brothers only employer with stove polish is not the kind of a man want to have around"
 ''It will be a very good plan." said Bessie. flor all except Mary. Her ab- sences she cannot well avoid. She has to go to church"
 How many times e week does she have to go?" Queried Thaddeus.
 'she is required to go to confession"
 Well, let her reform, and then she'll have nothing to go to confession for. don't believe that's where she goes. either notice that one-half those evenings she takes off, permitting me to mind the front door. and enabling us both to acquire proficiency in the art of helping ourselves at dinner, there's 8 fireman's ball or policeman's hop or letter carriers theatre party going on somewhere in the county, and it's my belief the worshiping she does on these occasions is at the shrine of Terpsichore or that of Meipomene, which is a heathen custom and not to be tolerated here. If she's so fond of living in church. we can quote to her Hamlet's advice to Ophelia-'Get thee to a nun nery! Why, Bess I was mortified to death the other night when Bradley dined here. Hes all the time bragging about hls menagerie. and l tried to blum him out and make him believe we were waited on by angels in disguise, and you know what happened. He came. saw. and I was regularly knocked out You let us in: we waited on ourselves; cook had prepared the seven o'clock dinner at five to give her chance to go to the hospital to see her brother-in- law with the measles; John had one of his Central African fires on, and 6rad- ley's laughing about it yet.
 ''Mr. Bradley was very disagreeaole the other night, anyhow" sniffed Bes- sic. He acted as if he were camping out!'
 Well. I can't honestly say I blame him for that" retorted Thaddeus. It only needed A balsam bed and hole in the roof to let the rain in on him to complete the illusion.
 Finally, December came' and the ten- deneies of absenteeism on the part of the servants showed no signs or aoate- ment. They were remonstrated with' but 1t made no difference. They didn't go out they declared. because they wanted to. but because they had to.
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Cook couldn't let her relatives so unat- tended. Mary's religious scruples sim ply dragged her out of the house. try as she would to stay in; and as for John. as long as Dennis was on hand to take his place. he couldn't see why Mir. Perkins was dissatisfied. To tell the truth, John had recently imbibed some more or less capitalistic-or anti capitalistic-doctrines. and he was quite incapable of understanding why. if a street contractor. for instance. was per- mitted by the laws of the land to sub let the work for which he had contract ed. he. John. should not be permitted to sublet his contract to Dennis. piece- meal, or even as whole. if he saw ft to do so.
 Thaddeus. seeing that Bessie was very much upset by the condition of affairs. had said little about 1t since Thanks giving Day, when he had said about as much as the subject warranted after sfx-course dinner had been hurried through in one hour. two courses hay ing been omitted that Bridget might catch the train leaving for New York at BIO. Nor would he have said anything further than the final words of dis- missai had he not come home late one afternoon to dress for dinner at his club, when he discovered that. owing to the usual causes, the weeks wash. which the combined efforts of cook and waitress should have finished that day. was delayed twenty-four hours. the con- sequence being that Thaddeus had to telephone to the haberdashery for . dress shirt and collar.
 Its bad enough having one's wife buy these things for one. but when 1t comes to having salesman sell you over telephone the style of shirt and collar he always wears nimseIf.' 1t is maddening," began Thaddeus. and then he went on at such an outrageous rate that Bessie became hysterical, and Thaddeus' conscience would not permit of his going out at ali that night, and that was the beginning of the end.
 'I'li fx 'em at Christmas time." said Thaddeus.
 You won. forget suem at Christmas. I hope. Thad." said Bessie. whose for giving nature would not hear Of any, thing so ungensrous as forgetting the servants during the holidays.
 NO" laughed Thaddeus. "I won't forget 'em- I'll give 'em all the very things they like best"
 'oh, I see." smiled Bessie. "on the coais-of-nre principle. Well, shouldn't wonder but it would work admirably. Perhaps they'll be so ashamed they'll do better"
 .'Perhaps-if the coass dc not burn too deep," said Thaddeus. with significant smile.
 Christmas Eve arrived, and little Thad's tree was dressed. the gifts were arranged beneath 1t. and all seemed in readiness for the dawning of the festal day. when Bessie. taking mental in- ventory of the packages and discover ing nothing among them for the serv- ants save her own usual contribution of a dress and a pair of gloves for each, turned and said to Thaddeus:
 Where are the hot coais?"
 "The what?" asked Thaddeus.
 "The coals of fire for the girls and John."
 'OhI" Thaddeus replied. 'T have 'em
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in the library. I don't think they'll so well with the tree"
 What are they?" queried Bess. with a natural show of curiosity. "checks?"
 "Yes. partly" said Thaddeus. Mary is to have a check for S16. Bridget one for SIS. and John one for $40"
 Why. Thaddeus., that's extravagant. Now. my dear. there's no use of your doing anything of that"
 Wait and see." said Thaddeus.
 But, Teddyl' Bessie remonstrated, those are the amounts of their wages. You will spoil them. and if T."
 'As said before. wait. Bess, wait" said Thaddeus. calmly. You'll under stand the whole scheme tomorrow. after breakfast"
 And she did, and when she did she
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almost wished for a moment that she didn't. for after breakfast Thaddeus summoned the three offenders into his presence. and the effect was not alto gether free from painful features to the forgiving Bess.
 Bridget" Thaddeus said. 'do you remember what Mrs. Perkins gave you last christmas?'
 T do notp' replied Bridget. rather uncompromisinsly for 1t was a matter Of history that she thought Mrs. Per kins on the last Christmas festival had shown signs of parsimony fin giving her calico gown instead of one of silk.
 "well. you won't forget next year what you got this." said Thaddeus. dry ly. Here's an envelope containing SIS. the amount of your wages untii January 1st. Mary. what did you ret last christmas?"
 "A box of candy. sir.''
 "Nothing else?"
 T believe there was q dress of some kind. I gave 1t to my cousin.''
 Good. am glad you were so gen. erous. Here is an envelope for you. It has SIS in 1t. your wages up to January ist.''
 Bessie stood in the doorway. mute witness to what seemed to her an in- comprehensible scene.
 John. what did you setf"
 "Fofve dollars an day off,
 And two-dollar bill for Dennis. chi"
 Dennis got that.s
 True. Well. John, here's sio for you that pays you until January list. Now. it strikes me that. considering the be- havior of you three people. am very generous to pay you your wages week in advance. but I am not going to stop there. I have studied you ali very care- fully, and I've tried to discover what 1t !. is you are fondest of. Cook and Mary do not seem to care much for dresses. though I believe there are dresses and gloves under the tree for them. which fact they will doubtless forget by next Christmas Day. The five dollars and . day off John seems to remember. though from his manner of recalling 1t do not think his remembrance Is very pleas ing one. Now I've found out what it is you all like best. and I'm going to give 1t to you.' Y
 Here the trio endeavored to appear gracious. though they were nanifssti, uneasy and bit dissatisfied with what John would havo called "the luks oi t'ings."
 Cook. from the list of January. may {, go to her relatives. and stay until they're every one of them restored to health, if 1t takes forty years. Mary may consider herself presented with sixz ty years vacation without pay: and for you, John. I have written this letter of recommendation to the proprietors of a large undertaking establishment in New York, who will. trust. engage you as a chief mourner, or perhaps hearse- driver. for the balance of your days. At any rate. you. too. after January 1st. may consider yourself free to so to any funeral or militia exercises. or anything else you may choose to honor with your presence, at your own expense. You are all given leave of absence without pay until further notice. wish you . merry Christmas Good morning"
 There were no farewelis in the house that day; and inasmuch as there was no