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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-07
VIII Drop Bills Tonight.

The senate Monday afternoon
adopted a resolution that the consid-
Grafton of bills cease at 1 o'clock to-
day, Tuesday. The house amended
the resolution to read 6 o'clock and
the senate last night, shortly before
adjournment at midnight, concurred
in the amendment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-07

Hives are terrible torment to the little
folks and to some older ones. Easily
cured. Doan's Ointment never fails. In
slant relief, permanent cure. At any drug
store, 50 cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-07
NO STATE FUNERAL.
Mrs. Reagan Turns Ceremony Over to
the 8fasOns.

Palestine, Tex, March Mrs.
John H. Reagan has refused the re-
quest of the legislature that the state
be permitted to conduct the funeral
Of John H. Reagan, the last surviving
member of the confederate cabinet,
to have the body lie in state at Austin,
with interment in the state cemetery.
Mrs. Reagan said her husband had
expressed a desire to be buried st
Palestine. The funeral will be con-
Quoted by the Masons. The funeral
viii be attended by Governor Ian
ham. a majority of the members of
the legislature and prominent Texans
from all portions Of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-07
| CURED NY RUPTURE
wiz Show You How to Cure Yours
FREE.

was helpless from double rupture
No truss would die not operated
fooled them simple discovery wiz
write for It, It cured me and has
twill Write to-day Capt WA
Ceilings Box ga, Watertown, N Y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-07

Narah-"Oi'm goin' to break up house
keeping" Bridget-"Arrah. now, We
how none to break" Norah-"Thrue
fer yez, but the rnissus has. Brooklyn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-07
SAVE MONEY
PUT IT TO WORK

PUT IT 10 WORK
Where It will work for you night ana
day earning you 3 to 6 per cent ae~
cording to time.
The Capitol Building and Loan Associate
Send for Booklet. 584 Kansas Ave-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-07

It is a wise father that knows how
to conceal his ignorance from his ten
year-old Observation-Disclosures Trib-
une.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-05-15

Every mother possesses information
which is of vital interest to her young
daug liter.
Too often this is never impaired or is
withheld until serious harm has result
ed to the growing girl through her
ignorance of natures mysterious and
wonderful laws and penalties.
Girls over-sensitiveness and modesty
often puzzle their mothers and battle
physicians, as they SO often withhold
their confidence from their mothers
and conceal the symptoms which ought
to be told to their physician at this
critical period.
When girls thoughts become slug
gish, with headache, dizziness or dis
position to sleep, pains in back or lower
limbs. eyes dim. desire for solitude;
when she is a mystery to herself and
friends. her mother should come to her
aid, and remember that Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound will at
this time prepare the system for the
coming change, and start the menstrual
period III a young girls life without
pain or irregularities.
Hundreds Of letters from young girls
and from mothers, expressing their
gratitude for what Lydia E. Pinkham' s
Vegetable Compound has accomplished
for them, have been received by the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co, at
Lynn, Mass.
Miss Mills has written the two fol
lowing letters to Mrs Pinkham. whicl
will be read with interest:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:- First letter.
81 am hut fifteen years ofage. am depressed
heve dizzy spells, chills, headache and back
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-05-15

Lydia pkhams Vegetable Compound Makes Sick Women Well
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-05-15

ache. and as have heard that You can give
helpful advice to girls III my condition am
writing YOU Myrtle Mills, Oquawka, Ill.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:- (Seeond Letter.
1t is with the feeling of utmost gratitude
that | write to you to tell you what your
valuable medicine has done for me. W hen
wrote YOU in regard to my condition | had
consulted several doctors, but they failed to
understand NV case and l did not receive
any benefit from their treatment. followed
your advice, and took Lydia r. Plnkhans
Vegetable Compound and am now healthy
and we'll. and all the distressing symptoms
which had at that time have disappeared. -
Myrtle Mills, Oquawka, Ill.
Miss Matilda Borman writes Mrs
Pink ham as follows:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
Before taking Lydia E. Pinkhams Nege-
table Compound my month.les We're rregu-
lar and painful. and always had such
dreadful headaches
= But since taking the Compound my head
aches have entirely left me, my monthlies are
regular, aud am getting strong and well. |
am telling all my girl friends what Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for
me- Matilda Borman Pennington, Iowa.
If YOU know of any young girl who
is sick and needs motherly advice, ask
her to address Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass, and tell her every detail of her
symptoms. and to keep nothing back.
She will receive advice absolutely free,
from source that has no rival in the
experience of woman $ ills, and it will, if
followed. PIT her on the right road to a
strong, healthy and happy womanhood,
| Lydia T.. Pinl1ham's Vegetable Com
pound holds the record for the greatest
number of cures of female ills of any
medicine that the world has ever
/ known. Why don t you try it?
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-05-15
June w edding.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kaufman an
nance the engagement OF their
Miss Fannie Kaufman. and
aq1 Albert Hirschler Of Cincinnati.
H. wedding to take place from the
;, wish temple of Fine Fluff on June
Miss kaufman is one of lie
! nHllar young ladies of Pine Bluff
society, and has a large number Of
friends in the ely. Mr. Hi1*chler is
with Sig and sam Friebera
ct Cincinnati in business. and is a
r0nular and Well known young bust
,leSs man OF that city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-05-15
SOME ONE WILL
HAVE TO SWING
A Report of Great Interest
by Special Committee
AFTER VISITING ALL
THE STORES IN TOWN
THEY FIND THAT THERE is ONLY
ONE PLACE

Where You Can Get Good Four Pass.
eneer Lawn Swing for s4.95. and
That it at the Puddephatt Furniture
Copany.-Your Children Ought to
Have Swing and When You Can
Get One for Only s4.e5, Why Not
Buy It for Them?
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-05-19
Honored by MasonC.

Judge E. f. Haskell of this city
has received almost unprecedented
honors at the hands of the various
branches Of Masonry in this state
At the meeting of the Grand Chap
ter, Royal Arch Masons of Florida,
in jacksonville last week, he was
presented, along with other living
Grand High Priests, with beauti-
full Grand High Priests Jewel.
Judge. Haskell filled the office of
Grand High Priest in 1900. In 1899
he was Grand Commander of the
Knights Templar of Florida and as
such has the Grand Commanders
jewel.
Judge Haskell is the present Depu-
ty Grand Master of the f. & A M .
of Florida, and according to the Gus
tom of that order is in line Of promo
tiou next year to the Grand Master
tershlp. After he has filled this lat :
ter office Judge Haskell will fill Il
unique position in the history Of Ma
sonry in Florida in that he will have
bad the highest honors bestowed
upon him of any Mason in the state.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-05-19
STATE NEWS IN TABLOID

Monticello is to have an electric
light and power plant with a CAPT
tai of $4,000.
Capt Thomas Perry in command
of the Pensacola Navy Yard will be
retired with the rank of rear
admiral.
j. F. Sherwood of Live Oak has
sued the Taylor County Herald at
Perry for libel claiming $4,000
damages.
Rev. A. Lichtenstein, a Christian
Hebrew from st. Louis, preached in
the Baptist church, Jacksonville,
last Sunday.
Dade City has made the first ship
merit of peaches. The shipment
went forward last Saturday from the
orchard of Mr.. Soar.
Barlow has been having several
cases of typhoid fever, and many
students at the military school have
remained away III consequence.
Hon. d. U. Fletcher of Jackson
Vile will deliver the commencement
day address at the State Normal
school DeFuniak Springs next Tues
day.
The principle merchants Of st. Au-
gustine have agreed on q Thursday
half holiday for the summer, and
will close their stores every Thurs
day noon until September 28,
Hon. John R. Herndon dropped
dead of apopleXy at his home in
Macclenny, Baker Co., on Tuesday.
He was an eX-representative in leg
islature, and had filled the offices of
county Judge and tax collector
Rev. f. Lyman Hood, pastor of the
Union Congregational Church at
Jacksonville, has rendered his resig-
nation, to accept the presidency Of
the Atlanta Theological Seminary.
He leaves October lst.
Albert Sanford of Yelvington has
been held in $500 bail TO await action
of the next United States court grand
Jury for sending indecent postal
cards to his mother-in-law who lives
at Ojus, Fla.
The Diocesian Council OF the Pro-
testaut Episcopal church, in session
at ST. Augustine last week, pronounc-
ed against professional base ball on
Sunday. The council did not care to
go on record as opposing the playing
by amateurs on that day.
The legislative committee appoint
ed to inspect the state convict camps
had this in its report: we find all
the camps and prisoners in us good
condition as circumstances will al
low, with the exception Of Messrs.
Warn Bros, in Escamba county,
where we find that in our opinion
the prisoners are mistreated, and
their health is poor In nearly all
cases, if not all, we find their feet
swollen and in some cases so badly
swollen that they could not wear
shoes, and we recommend that the
state inspector look into the matter.
We find the eating department in
bad condition, and recommend that
the state inspector investigate.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-05-19

The City Council.

The regular meeting of the city
council on Tuesday night did some
new business.
1t made b. F. Hagan Sanitary In
spector to serve till October lst with
out prejudice to his position as a po-
llceman. He is simply II policeman
detailed for sanitary work.
The city clerk was authorized to is
sue burial permits, Mayor Usina
having refused to issue them on
the ground that it was no part of the
mayors duty.
A. S. Willard voiced the kick" of
all residents on Main street when he
appeared before the council and
made complaint that the railway
company was using that street as II
yard for storing cars. He urged the
council to take some action. City
Attorney Hilhurn, who was present,
said he had taken the matter up with
the railway company, making de-
mands that it cease to use the streets
in the manner complained of. Then
the council requested the city attor-
ney to prepare an ordinance that
would correct the nuisance
N. S Collins was employed to aud
it the books Of the city collector and
treasurer and his pay for the work
was fixed at 5000,
An ordinance "tO prescribe the
fire limits and provide for fire protec-
tion in the City of Palatka' was read
for information and referred to the
ordinance committee.
An ordinance granting certain
privileges to neutrality-suspicious.
company was read for information
and also referred.
An ordinance granting the G, S. ~
f. R'y. Go. franchise and right of
way for its track along portion of
Laurel streetan to operate its trains
and cars thereon as main line,
which was read for the first time at
last meeting was placed upon its sec
oud reading and passed by unani-
nous vote The ordinance appears
in full in this paper.
Walter Thomas sent a cOmmuni-
cation complaining against the stor-
age of loud smelling fertilizer by the
w. A. Merryday Co. and bis COM
munication was referred to the sani-
tary committee.
The street committee was author
lied to make fill on Bronson street
at q cost not to exceed $50.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-05-19
Mrs. 3. Q. Burton. Dead.

Mrs.R o. Burton of Crescent City
wife of the well-known purser Of the
steamer Crescent, died at her home
yesterday noon at 1920 p. M. after
an illness of two weeks, during most
of which time her condition was con
sidered most critical.
Mrs. Burton was formerly Miss Al
kins and a niece of the late DR.. j HI.
Harrison. She was active i'm the
Episcopal church and the V. /. A.,
or Wonan's club, at Crescent City,
and a force in the social life Of the
place. Her home life was ideal and
her death is u sad blow to her devot-
ed husband, and little children, of
whom there are four.
All members of the family were
present at the time of her death.
Her sister, Mrs. ID. N. Gautier of
Fitzgerald, Ga. arrived on Tuesday
and Was also present Another sis
ter, Miss Flore%e Atkins, arrived
from Savannah but few moments
after her sisters death.
The funeral will occur this morn
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-05-19
Eminent Reformer to Speak.

Hon. Christopher Matheson, the
brilliant reformer and eloquent ad-
vocate OF Gainesville, will deliver an
address on temperance at the Metho-
dist church next Wednesday, May
24th, at 1880 p. m. The address is to
be in the interests of the coming local
option election.
Mr.. Matheson is one of the states
most gifted orators. He took II lead
ing part in the receht wet and dry
campaign in Alachua county, and in
his address here will speak of the eX-
perience of his own county under
the dry side. All who desire to give
this question candid. consideration
would do,well to hear Mr.. Matheson
on this occasion, and the committee
in charge of the campaign cordially
invite all to be present.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-05-19
qae Mansfield Sale.

The auction sale of town lots at
Mansfield yesterday was interrupted
by q Deputy u. S Marshal, who
served notice that title to the land
was in dispute. 1t seems ID. s..
Thompson of Boston and Palatka
claims a one-fourth interest in an
ancient tax title
Mr.. Pritchard of the Mansfield
company claims it is "hold up, "
that Thompson's claim is not valid,
but this will be determined by the
courts. The crowd at the auction
was not large and no attempt was
made to sell after the notice was
served The notice was not an in
junction.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-05-19
Help Wanted. l

The Griffiing Bros, nurserymen at
Jacksonville, Maclenny and Miami
are advertising or the inside page of
this paper for 100 experienced fruit
packers and 200 pickers and field
helpers. The Griffing's have 700
acres now planted in peaches and
are preparing to plant 200 acres
more. They are also large growers
of cantaloupes. The help is wanted
to pnther these crnnS.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-05-19
WHnopINa / OUCH.

"In The spring Of 1901 my children had
whoopiug cough" says Mrs. D. W.
Capps, of Capps, Ala. 81 used Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy with the most
satisfactory results. think this is the
best remedy have ever seen for whoop-
ing cough" This remedy keeps the
cough loose, lessons the severity and
frequency of the coughing spells and
counteracts any tendency toward pheu-
monla. For sale by Ackerman &
Stewart
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-05-19
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deed Under Section of Chapter

1883 Laws of Flori Ia.
Notice is hereby given that Henry
strunz, purchaser of tax certificate
No. 1898, dated the 4th day of July,
A. D., 1898, has flied 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:
Adjoining Ielham Park, book 20, p.
22-S.OG acres. Lot 8 Valentine Sur-5
acres, section 80, township IS, range 26.
Said land being assessed at the date
of the issuance of such certificate in the
name of Michael 0. Conner. Unless
said certificate shalrbe redeemed accord
ing to law, tax deed will issue thereon
on the cath day of June, A. D., 1905.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 18th day of May, A. D. 1905.
[Seall JOSEPH PRICE,
ok Circuit CT Putnam county, Florida.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-05-19

If you want to get your moneys
worth; and see good COLD knock
out, use Peek's Pine Tar Syrup
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-05-19
CURED HIS MOTHER OF RHEUMATIsM,

CURED HIS MOTHER OF RHEUMATISM.
my mother has been sufferer for
many years with rheumatism, says W.
H. Howard, of Husband, Pa. "At times
she was unable to move at all, while at
all times walking was painful. 1 pre-
sented her with a bottle of Chamber
'lain's Pain Balm and after a few appli-
cations she decided it was the most
wonderful pain reliever she had ever
tried in fact, she is never without it
now and is at all tin es able to walk. An
occasional application of Pain Balm
keeps away the pain that she was for
merIy troubled with" For sale by Ack-
erman & Stewart.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-05-19

Mrs. Geo. Parrot, the aged mother
of Hon. j. r.. Parrott of Jacksonville.
died at her bone in Oxford, Me-, last
Sunday. Mr.. Parrott, who had bnt
Just returned from visit to his
mother, left on receipt of the news to
attend the funeral.
Harry Bomford Of Tampa who
shot Capt g. E. Park, has been .'re-
leased on a $4,000 bond. Capt. Park g
wound is healing and he is said to be
out of danger. Bomford was too in
innate with Mrs. Park, and the cap
tain discovered them together IN his
own house some two weeks ago
then there was some shooting.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-11

DR.. Page uses the knife. and how he does
slash II is true that Rabelals must De
made to at into one volume, II is true that
what he wrote cannot he read by boarding
school misses. and that possibly Mr.. An
thony Cornstook might interfere with an
accurate publication. but Or. Pages cuts
are 40 savage that those who know their
Rabelais will close the book at once y
NAV give an indication OF something about
him to others.
To his excerpts DR.. Page preiiScs a very
unsatisfactory introduction. The few as
oertained facts about Rabelais are there,
though. curiously enough, all mention OF
the Pantagrue is omitted in the biography
Il reads like perfunctory college lecture
There ia laudatiop enough, but no sign
Of sympathy for his subject He handles
Rabelais With the tongs, proper enough
twentieth century state Of mind, but hardly
that with which a great genius should he
approached. He makes comparisons Why
in the world should he compare Radicals
20 sternei The two have nothing in com
mon. DR.. Page simply shows that he Is
a. unable 10 understand Sterne as, we fear
he is incapable Of wholly oomprehending
Rabelais.
For that matter we doubt II any modern
literary Anglo-Saxon can do that and.
from their literary output, perhaps few
young French writer's. Anatole France
---Aait be belongs n an older time, and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-11

ing. which includes Lincoln's reelection
on the one hand and verses written during
the past year on the other. The author
has been a student at the Ecole des BeauI
Arts in Paris: in fact he was the first Amerl-
can student OF the school, and we have
poem' devoted 10 that phase OF life. He
has also travelled in Italy like few other
people, and he describes his journey in
verse. He is a life member Of the Archno-
logical and Numismatic Society Of New
York, and writes all about that in rhyme
that would be difficult for the ordinary
reader TO grasp only that the author care
fully explains the science Of coins in
foreword.
Mr.. HeAton has aso written series OF
verses TO women, as Browning, Svinburne
and ell the ordinary poets have done, but
unlike them he has prefaced this depart
ment with an explanatory introduction
which protects him from any entangle-
ments aud reads as follows: Poems to
the Fair Sex written in moods Of gallantry
or great admiration TO a number Of persons
ever honorAbly known OF "a sentimental
illusions Of poetic indulgence at times
without individual subject),' The most
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-11
Rabclais FxpurEatcd.

The laudable design Of introducing French
classics to English readers who know no
French has been formed by Prof. Adolpho
Cohn and Dr. Curtis Hidden Page Of Column
bia University The beginning Of the enter
prise il the -Rabelais- &c. P. Putnam's
SonsD. edited by DR.. Page, a handsome.
we'll printed volume now before US, This
will be followed by volume OF Montaigne
and by two OF Moliere and later by one
volume each OF Beaumarchais and Of George
Sand What the lady has TO do in such
company We do not see, but doubtless the
editors have reasons for including her
where they leave out voltaire and Diderot
among others.
DR.. Page has had the good taste 10 select
Urouhart's translation with Motteux's con-
tinuation for the text. 1t Is perhaps only
into Elizabethan English that Rabelsis
could be rendered, and, at any rate, In those
days the translators shirked nothing. IT,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-11
LoNGMANs, GREEN & CO., NEW YORK.

the common man in France can. For
Rabelais's fun and wit are essentially
Gallo; the joyousuess the heartiness OF
his coarse fun are Latin now. The Eliza
bethan Englishman understood il. but
Puritanism killed it. We find it in FastaT
at times in Fielding. Swift has the COARSE
ness without the ioyousncss. But there is
no trace Of sentimentality in Rabelais.
whatever seriousness may underly his
satire, and n neurotic generation cannot
understand one without nerves
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-11
NOstrOnlO

This is the browning work Of
Joseph Conrad. "a perfectly
amazing book declares the Ian
don Afben@am. at is less a
novel than an opera in prose.
The sounding music of the tale
rises and falls, fades and sweIls,
advancing ever TO the ordered
crash Of its finale
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-11
ALIterar, Det eciIve Tale.

II iaa pleasure to come across a good,
fresh dissntanglemeat Of mystery There
are painful possibilities in Tho Summit
Hous, Mystery by l. DougilltFunk d Wag-
nails Company, but We put them aside in FOL
lowing the intricacies Of the plot The pub
Usher, show judgment in disclrding the
E1gl4h title Of the story. The Earthly
Purgatory. which, though appropriate in
a way. wouli puzzle and disappoint tho pur-
chlssr. We cinno. believe that the story
oriRinatei in England for the scene ia in
the Unitri S'l'as @ n7le.' familiarity
with Am,-iotn co1iitio1s is sioEn
The reader is led On from what promises
10 be an idyllio love story imperceptibly into
the tangle Of a mysterious murder The
probability as to who the murderer ia shifts
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-11
The Son of
Royal
L.angbrith

Mr.. Howcll's latest novel Is
not cone of the strongest, but is
The strongest piece OF work he has
yet done. 1t is story that seizcs
upon the reader in the first pages
and with dramatic intensity grips
him to the close. zone OF the
best American novels OF our
time. did.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-11
The Bell in
the Fog

A new volume of short stories
by Gertrude Anterior. The
author of THE Conqueror" and
"Ruler of Kings" has written
nothing which SO powerfully por-
trays her style and her genius as
4 story-teller as do these tales,
Subtle in conception and execu-
ton, at times intensely dramatic,
they recall the work of Maupas-
SAINT. The stories cover a wide
variety of subjects and are all re-
freshingly original.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-11
a Ladder of
Swords

No one who felt the spell and
charm of "Thc Right of Way"
will fail to read Sir Gilbert Par
ker's new romance. The story
is one of "lcve, laughter and
tears" of a bygone age, that be-
comes very real to US in these
delightful pages.