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The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-05-03

Notice OF Application for Tax Deed
Under Section 8 of Chapter 1885, Laws
of Florida
Notice Is hereby given that W. G,
Townsend, purchaser of tax certificate
No Oil, dated the I'd day of June,
A. D., 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 fol-
lowing described property situated in
Putnam county, Florida, to-wit:
"a a. of e. end of nw1 Of SET, section
81, township II, range 26-94 acres.
The said land being assessed at the
date of the Issuance of such certificate
in the name Of Wilson Cypress Co. Unless
said certificate shall be redeemed ac-
cording to law, tax deed will issue there
on on the Goth day of May A. d. 1907.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 18th day of April, A. D. 1907.
[Seall JOSEPH PRICE
Clerk circuit court, Putnam county, Fla.
By R. RAYMOND Price, dep. clerk.
Notice of Application for Tax Feed
Under Section of Chapter 1888, Laws
of Florida.
Notice is hereby given that W. @.
Townsend, purchaser of tax certificate
No. 1893, dated the 1st day of July, A. D.
1901, has filed said certificate in my of
flee, 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;
Mel of sci, eI ofse1 of set, W. of river,
section 81, township II, range $50
acres.
The said land being assessed at the
date Of the Issuance of such certificate
in the name of M r Bean. Unless
said certificate shall be redeemed &C
cording to law, tax deed will issue there
on on the Goth day Of May, A. d. 1907.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 18th day of April, A. d. 1907.
Seal JOSEPH PRICE,
Clerk circuit court, Putnam county, Fla.
By R. Raymond Pfice dep; clerk
The body of Peter J. Kennedy, a
we'll known theatrical manager, who
disappeared in December last, was
found in the water Sunday night off
south Brooklyn. The body, though
badly decomposed, was Identified by
Mrs. Kennedy.
TIE first, second and third officers
OF the Merchant and Miners Trans
poTation company have demanded
an increase in wages on an average
OF $40 per month, and threaten to go
out May LIST unless their demands
are acceded to,
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-05-03
Cause Enr Celebration.

Mrs. De Style-I met Mrs Schopper
at bargain sale today; said she was
celebrating her silver anniversary.
Mrs. Gunbusta-Is she married twen-
ty-five years? Mrs. De Style-No but
her husband gave her $25. = New York
Press,
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-05-03

That was vivid and popular bit of
description in which thevaudeville per
former on the stage referred to the Off
cial at the front entrance of the thea
ter as the "e.ght-dollar-a-week man at
the door who wears thousand dol
lars worth of gold buttons"
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-05-03
Pretty Near II.

"Uncle Zeb," cautioned his city
nephew, pointing to the finger bowl,
''you are not expected to drink out of
that, you know"
"Goshr said. Uncle Zeb. you'll be
telling me next that it's to wash my
hands inr'-Chicago Tribune.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-05-03

E. D. WILLIAMS, observer.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-05-03
A Tender Foot.

Awkward Nephew - Uncle John,
what's a tenderfoot? Gouty Uncle
(glaring)-Mine, and don't you forget
itl-Baltimore American.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-15
IMITATION JEWELS
AS RECONSTRUCTED
PRECIOUS GEMS.
This Is Victory for Importers, as GOV
eminent Claimed Duty on Them
Should Be 20 Per Cent.

NEW YORK, July 15.-Precious stones
have not been superseded at all by any
Of the artificial products. which recently
caused alarm In the jewelry trade. Many
of the importers and Jewelry manuiae-
turers In the Maiden lane district are now
taking occasion In sending out catalogues
for the fall trade, to say that the demand
for natural stones is greater than IL ever
was before. and that substitutes are not
accepted. As far as taking n pave
of real stones. 1t Is said, all the artiiclai
products have proved failures. 1t is ad-
mitted that the laboratory gems lave a
large sale, but only as a class of limitations
somewhat higher than glass.
Imitation diamonds. rubies. emeralds,
sapphires and pearls have all been I'M
ported In the last year under the designa-
ton Of reconstructed gems. the importers
In each ease demanding that the duty Dc
10 per cent. the rate applicable to precious
stones. while the government claimed ~
per cent. the rate on glass limitations ana
OF non-enumerated manufactures
Decisions of the Board of United States
General Appraisers handed down In the
last week have settled the status from the
customs point of view of the emeralds,
the last Of the reconstructed gems to re-
ceive attention. In all the cases the I'M
porters of the limitations have been sue
cessful In getting the 10 per cent. rate.
The authorities base their decision on the
similitude clause of the tariff law, which
allows an article to be classified with
whatever 1t most closely resembles in ma
terial, appearance and intended uses.
OF all the stones entered in the foreign
invoices as reconstructed gems, the ruby
Is the only one really entitled to the name,
say prominent dealers. The reconstructed
ruby, they say. is really made In the
laboratory. so that it is chemically identi-
cal with the finest rubies of Burma, and
the differences are seen only in the In
terror lines and bubbles and in the crystal
line formation.
The sapphire, like the ruby. being of the
blue stone could be made in the laboratory
as readily as the red. But the so-called
reconstructed sapphire turned out to be
a doublet. composed of two pieces of
quartz, with blue coloring on the plane
where they were cemented together. The
latest reports from Paris Indicate that the
machine. which turns out red rubies by
the thousand, cannot produce a single blue
sapphire.
The so-called reconstructed emerald also
proved to be composed OF two pieces or
.quamarine Joined as a doublet with green
c~oloring mixed with the cement, all the
naked eye the two stones looked as if they
had always been one. Chemically the en-
erald and the aQuamarlne are the same
and the only difference is in the coloring,
that from a custom house point of view
the difference was immaterial. Flawless
emeralds of a deep green hue command
prices, while the aquamarine
may be bought for a
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-15
FIRM
GENERAL STRIKE MAY BE
DECLARED.
REQUEST for settlement will Be in
Nature of a Observation-Disclosures
Neill Can't Do Much.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 15.-Un1ess
a settlement of the commercial teleg-
raphers' strike is effected tomorrow a
general strike nay be declared. The
request for a settlement will be in the
nature of a demand, for the men feel
that they have the approval of Presi-
dent Small as well as the Individual
Endorsement of the membership of the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union
throughout the country.
The statement is made that If the
national executive board should at
tempt to force a settlement d~ispleasing
to the strikers President Small will
call out the Chicago employees as the
FIRST move in the extension Of the strike
zone.
Labor Commissioner Neill is not, 1t
Is said, expected to be able to accom-
plish much, as he had announced he
had come to look over the situation Tor
himself, and had no definite ultimatum
from President Clowry, of the Western
Union, to submit.
President Small and the
officers held a long conference last
night, but would not diyulge the nature
of their discussion. Commissions Neil
made no visits yesterday, but said he
though a settlement was yet possible
with concessions on both sides. Small
said the time for talking had ended,
and would not discuss the mutation
other than to say that hope for peace
had not been abandoned.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-15
PIG IRON MARKET.
Aggregate Output for June Presents
Splendid Record.

CLEVELAND. o., July 15.-In an article
on the production Of pig iron for the
month of June, the Iron Trades Review
SAYS:
ecaus of the increased number of
stacks in operation over previous months
June was enabled to present a splendid
record Of pig iron production In respect
to aggregate tonnage. The total output
OF the United States for the thirty days
of June reached 1881, 420 tons. compared
with 2.2s1.O3o tons in the thirty-one days
OF May and 2,226, 70S tons in the thirty days
of April.
Had the past month contained the same
number of days as May, the, high record
Of production which was established by
the latter month would undoubtedly have
been broken. The daily average produce
ton of June reached 1851 tons, against
1884 tons in May, and 1928 tons In April.
The decrease in total production of 53, $40
tons shown by Tune as compared with
May would, therefore, more than have been
made up by a single additional day. Fore
by the average daily capacity
OF the furnaces in blast on June 80. when
the total was 70, 25s tons, as compared with
1881 tons on May 81, the month of July
starts upon a period Of unusually large
production, provided this record of daily
output is maintained,
June's good showing can be attributed
wholly to the large increase of active
stacks over May, as the figures were 34l
and 329 furnaces respectively, a gain for
the month Just passed of twelve stacks.
OF the 2'2S7, 42o tons produced in June
1,472.966 tons represent the output which
was consumed in the plants Of the pro-
ducers, while 735. 001 tons were turned out
demands.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-15
MADE BY THE CHAL DEANS.
Relics Of sassanide Epoch Found by
French Archaeological.

NJ. de Morgan, the eminent French
archaelogist, who has been directing tho
excavations at Susa, in Persia, states that
some interesting finds have come to light
within a recent period. Among these, says
the Scientific American. are a silver cup
and a fork belonging to the Sassanide
epoch, and those two pieces show fine
workmanship and are in good condition.
Below this level, md about fifteen to
thirty feet depth, were found two scale
weights having the form of a duck and
bearing the inscriptions, also a headless
statue of yellow limestone half-life size
and also having an inscription.
A STEELE of diorite has on n side a
seated divinity and two persons in a
standing position. The other side is COW
cred with a text. The STEELE Is about
three feet in height and Is we'll preserved.
A large fragment of an inscription of the
Hammurabi epoch engraved upon diorite
was another specimen, also a hfe-slze
statue of a seated person with an in
complete archaic text. This statue. shows
a remarkable workmanship and is a fine
piece OF ChaIdaean art; it seems TO have
been brought from Chadaea to Susa. Many
bricks carrying texts Of the Patesi epoch
were brought TO light.
The excavations which were carried on
during eleven months in one OF the tells"
or large mounds with one hundred work
men brought to light the ruins of a villa
of the Sassanide epoch, built of brick.
The walls are now from twelve TO sixteen
feet IN height and the area is about one
ing the plans. he was obliged to demolisn
It. as It would no doubt have been de
stroyed by the nomadss and he expected
upon some prehistoric pottery. which led
him to believe that there had been an
ancient huryins ground on the site.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-15
GROUNDED in FOG
|. |. SOUND STEAMER SHIN
NEC0CK HIGH AND DRY.
Her 200 Passengers Not Considered in
Any Danger-rs Leaking
Slightly.

NEW YORK, July 15.-The Long ISL
and Sound teamer Shinnecock, from
Greenport, L. l., for this city, with pas
sengers, ran ashore on the northeast
end of Hart Island during a dense fog
early today. The Shinnecock is high
and dry on the shore. Tugs have gone
to her assistance. Her passengers are
not considered in any danger. The
wind is light and the water is smooth
The pilot of the ~Shinnecock was head
ing the steamer slowly in a westerly
direction. trying to pick his way
through a thick fog. when the SHINE
cock ranmed her nose on the rocks on
the northeast end of Hart Island. The
two hundred passengers on the steamer
hurried from their staterooms to the
decks when the crash came, but were
told by the officers there was nothing
to fear.
A hurried examination Ct the steam
er's hull showed hat several seams in
the ships bow had started and she was
leaking slightly. Police from City ISL
and station were informed that the
steamer was aground and put off in
launches to the Shinnecock. They vol
unteered to take ashore any passengers
who wished to leave the steamer. The
passengers. seeing that there was no
danger, declined to leave, as the officers
informed them that a steamer you'd be
sent for to take them to New York.
The S~hinnecock's officers said they
hoped to get the steamer off at high
water early this afternoon.
Later the passengers were aiken off
the Shinnecock and conveyed in
launches to City Island, where they
awaited the arrival OF a steamer to
take them to this city. Some of the
passengers made the trip to the city on
trolley airs.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-15
HAVANA CIGAR
FACTORIES REOPEN.
Strike Settled, the Employees to Be Paid
in American Currency, After
This Week.

HAVANA, July 15.-The settlement
of the ~cigarmakers' strike, which was
announced Saturday night, was formally
ratified yesterday. The trust factories
will reopen tomorrow. and the factories
of the Independent manufacturers re-
opened today on the old terms for one
week, after which they will accede to
the demands of their employees, paying
the wages in American currency.
The official statement of Manager
Staples. of the Henry Clay and Book
Company, referring 10 a recent letter
from Governor Magoon to the manu-
facturers strongly advocating the gem
eral adoption of American currency In
Cuba, says:
THE Governors letter has thoroughly
clarified the currency question for the
republic of Cuba. 1t comes at a con
venient time to put an end to the UNI
fortunate suspension of operations. We
fully accept the wisdom of the Gov
ernor's opinion as a guide to the future
stability of the currency standard"
1t is genrally believed that h action
of the cigar manufacturers tend strong
" toward the speedy adoption of
American money in Cuba.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-15
FARMLAND HEAD
OF SILK
Fled from Philadelphia When He
Couldn't Meet $4,000 Payment.
Arrested for Forgery.

FREDERICK, Md, July 15.-Solomonl
Crum. a Frederick County farmer, who
on Friday last hired as a harvest hand
an able bodied soldier who applied to
him for work, was surprised yesterday to
learn that his helper was the head of a
corporation doing business in Phila-
delphia and New York. The harvest
hand was Elmer G. Small. president of
the Premier Silk Company, which has
establishments at 4 West Twenty-sec-
ond street, New York, n 131 South
Thirteenth street, Philadelphia. and the
disclosure of his identity came when
the Sheriff of Frederick County arrived
at the farm with a Philadelphia con-
stable and a Pinkerton detective and
arrested Small on a warrant charging
him with forgery.
Small is alleged to have forged a
paper represented to be a certificate
signed by the recorder of Franklin
County, Pennsylvania, that Small
owned property to the value of about
$50, 900. With this certificate Small is
said to nave negotiated the purchase Of
$50. 900 of the capital stock of the Pre-
mier Silk Company, giving a promise
to pay for the stock in three install
ments. He was made president of the
company on April "a last. but the first
payment of $50, 900 was not due until
July 1. He failed to pay, and. when
pressed. left Philadelphia.
He denied the charge of forgery
and alleged that the condition of
the company was misrepresented to
him when he agreed to purchase the
stock. He was taken to Philadelphia
last night.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-15
WALL STREET
CENTRAL OF NEW JERSEY
GAINS FIVE POINTS.
Union Pacific a Favorite in the specu-
lation, Also Moves Up-Reaiizing
Sales Only Brief.

NEW YORK, July 15.-The opening
dealings in stocks while in moderate
volume. carried prices briskly upward.
Transactions in Union Pacific were on
a large scale and carried the price or
that stock two points over Saturday.
Great Northern preferred, Reading N
American Smelling rose 1% and North
ern Pacific III. Atchison and ANAL
gamated Copper rose /, National Lead
III, and st. Paul, American Locomo-
tive and Erie second preferred q. Cen
trail Railroad of New Jersey sold at an
advance of 5, New York Air Brake 8.
Ice ~ and Delaware n
Hudson 2.
quick profit taking, before
prices fell away. Buying orders
increased again at the reaction and
moved prices UP to above the opening
Minneapolis, st. Paul and Sault
Saint Marie and Great Northern Ore
certificates rose 81, Union Pacific IN.
Northern Pacific and Erie first pre-
ferred pa. Amalgamated Copper 2h,
Louisville and Nashville, Northwestern.
Minneapolis and st. Louis, American
Tobacco preferred and Sloss-Sheffield
Steel III.
Trading became less active and price
fluctuations showed some hesitation, but
was manifest on the decline. st.
Paul, Texas and Pacific and Westing-
house Electric rose IA, United States Pipe
1s and u. S. Steel and American Beet
Sugar /. American Express sold at a de-
cline of 5, and United Railways and In
vestment preferred l. Bonds were steady.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-15
OUR EXPENSIVE PILATES.
We Care More for the Taste Than the
Nutritious Quality Of Food.

Physiological chemists occasionally de-
light TO tell us that we are the dupes of
aesthetic senses and pleasing fiavors. Men
will pay. they say, half a guinea for a pint
Of turtle soup which, from a nutrltiye
point of view. Is not worth a twentieth
part of that sum. Oysters, We are told,
are an extravagant form Of food, since
fourteen. of them do not contain as much
nourtshment as a single egg while 1t would
require the i~ngestion of no less than ECO
good oysters before the protein equivalent
Of a pound of beef was reached. Caviare,
again, is not to be compared with the
bloater as regards it's nutritive value; in
deed, the latter offers the largest amount
of nutriment for a given sum of any AMI
NAL food"
1t is evident II we regard these con-
illusions seriously that a large section of
the human race is wickedly indulgent. says
the London Lancet, caring more for the
palatable than the nutritious quality of
food. The same appears to be true in re-
gard to beverages. AID even in the case
speaking, between the penny Pickwick and
eleven pense is paid for flavor. and flavor
s q sS1an 61y and sdSaa co5 # Is g soy nne s 5hnt
Ing. is just as satisfactory as a pint of
champagne at five shillings. Similarly 1t
may be said that a pint of beer at six
pence is quite as good. dietetically speak
ing, as a smsll bottle of Chateau Mar
geaux at three shillings and sixpence.
There are. however, clearly Instances in
WliiSl III NJ SSiisS tdli the nutIllANG SqaiS-
alent of foo and beverages be summed up
In so many pounds, shillings and pence.
How often Is 1t found, for example, that
the Invalid may be tempted to take a few
oysters in preference to a small beef f1llet,
or some turtle coup when calves head, the
basis OF mock turtle, would scarcely APP
peal to him, even although it may be more
than equal in nutritive value to the only
reptile used to any extent as food in this
country When a person refuses to take p
given food. however nutritive and whole
some it may be, because 1t is not tempt
ing to the sight or the palate It is in many
instances probable hat II he struggles TO
overcome his fastidiousness such food may
prove to tax his digestive functions and
may even cause gastric trouble.
TIE chemical analysis of food and ply
slological experiments In the test tube do
not take into account this psychical factor
of digestion. for the digestive process Is
well begun when the sight of food is pleas
ing. on the contrary. when food does lot
appeal to the eye it is likely not to appeal
to the stomach. 1t Is hardly reasonable 20
conclude, therefore, that the price of flavor
is always the price of luxury.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-15
THE COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK. July 1.-THE cotton mar
ket opened steady at an advance Of 2
points to a decline Of 3 points on late
months. under continued bear pressure and
liquidation. Liverpool cables were better
than due on the New York close of Satur-
day, but the weather over the weekend
was considered favorable. and there was
some further uncertainty regarding the
situation In Alexandria, although private
cables SAID that the difficulties there were
the result of real estate speculations and
that no cause existed for apprehensions, SO
far as cotton was concerned. Trading
was moderately active locally, and after
selling off to n net loss Of about 3 to 4
points on active months. prices rallied TO
within a point or two Of Saturdays close
during the middle of the morning.
After rallying 10 a net advance of 10
points on August and OF s to 8 points on
active new crop months, as a result Of
buying by Southwestern bull interests and
covering of local shorts. the market eased
off and at midday was about II points net
higher on August. but back to within a
point or two of Saturdays finals on later
positions.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-15
SUES FOR A MILLION He
SAYS RAILROADS OWE.
Chicago Lawyer Brings Suit Involving
an Alleged Deal to Purchase
the Walsh Lines.

CHICAGO, July 15.-William Arm
strong, a Chicago lawyer, has started a
suit FOR 81, 900, 900 against several
branches of the Vanderbilt system Of
railroads and their officers. Particulars
of the suit were suppressed pending the
securing of certain detail from WASH
.ington. The railroads owe him money,
Armstrong says.
The defendants in the suit are the
Rock Island Railroad Company and
Robert Mather, its president; the Pitts
burg, Cincinnati, Chicago and st. Louis
Railroad Company and James McCrea,
it's president; the Pennsylvania lines;
the Chicago, Indiana and Southern
Railroad Company and Charles w.
Hotchkiss. It's general manager: Will
lam v. Brown, president of the Lake
Shore Railroad.
Armstrong, when asked about the
suit, said he would throw an interesting
side light on the John R. Walsh failure.
II was employed by the lake Shore
and other lines in 1903" said he ito
enter into negotiations for the purchase
of III competing railroad properties of
John r. Walsh for cash. Thes me-
gotiations extended over a period of
four years and finally were abandoned
by the railroads just before the Walsh
failure. The whole details of the trans
actions will be exposed when the mat
ter comes to a trial"
Another charge that will be made Is
In regard TO the manner in which 200
shares of stock in the Indiana, Illinois
and Iowa Railroad were distributed
among various traffic managers OF
cross lines in 1898 for the purpose of in
creasing business and boosting the
stock of the road previous to its sale to
the Vanderbilts.