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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-27
RICHEST ISLAND ON EARTH.
Yet Java. With Its Amazing Crops,
Hardly Pays the Dutch.

Yet Java, With Its Amazing Crops.
Hardly Pays the Dutch.
Java has population of more than
40,000000 1t is a Dutch possession
and the richest island on earth" says
man who has spent most of his life
there. THE governor general has nine
palaces in different parts of the island
and a regiment of soldiers to escort
him from one to another Two-ffths
of the sugar of the world is produced
In Java. Labor costs little or nothing
The natives work for something like
$3.50 year The principal products
are sugar. cotton. rice, cagu nuts and
citronela. OF the total population
there are probably 30000.0O0 Javanese
and the rest are Chinese and Portu
guese. The white population numbers
about 10000. mostly Dutch. and there
are few Americans The immensely of
the production of Java may be esti
mated from the fact that the internal
revenue is nearly S20O.OOO.OOO
Notwithstanding the big population
the richness Of the soil and the great
productivity Java is hardly a paying
possession to the Dutch 1t takes all
THAT Java yields to pay the expenses
of fighting the natives of the other is
lands. like Flores. where the inhabit.
ants are savages, mostly head hunt
ers. Borneo is the largest island In
the south sea. hut Its population is
small compared with that of Java.
Under the conditions of civilization
it is surprising. perhaps. that the
standard of morals among the natives
- h%h VET il is fact Violation of
III" narriage contract is almost un
heard nt Washington Post
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-27

GASOLINE ENGINE INVEN-
T!ON-Party interested in the same
with the late Thomas D. Evans. well
contractor, will foster his interests
by communicating with Mrs. T. D.
Evans, Palatka, Florida. 10-31-4t
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-27
PROPERLY Rebuked,

Emma. queen mother of the Neither
lands. is the subject of many stories In
her own country. During the time
when she acted as regent before the
present Queen Wihelmina came of age
1t is said that one morning Queen
Emma was awakened by a peremptory
knocking at her bedroom door.
Who is there" she asked.
A precociously dignitied voice an
swered, 1.-THE queen of Holland"
The queen mother quietly answered
81 am not dressed and therefore not
able to receive her majesty, but If it Is
my little girl she may come in."-Lon.
don Mirror.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-27

Folly is mans worst enemy and
discretion his best friend.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-27

FOR SALE-Pecan trees on the
Government lot. For prices and 9TH
er particulars, apply at the Palatka
pcstoffice.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-27

Thanksgiving services were held a
St. Marks church yesterday morning
Hon. James M. Chesser, the oil
Confederate veteran of Hollister, wa
in the city on Tuesday accompanies
by his daughter.
Mrs. J. H. Haughton has returned
from pleasant visit of several week.
in Richmond, Va.
Mrs. Norman Rifles has gone tt
Leesburg to visit her parents, DR.. ant
Mrs. Howell.
E. W. Gray and little daughter
Mary, Of Jacksonville, are in the city
visiting his mother, Mrs. H. A. Gray
Mrs. F. D. Wattles entertained Mon.
day afternoon at pretty three course
luncheon, followed by auction bridge
J. Men. Bard of Norwalk was doing
business in the city this week and
shaking hands with lot of friends
Julian d'Nazarie is getting out a
city directory for Palatka which
promises to be valuable work of ref
erence.
L. H. and W. A. Merryday spent a
couple days in the city this week con-
nected with their new enterprise-the
new Merryday block.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewitt T. Gray and
little daughter, Nancy, are in the city
to spend Thanksgiving with his
mother, Mrs. H. A. Gray.
DR.. S. E. Peck of Pomona one of
the well-known physicians of the
county, was a visitor in the city Tues
day, coming over with Mr.. and Mrs.
C. C. Middleton in their Ford car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. H. Sieg have
returned from their travels in the
northland and appear glad to get
back. They escaped the Florida biz
zard of last week.
H. E. Stewart a former prominent
Palatka business man, now a whole
sale druggist in Jacksonville, was
crushed in an elevator in rear of his
store on Monday and very painfully,
though as report now comes, not ser
iously injured. His friends here are
anxiously awaiting news of his recov-
cry.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Snyder, all the
way from far off Alaska, have moved
to Palatka and will make this their
home. They have spent many years
in Alaska and Mr. Snyder is well-in-
formed concerning that territory. He
was gold miner and he has some
nuggets of the precious metal which
he took from the rock.
Bogart the contractor who does
5hings is now really at work with a
,orce of men erecting the Merryday
block at the corner of Lemon and
Second streets. The walls are rising.
It is to be o pretty building of two
stories and occupants for che several
store rooms it will contain have been
for.
Come to the annual bazaar and oys-
,er supper at the Athletic Club house
his friday evening, November 9th
given by the Philathea class of the
Methodist Episcopal church. There
will be fancy work, apron, towel, doll, |
AXE and candy booths. Beginning at
,:30 an oyster supper will be served
or 25 cents. This is a splendid OPP
,ortunity to get dainty handmade
Christmas presents. The bazaar will
'pen at 3 o'clock.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-27

Today the advanced tiller of the soil
must come up TO his calling as fully
equipped for service as the lawyer. the
editor. the doctor, the captain of indus.
try, for the curious fact has developed
that the calling in which the unlettered
and unframed man was once supposed
to have as good a chance as the edu
Gated one is now the calling in which
wide and varied knowledge is as i'm.
perative as is almost any other known
among men, W s. Harwood.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-27
Vegetable Sponues.

What are known as vegetable
sponges grow freely In Ecuador dur
ing the rainy season. They grow on
vines. like pumpkins The poor people
utilize them for washing dishes and
when bathing. claiming they are supe
rior to the animal sponge.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1914-02-12
Some Ships

o. L. Dickson, the irrepress- ibie boy preaident'' of the Yukon is at it again. Ae recently put over on his newspaper friends from Skagway to Seattle inclusive, a choise story to the effect that he would build a couple of million dollar palatial steamships to ply between Seattle and Skagway. II is presumed that Mir. Dickeson will use these steamships for the tran sportation of tourists who will stop at bis At!in hotel which he so successfully constructed in the paper~ last spring, but on which work was stopped early in the sea- sJn. However, the steamships nay ae expected 10 be finished az soon as the hotel is ready to re- eelve guests. As 1t takes iron fourteen 10 eighteen months to construct vessels q this class is is anticipated by Mr. Dickeson 5 friends that the keels will have to De lad at once so that they may be placed in service by the spring ot 1915. These steamships will be built on somewhat different plan than taat adopted usually inas- much as they will have quadruple bottoms and hot air compartments 10 say nothing of a massage parlor oD each deck and q Bell telephone connecting the ship at all timsf with poinis on shore, in fact, they are going to be ".ome ships, - Railway & Marine News.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1914-02-12

not be approved and finally and judically settled and allowed and the prayer of said petition be granted:
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at Wrangell in the Territory of Alaska, District and Precinct aforesaid. this the 24th day of January, 1914.
 VIM. c. THOMAS, United States Commissioner and
 Ex-Officio Probate Judge in
 and for the Wrangell Precinct. First Publication, Jan. 29, 1913
The Wrangell sentinel., 1914-02-12
Surprise Party

Among the many affairs last week was the surprise party given at the home of Mrs. Paul Stanhope by Miss Lotus and Miss l.. Lind man in honor of Miss Edna Lind man 10th birthday Saturday even- ing. Feb. 7th. The evening was spent in playing games and music after. Dainty refreshments were served and the guests departed wishing Miss Edna many happy returns of the day.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1914-02-12
Delinquent Taxes
 Town of WraRgell

Notice is hereby gwen that the following Municipal Taxes of the Town of Wrangell Alaska remain unpaid and are delinquent, and are now payable with the addition ofa penalty of , per cent per an T un.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1914-02-12
In Tie Probate Court for the Territory of Alaska, Division No. One, Wransell
 Commissioners Precinct.

l Before Hon. Vim. c. Thomas, l United States Commissioner and
 Ex-0ffcio Probate Judge in and for the Wrangell Commissioners
 Precinct.
 Citation For Hearing On Final Account And Petition For Final Settlement
 And Distribution.
 l. The Matter Of the Copart- : ner5hip Estate of THOMAS A. l WILSON, Deceased, and
 RUFUS SYLVESTER, Deceased
 To Mary A, Wilson, Widow
 and Administrator of the individ-
 ual estate, of Thomas A. Wilson,
 Deceased: Leo C. Patenaude. Administrator of the individual >estate of Rufus Sylvester, De-
 ceased, Rose Rufus Sylvester
 widow, May Sylvester Gartley, Mildred Sylvester and George Rufus Sylvester, adult children and heirs of, and Ann
 and Elsie Sylvester, minor child ren and heirs of Rufus Sylvester, | deceased, and Hiram D. Camp bell as guardian of the minor heirs of the said Rufus Sylves- ter, deceased, and all other per- sons interested in the said CO., partnership estate of Wilson X Sylvester, as creditors and otherwise: GREETING;-
 YOU AND EACH OF YOU are hereby notified that Mary A.
 Wilson and Thomas c. McHugh
 as Administrators of the above
 entitled estate have this day rendered, presented for settle
 melt and filed in this Court their Final Report and Account of their administration of said estate and
 that they have filed herein their l petition for the final and judicial settlement and allowance of this and all other accounts filed by them and for 1he approval and allowance of, all of their acts and proceedings as Administra- tors and for the allowance of their acts in the proceedings Iof such Administrators and
 tor the allowance of the expenses and for the author Ii.y to make distribution of the residue of said estate to such persons or estates as shall be en- titled thereto and that the Court nas appointed 2 o'clock, P. M. of Monday the Seth day of March, 1914, and the court room Of the | United States Commissioner and EX-0hcio Probate Judge a ,rangell, Alaska, as the time anu place for the hearing upon
 said Final Account and said
 petition; and
 YOU AND EACH OF YOU ARE HEREBY CITED AND REQUIRED PERSONALLY to
 be and appear before the Pro- bate Court for the Wrangell Commissioners Precinct at the
 last above mentioned time and place then and there to attend
 said hearing upon said Final Re- port and Accounts and upon said petition and then and there TO
 SHOW CAUSE if any You have,
 why the said Final Report and l Account and all the accounts of
The Wrangell sentinel., 1914-02-12
LOCAL BRIEFS

LOCAL BRIEFS
 Read Benjamin's sd. News.
 Drop in at the Home Bakery for your night lunch.
 XVn Neill was a passenger on the Mariposa for Ketchikan.
 Ed. Thorne left on the Maripose for Seattle.
 Good Hot Coffee, like mother used to make, at the Home Bake ".
 Paeel Gas rneiGas absolutely re- liable. 4-cvcle machines. Chas. Benjamin. Agent.
 Thomas Brsnden. the well known travelling man, left on the Mari posa for Ketchikan.
 H. J. Palmer. Fotarv Public, Le- t.l papers drawn. Office at St. Michael Trading CO.
 Samuel nnirhead went south to Ketchikar on a short business trir on the Mar;poaa.
 Mrs. (. ?. Sp-agne and Wm Burger were in from the Garnet Ledge last Monday.
 T. R. Bender was a passenger OF ths NariDosa for Ketchikan where he goes on a business trip. Allen Swift returned or the In- cl- Dsn from Warm Chuck where he has spent the past 1 months trapping.
 Rev. P. ], Mahonv s. I. will ar- rive on the Str. Northwestern and wiH ho'd services al the usual hours on Sunday and Monday at the Catholic Church.
 Tha Ladies Guild of et. Philips Church held the;r social st the ynnasium last Friday night and vas a crown!ng success IT everT- way. The Ladies cleared good sum of money fer the Guild.
 Subscribe for The Sentinel.
 All Roads Lead To The Rink
The Wrangell sentinel., 1914-02-12
Miner Tells Of
 Brutalities

Denver, Feb. I2 John Lawson one of the striking miners, made a written statement today in which he tells of men being shot by hired thugs and violence being used when 1t Is unnecessary.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1914-02-12

The next fellow that opens up about that Japan current watch him hes busgit. News,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17

cheerful in that chill atmosphere, and
half an hour late, my intended hus-
band arrived, with his London lawyer
and his friend, Eastcliff.
My mind was far from clear and
had a sense of seeing things by
flashes only, but l remember that
thought Lord Raa was very nervous,
andg ii even occurred to me that
early as it was he had been drink
ing.
"Beastly nuisance, isn't it?" he said
to me aside, and then there was some
thing about this legal fuss and fud-
clement"
The Ceremony.
With the air of man with griev-
ance the High Bailiff took a big book
out of the desk, and a smaller one off
a shelf, and then we sat in half
circle, and the ceremony began.
1t was very brief and cold like a
matter of business. AS far as ] can
remember it consisted of two declara
tons which Lord Raa and / made first
to the witnesses present and after
ward to each other. One of them
stated that we knew of no lawful i'm
pediment why we should not be join
ed together in matrimony, and the
other declared that we were there and
then so Joined.
l remember that l repeated the
words automatically as the High
Bailiff in his thick alcoholic voice read
them out OF the smaller of his books,
and that Lord Raa, in tones of obvi-
Gus impotence, did the same.
Then the High Bailiff opened the
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tonhole. was by his side and his aunt
Lady Margaret. carrying a sheaf of
beautiful white flowers, was standing
near.
My own witnesses and bridesmaids
Betsy Beauty and Messy Mcleod, in
large hats, with soaring black
feathers, were behind me. I could
hear the rustic of their rose colored
skirts and the indistinct buzz OF their
whispered conversation, as well as
the. more audible reproofs of Aunt
Bridget, who in a crinkly black silk
dress and bonnet like a half moon,
was telling them to be silent and to
look placid.
At the next moment / was con-
scious that bell had been rung In
the chancel: that the organ had
stopped; thar the coughing and hem
ming in the church had ceased; that
somebody was saying. stand here,
my lord" that Lord Raa, with ner-
vous laugh, was asking, Here? ana
taking a place by my side; that the
lighted altar, laden with flowers, was
i'm front of me. and that the bishop in
his vestments, Father Dan in his sur
plice and white stole, and a clerk car
rying a book and a vessel of holy
water were beginning the service.
ceremony. Never did any girl under
similar circumstances feel a more
vivid presentiment of the pains and
penalties that follow on a forced and
ill-assorted marriage. And yet there
came to me in the course OF the serv-
ice such startling change Of thought
az wiped out for a while all my sad
ness made me forget the compulsion
that had been put upon me, and lifted
me into "A realm Of spiritual ecstasy
The bishop began a short litany,
which asked Gods blessing on the
ceremony which was 10 join together
two OF His children in the bonds OF
holy wedlock. While that was going
on | was conscious Of nothing except
the bowling Of the wind about the
church windows and the far-off toll
ing Of the bell on st. Mary's Rock
nothing but this and a voice within
me which seemed to say again and
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THIRTY-FIRsT CHAPTER.

THAVE only an indefinite memory
l of floating vaguely through the
sights and sounds of the next two
hours; of everybody except mlself
being wildly excited; OF my cousins
calling repeatedly from unseen re-
gions of the house; Of Aunt Bridget
scolding indiscriminately; of the
dressmakers chatterng without
ceasing as they fitted on my we'd
ding dress; of their standing off from
me at intervals with cries of delight
at the success of their efforts; Of the
wind roaring in the chimney; of the
church bells ringing in the distance:
Of the ever-increasnP moaning Of
the sea about st. Mary's Rock; and
finally Of the rumbling of the rubber
wheels of several carriages and the
plash Of horses hoofs on the gravel
OF the drive.
When the dressmakers were done
with me J was wearing an ivory satin
dress, embroidered in silver. with
coronal Of myrtle and orange bios
SONS under the old Limerick lace of
1.-The family veil, as well as string
OF pearls and one big diamond Of the
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noble house I was marrying into.
remember they said my black hair
shone with a blue luster against the
sparkling gem, and ! dare say
looked gay on the outside anyway.
At last | heard a fluttering of silk
outside my room, and a running
stream Of chatter going down the
stairs, followed by the banging of
carriage doors and then my fathers
deep voice. saying:
Bride ready? Good Time to go,
| guess"
He alone had made no effort to
dress himself up, for he was still
wearing his everyday serge and his
usual heavy boots. There was not
even a flower in his button hole.
We did not speak very much on
our way TO church., but | found a
certain comfort in his big warm pres
ence as we sat together in the car
riage with the windows shut. for the
rising storm was beginning to fright
en- me
1T will be nothing" said my
, father. Just a puff Of wind and a
slant of rain maybe
The little church was thronged with
people. Even the galleries were full
of the children from the village
school. There was a twittering over
head like that of young birds in a
tree, and as | walked up the nave on
my fathers arm | could not help but
hear over the sound of the organ the
whispered words of the people in the
pews on either side of us
Dear heart alive, the straight like
her mother she is, bless her."
Goodness yes, it's the poor mis-
fortunate mother come TO life again"
4 q L.. 4 a. -.
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Daysey Mayme
ndHer Folks
BY FRANCES L. GARsIDE.

TIME man who said Poets are
born, not made" was ignorant
of the possibilities of websters
Unabridged Dictionary. Anyone with
a little ink and a collection OF such
words as heart dart part; love, dove;
bliss, kiss; sad, lad; burst, cursed.
etc. has only to use his brain and he
may produce poems that will make
the rhymes of Tennyson, Longfellow,
Keats and the Sweet Singer of Michi-
gan seem as full Of life as a smoked
herring In comparison.
With a collection OF such words,
Daysey Mayme Appleton felt that she
had the ingredients that would put
laurel leaf on her brow, and bring a
certain laggard In love on his knees
to her feet. She would write him
valentine poem. She would begin In
heroic measure with his arrival at the
city's gates.
A search through the dictionary and
much sweating OF her brow resulted
| in the following:
when my lover, with eyes so dark
and brown,
Comes gayly dancing into town.
She read 1t over and over again and
| decided 1t was good. (All poets are
addicted to this habit.)
Fifteen minutes later, while DELHI
Grating between putting him on
prancing steed, which rhymes so me-
| lodiously with speed and heed and
/ "a mr. OIL vi he
In an automobile, word that has
driven countless poets off the held,
she remembered in panic that her
lovers eyes were not brown, but blus!
She began again;
When ! gaze in your eyes, so deep
and blue
Like llmpid pools of tender dew"
She wasn't quite sure If limpid was
the word she wanted: 1t sounded so
much Ike limpet ii might make trou-
BILE She would leave out his eyes;
after all, all men had them and she
never saw pair like those in the
books, anyway. She would begin with
his lips
In all poems the honey bee sips the
lips, but somehow. applied to a man,
1t seemed little effeminate; no man
! would like the suggestion that he
went around with n swarm of bees
at his mouth. IT wasn't sanitary and
denoted shiftlessness. Her favorite
hero In the books had mouth that
was mobile, and she didn't know eX
actly what the word meant, anyway,
and couldn't rhyme it with eel or reel
or peel.
Discouraged, she went from his lips
to his heart, and after many struggles
with comparisons with sugar tart
which vas not dignifed; and sugges
lions that they part which would
never do; and efforts to pierce with
Cuplds dart. or use art, or wounded
hart, or cart, or perhaps mart, all
failed to give the dash and swing TO
her song that she had hoped for.
1t was with a sigh that she closed
her dictionary and cast her efforts
into the waste paper basket. Love,
she sighed, sis so strenuous. 1t must
have been much easier to catch the II
| in the days Of the Cave Woman"
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bigger of his books, and after writing
something in 1t himself he asked Lord
Raa to sign his name, and this be-
ing done he asked me also
Am l to sign. too" | asked, va
cantly.
well, who else do you Think" said
Mr. Curphy with laugh. Betsy
Beauty, perhaps, eh?'
Come, gel, come" said my father
sharply, and then | sighed.
had no longer any will Of my own
In this as in everything l did what
ever was asked me.
1t was all as dreary and lifeless as
an empty house. | can remember
that It made no sensible impression
upon my heart. My father gave some
money "a few shillings l think to
the High Bailiff, who then tore a
piece OF perforated blue paper out OF
the bigger of his books and offered
II to me, saying:
This belongs to you"
ITO me?" ] said.
who eise?" said Mr. Curphy who
was laughing again, and then some
thing was said by somebody about
marriage lines and no one knowing
when a wise woman might not want
to use them.
The civil ceremony OF NY marriage
was now over; and Lord Raa, who
had been very restless, rose to his
feet. saying:
"Beastly early drive. Anything in
the house to steady ones nerves
High Baillff?"
The High Bailiff made some re-
ply. at which the men laughed, all
except my father. Then they left me
and went into another room. the din
ing room, and ] heard the jingling Of
glasses and the drinking OF healths
while | sat before the fire with my
foot on the fender and my marriage
lines In my hand.
My brain was still numbed. | felt
as one might feel II drowned in the
sea and descending, without quk,
losing consciousness. to the denssyfl!
its abyss.
! remember | thought that what |
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had just gone through differed in no
respect from the signing of my mar
riage settlement. except that in the
one case / had given my husband
rights over my money, my fathers
money, whereas in this case | seemed
to have given him rights over my
self.
otherwise II was all go cold, so
drear so dead, so unaffecting
The blue paper had slipped out of
my hand on TO the worn hearth rug
when my helpless meditations We're
interrupted by the drumming and
throbbing of the motor car outside,
and by my father, who was at the
office door, saying in his loud. COM
Half an hour afterwards ! was in
my own rooms at home, and given
over to the dressmakers. | was still
being moved automatically--a crea-
ture without strength or will