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The Florida star., 1902-12-12
Malaria! Ever have it? Know all about
it? Want to get rid of it? Take Ayers
Malaria and Ague Cure. zs$:ssss tsaas::ss:s ssa:
Preserving Fence Posts.
From the DeLand Agriculturist.

L
From the DeLand Agriculturist.
Probably there is nothing better for the
preservation of wood than carbolineum
avenarius, but it is not so convenient to
most farmers as some other preservatives.
Heart pine, if we'll seasoned-it should he
from trees cut in the summer-will last a
great manv years; how long there is sell
dom any one who lives to be old enough
to determine personally. Sap wood will
not last.
Coal tar has some preservative virtues,
but it is the experience of most farmers,
after using it for years, that the applica-
tion does not pay. Well informed, OBJ
serving farmers have so little confidence
in its virtue that they do not employ it
by itself for any preservative purpose.
We have seen good many pine posts,
set without any application, generally
| from trees cut in winter, even though
they were fat with pitch, which did not
last half a dozen years. They had to be
replaced almost to a post in that length
of time; some rotted off at the ground in
three years, though heavily coated with
coal tar.
An instance has come TO our knowledge
where posts were set for scuppernong
arbor, in which sawed pine posts were
used. Sawed pine posts are not cOnsid-
cred as desirable as split pine. Antici-
pating the difficulty of ever replacing
these posts if necessary, after they should
have become covered and bound with
the vines, the owner took the extra pre-
caution of thoroughly saturating the
lower part with kerosene-commOn coal
oii-before applying the coal tar. At the
end of ten years these posts were per-
fectly firm and apparently as sound a.
they were when placed in the ground.
All other pine posts set at the same date
had rotted off and disappeared.
The result of this experiment so thor
oughly convinced the owner of the anti
septic aud antirot value of kerosene that
he after that employed it not only for all
posts below the ground, but for barn
posts and other timbers exposed To the
moist vapOrs of the earth and the ammo
nIacal eXhalations of the stables. He al
ways covered the timbers with coal tar
after applying the kerosene; the kerosene
as chemical antiseptic and preservative,
the coal tar a. a mechanical coating inn
perviOus to the air.
But there is still another precaution
which careful men will find it pays them
to take. Bore a half inch or three-quar-
tiers hole into the post near the ground,
slanting downward and reaching beyond
the center. Fill this with kerosene from
time to time, say once i'll two or three
years and plug up the anger hole with ii
cork. There is 10 doubt that insects Of
ten greatly hasten the decay of wood, es-
pecialy here in Florida; the presence of
their attacks, thus contributing materi-
ally To the preservation of the timber.
The Florida star., 1902-12-12
May Race for $4,000.

The challenge o. Capt Duncan Wright,
of Brunswick, tn race his yacht against
the kwasind, OF Pensacola, for 500 a
side, has been received by Capt. T. f..
Welles, owner of the latter yacht Capt.
Morgan, who went to Pensacola to take
the Oracle back to Charleston, delivered
the challenge. Capt. Welles told the
Georgia man that $500 was too small an
amount to wager on such race, as it
would require that much to get his yacht
In trim, but If Capt. Wright would put
up s., 900 he would accept the challenge
This came as a surprise to the Georgia
man, and he was not prepared to give an
answer. He Immediately telegraphed
Capt. Wright, however, of the challenge,
and the matter is not yet settled.
The Florida star., 1902-12-12
Cafe Dining Car Service.

The Seaboard Air Line railway has
inaugurated cafe dining car service in aud
ont of Jacksonville on the Florida and
Metropolitan Limited, known a. trains
81 and 81.
These trains leave jacksonville a.2t i
M, and arrive Jacksonville 7 p. IN. daily.
and are also equipped with drawing room
Pullman <le"le's between Tampa. Jack
sonville ami New York I e meas
served on these cars are excellent.
For sleeper reservations and other in
formation write A . MaCDOneH, Assist
ant General Passenger Agent, Jackson
vile, Fla.
The Florida star., 1902-12-12

4nC NCIolCO lOAoSCc SnS osAsS
ment that the negro cannot obtain
justice in a southern court. 1t is a
triumph for the law, the officers of
the seventh judicial circuit, and
the people of Florida, as well as
the south, that white persons have
been convicted and received the
full sentence of the law for the kill
ing of negro.
These convictions should haye
an elevating influence upon GER
tain class of people in the state
which have hitherto disregarded
the laws of Florida in various ways.
Such people should be led into a
better life, but whether they will
heed the warming remains to be
seen.
The convictions were made
through the able manner in which
States Attorney Beggs prosecuted
the case, by the thorough manner
in which Sheriff Brown worked to-
gether the various clues, weaving
them into a substantial whole,
conclusive and convincing to the
most ordinary person. And in the
sentence of the judge, itself, it will
be noted that the extreme penalty
of the law was given both parties
Belle Skinner, imprisonment for
life on a verdict of murder in the
first degree, with a recommends
ton for mercy, and Albert Willis
twenty years in the penitentiary
on a verdict of manslaughter.
This sentence, places the woman,
the arch conspirator, beyond the
pale of further statute breaking
and relieves the county and its au-
thorities of future responsibility
over her. Willis, by good behavior
and uprightness, can yet retrieve a
part of his life. He is young and
may be fortunate enough to live
many years after his term is served
out.
The present term of court is one
that the states officers may well
feel proud of. Out of a dozen or
more cases tried there have been
convictions or pleas of guilty made
in all except one-and that should
have been a conviction. 1t was
not the fault of the state, nor the
law; justshe jury failed to return a
verdict according to the law and
thai widence.
The Florida star., 1902-12-12
Editor of The Florida Star.

Editor of The Florida Star.
Recent reference to a canal from the
st. Johns river emptying into Indian
river via the Eau Gallie induces me to
call attention to what may prove to be a
serious disaster to Indian river.
The proposed canal will have fall ol
over five feet to the mile, which will give
open for itself considerable waterway.
No doubt but that it will divert large
part of the waters of the st. Johns above
Lake Harvey into Indian river, drain
ing large area of land for cattle range
and perhaps some tit for farming pur-
poses.
But at what cost to our river? 1t will
raise the river constantly above its nor
NAL level, and in the rainy season cause
disastrous overflOws. submerging lands
which are now considered above any rise
III the river.
Indian river is like floor, one level
throughout its length, so that any con-
siderable addition To its waters must
raise the river throughout its length, or
from the inlet TO its northern limit. In
1873 the river rose four or five feet, STAYED
up, from lack of sufficient outlet, two
months or more and caused, even at that
early day in our settlement, some damage.
The opening of Santa Lucia inlet, with
the canal at the Haulover and through
the Narrows affords some relief, but will
not be equal to the floods which it is pro.
posed to turn into Indian river over fifty
miles from the inlet. There is much valu.
able property which would be simply
drowned out.
Any work Ofthe kind proposed affect
ing so large territory, and possibly the
health as well rs the property of oui
citizens, should be under the direction oil
the state and the. route of the canal be
determined only after careful survey and
located so as not 10 affect our river except
beneficially. This can be done by open
ing the Sebastian inlet and utilizing
the Sebastian river. The waters oi
the st Johns would then flow directly to
the ocean without affecting Indian river
The opening of an inlet at Sebastian
would not only give the desired outlet
but still further help the discharge Oi
overtlows from Indian river watershed,
would improve the oyster and fishing
grounds, making them equal to those OF
Indian River inlet.
The Florida star., 1902-12-12

Public sentiment in this county
i'll heartily endorse the verdict o
jury in the Willis-Skinner
al. Probably not in the whole
STORY of the state of Florida has
'uch crime as the killing of a
poor, degraded colored woman re-
ceived such mete punishment as in
this case. And this, too, in the
face of Only y circumstantial evil
dence to convict, but this evidence
was so thoroughly worked up and
'rought out that it was of the most
,sitive nature. 1t left no other
sih'@ - ory for the cor t.
sed.
The Florida star., 1902-12-12
4 New Remedy,

The old friends of fChamberIain's Cough
Remedy will be pleased to know that
the manufacturers of that preparation
ave gotten ont new remedy called
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tab
lets and that it is meeting with much
success III the treatment of constipation,
binOusnesS, g headache, impaired di.
gestiOn an disorders. These Tab.
lets are east. Ike and more pleasant
IN effect than sils, then they not only
move the bowels hut improve the appe.
tite and correc nv disorders of the
stomach and liversA For sale by B. X.
Wilson 4 Son, d: ggists.
The Florida star., 1902-12-12

AT the recent election held in Or
ange that county went wet" by
about twO-thirds vote. a great
deal of interest was aroused before
the election, both the temperance
and ants taking an active part in
the question. Already as many
as four or five applications have
been filed with the board of county
commissioners asking for permits
to be granted for selling liquor in
the city of Sanford alone, and it is
suggested that the board will limit
the number to not more than 1--WE.
provided they have the power to do
so. This is IA question that t.
courts may be called upon To
eide. 1t would, no doubt, b
very good provision in some
poets for the county commiss'.
to exercise this discretion
whether the present law adj.
this construction remains
seen. We do not think it calf-ue
construed in that light.
The Florida star., 1902-12-12

1t is now rumored that Mr.. Thos.
E. Watson will re-enter politics as
a Democrat, that he is opposed to
"Bryanism," and will, in all prob
ability, take the stump for the
Democratic ticket two years hence.
One of our Georgia exchanges re-
marks that his return to the Demo-
cratic fold will be most warmly
welcomed, as he is considered one
of that states foremost orators and
thinkers, and his admirers will
gladly welcome him into the polit-
ical arena from which he has been
retired for several years past.
The Florida star., 1902-12-12
The Indian War Fund.

Florida Cracker" in a communication
IN the tcala Banner, says:
''In my opinion Mr.. ReardOn is in
error in his advocacy of the expenditure
of the Indian War money or any other
money to promote immigration. While
Florida is cosmopolitan, and stands on
the hanks of the st. Marys river, and on
every foot of her immense Coast line with
open arms welcoming the peoples of the
earth, it is not wise To buy them. During
our orange fever We had little expert
ence of this kind.
''rtr rush of immigration tn the state
will follow the Intelligent development q +
her resources"
In the same issue of the Banner Erwin
Spencer has an article on tie disposition
of the muchly discussed fund. IL fol
lows:
"There seems to he inquiry made by
different persons as To what should he
done with the Indian war claims, which
means money paid to the state of Florida
by the federal government; for il spr,-iti'
purpose, o-wit: t. reimburse the state
for money paid out by the state and for
money now due for the same purpose
Ii seems to M. that there can br bnt one
answer to this question. That Is, first of
all, pay all lawful Indian war Claims
The state has heretofore paid hundreds
of thousands nf dollars for tie same pur-
pose. Whv not pay the balance due to
'"e very men that We're IN the service of
te or the bona tide holders of the
Il or orders upon the treasurer of
r the specific purpose? Ifany
II he remaining it ought to
he purposes OF the develop
.n-oI-,..e possibilities of the state, as
.sggeste,i bv Florida Cracker in recent
.ssue, ana roads"
The Florida star., 1902-12-12

The Birmingham Age-Herald
views the negro question in the
right light. 1t says: "The neg
roes of the south are great imitators
and whatever of good they see in
the whites that surround and con-
troll them, they copy. No doubt
they copy some viciousness, but as
the whites advance in wealth-pro-
ducing power so will the blacks
advance. Education is each year,
too, doing its work, and the public
schools of each state in the south
are being brought up to the general
standard of the country. There is
not a retrogressive feature in the
situation. There is not back
ward step anywhere, and no one
VINO has watched the farm labor
of the south closely will say the
situation is growing worse. The
most that can be said is that the
improvement in field labor is not
SO rapid as some had hoped it
would be-
The Florida star., 1902-12-12
Saved at Graves Brink.

81 know | would long ago have been
in my grave" writes Mrs 5. II. New.
som. of Decatur, Ala, ''ifit had rot been
for Electric Bitters. For three years !
suffered untold agony from = % worst
forms Of indigestion, waterbi :
ach and bowel dyspepsia. b :.
cellent medicine did me world-u ,od
Since using il can eat heartily IA have
gained 50 pounds" For indigestion,
loss of appetite, stomach, liver and kid
ney troubles Electric Bitters are posi-,
tive, guaranteed cure. Only SOC at all
druggists.
The Florida star., 1902-12-12

The Chicago Chronicle calls par
ticular attention to the fact that
President Roosevelt carefully
avoids, throughout his extended
discourses on protective tariff, the
fact that very many articles are ex
ported in great quantities and sold
at world prices in open competi-
tion with all comers, even in
their own markets, while they are
sold at prices ranging from % to
100 per cent. higher to the Ameri-
can people. This is not theory,
but fact-notorious fact. 1t is al
so admitted fact-and the people
who are playing this game of ex-
tortion try to make us believe it is
all right-that it is quite the cor
rect thing to bleed Americans in
order to enable some of them to
sell goods much cheaper abroad
than at home and yet amass huge
fortunes.
The Florida star., 1902-12-12
A Million Voices

Could hardly express the thanks OF
Homer Hall, of West Point, la. Listen
why: 4 severe cold had settled on his
luhgs cansing a most obstinate cough,
Several physicians said he had consump.
ton. but could not help him. When all
thought he was doomed he began TO Use
Dr. Kings New Discovery for cOnsump.
tion and writes-''it completely cured me
and saved my life. now weigh 227 lbs. "
It's positively guaranteed for coughs, colds
and lung troubles. Price SOC and 81 90.
Trial bottles free at all druggists.
The Florida star., 1902-12-12
Railroad Commission.

The Florida railroad commission has
again invited the transportation people
to come up 10 the capital and talk over
the matter of freight rates with the COM
mission on January :.
The Florida star., 1902-12-12

Total rainfall for the week. D 10 inches.
Departure from the normal rainfall foT the
week. minus 63 inches
Departure from normal rainfall since Jan
l, 1922, minus IL 96 inches.
HAL p. HARDIS
Observer Weather Blu "A
The Florida star., 1902-12-12

1t will be good news To the mothers OF
small children to learn that Group can lie
prevented. The first sign of group is
hOarseness. y day or two before the at
tack the child becomes hOarse. This is
soon followed by peculiar rough cough
Give Chamberlain Cough Remedy freely
IA soon as the child becomes hOarse, or
even after the rough cough appears, AMI
il will diSpel all symptoms of Group. In
this way all danger and anxiety may be
avoided. This remedy is used by many
thousands of wothers and has never been
known tn fail. 1t is, in fact, the ONLY
remedy that can always he depended up
"n and that is pleasant and safe to take.
For sale by b. Il. Wilson q Son, drug
glstS.
The Florida star., 1902-12-12
Not Entirely.

\ little investigation shows that the
taste of pure cod liver oil cannot be en-
tirrly removed without entirely remov-
Ing the oil. You can taste the oil in
Scott's Emulsion, but it is not unpleasant.
The Florida star., 1902-12-12
Correct Note Paper.

Gray note paper is the popular tint
at present. White sealing wax is used
with it.
The Florida star., 1902-12-12

From all over the central orange belt of
Florida comes the gratifying news that
many Of the orange growers of that Sec
ton who left Florida after the memorable
freeze OF lSg5 are coming back and re-lo-
eating ut or near their old homes.
The Florida star., 1902-12-12

WANTED-FA1THFUL PERSON TO
TRAVEL for well eS abished house i'm a few
counties, calling on retail merchants and
agents. Local territory. Saltry $lO24 year
and expenses. payable Sl97O q week in cash
and expenses advanced Position permanent.
business successful and rushing Standard
House, 334 Dearborn St., Chicago
The Florida star., 1902-12-12
Weekly Weather Report.

u s. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE wEATR-
ER BUREAU.
Comparative statement of temperatures
ami rainfall for the week ending Tuesday,
D., ut
The Florida star., 1902-12-12

a constant supply of blood-making ma
terial or their systems will break down.
The complicated female organism Ii
so delicately adjusted as to be easily
thrown out of balance. As a result,
health aud strength are affected by
divers diseases. Motherhood, family,
society all levy such drains upon her
strength that most women break under
the nervous tension. The demands
upon her nervous strength are much
rreatcr than similar demands of the
opposite sex. Hence she must be sup
lied in greater measure with the ele-
mcnt-irOn-that gives strength. The
reason women feel tired and worn out
and suffer from headache, pains in the
back and limbs, etc, is because they
have used up their supply of iron.
Menstruation trouble is largely caused
by lack of iron.
The Florida star., 1902-12-12

tucky.
C' fore we proceed
witt egular collection Of
weapons VII. -ow be taken.-Chicago
News.
The Florida star., 1902-12-12
DR.. Harter'S
Iron Tonic

supplies this element. II enriches the
blood and restores what strain has
used up.
Augusta, Ark, May 10, 1901.
"After having sold DIR. HarteTs remedies
for thirty years can cheerfuIIy recommend
The Florida star., 1902-12-12

nm them. might add that
IIC<ASA hold III special faN or Dr. HaT-
wv ters Iron Tonic. and would
N~ recommend it as the very
~ best preparation of iron / am ac-
~ quainted with. To weak, worn out
q women, and those troubled with nerv-
business, poor digestion, and pale, thin
blood, believe ii to be panarea-
al. b. WILA EEsOS. Druggist"
(SS,eoo guarantee that above testimonial is EeEEiss
The Florida star., 1902-12-12

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-08-28

BY local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There Is
Is ty constitutional remedies Deafness
Is caused by an inhammed condition of
The mucous lining OF the Eustachian
Tube When this tube gets infamad you
have D rumbhnf sound or imperfect hear
ing and when Il rs entirely closed deaf
ness Is the result. and unless the inllam-
nation can he taken out and this tube
restored 20 It's normal condition, hearing
viii be destroyed for ever: nine cases ont
of ten are caused bv catarrh. waich -
rcthinR hut an infamed condition o. fho
mucous eurfaces.
We WIN give One Hundred Dolais Tor
aay case 81 Deafness Caused by cataifll
that cannot uo cured By Balls Catarrn
cure Send fnr circulars. free
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Hans Family Pills are the best
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-08-28
sEcRErARYs OFFICE.
-Four More Oklahoma Corporations
Placed on Record.

The following charters were grant
ed at the secretary's Office today.
The Bank of Geronimo. for fifcy
years. at Geronimo. with a capital of
$4,000. The incorporators are: C.
2. Dennis, F. G Moore and J, e. Dick
son.
The Greer County Gyp Plaster com
pany, for ninetynine years, with a
capital Of s2OO,OOO The incorpo7a-
tors are W. f Whiteside, s. L.
Bryan, Blake Lee. w. womack and
y. II Whiteside.
The Conservative Loan and Trust
company, for twenty years. at Shaw
nee, Okla. with a capital of $4,000
T. c. Lester as president. e. c. Stan.
ard, w r. Blake and G. NJ Chrlstner
are the incorporators.
The Woodward Water and Mining
company, for twenty years, with a
capital OF $4,000 The incorporators
are; B. W. Key president; ]. W
Magel, secretary; A. II, Tandy, vice
president; J. W. Gerlach. treasurer
and John Garvey.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-08-28
Il Needs a Tonic.

There are times when your liver
leeds a tonic. Don't give purgatives
that gripe and weaken. DeWitt's
Little Early Risers expell all p, ,ison
from the system and act as toric to
the liver. W. Scott, 531 Hignlani !
ave, Milton, Pa, says: Il have car
ried DeWitt's Little Early Risers WITH
me for several years and wou,d not
be without them" Small and easy I'D
take. Purely vegetable. They never
gripe or distress.
]. n. Wallace
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-08-28
POLITICS IN The
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

C6-N0 0CNNN w.
Bird Mcclure let drop a very sig
nihcant remark over at Medford the
othef day. He said:
Every school house is recruiting
station for the Republican party, and
we stand ready today to place in the
hands OF every youth In our broad
land the school books free necessary
for his education"
This is rather a novel statement and
discloses an alarming situation.
The school houses are to be made
recruiting stations f,'r the Republican
party through the agency Of free text
books written by Republican edueat-
ors and printed by Republican print
shops.
OF course every one knows that the
school histories OF the United States
would at once furnish an avenue for
carrying out such a diabolical scheme,
but It seems almost increditable that
the highest representative of the Re
publican party should have the effron
terry TO make the statement accredited
to him by the morning paper.
Clearly Mcclure let out wild cat
from the star chamber bag Of the ring
when he told of the arrangement 10
doctor the text books. so they would
make every school house a recruit
ing station for the Republican party
The people happily, win have some
thing to say about thar and will place
Birdie Mcclure and his free Republic
can text book scheme to roost on the
low, dead branches Of the blackiacks
he has so vigorously prosecuted the
farmers for getting for fire wood,
when he held his old time juicy fed
eral job.