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Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-05-29
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Official Proceedings of the Board
Bills Paid, Etc.
Live Oak, Fla, ay Z, 1907.


called to order by Chairman w. A.
Tison- Present: NJ L. Burnett, j. C.
Davis, ]. H. Grant and ]. j. Dempsey.
Minutes of last three meetings were
read and approved.
Pauper applications of Pink Fergu-
son and Sam Scriven were approved
and the former allowed three dollars,
and the latter four dollars per month.
The county treasurer filed his re-
ports with the board.
Tax collector fled poll list for
April.
County judge filed report of license
and fines. forfeitures and cost.
Pension applications of Mrs. Mary
Ann E. Burnom and Mrs. Jane Shelf
er approved.
Fire arms bond of w. N. Stephens
approved and license ordered issued.
Firearms bond of j. v. Stansel re-
jected as the board does not think he
has any use for pistol
Notary bonds of Franklin L. Reese,
G. H. Davis and D. j. Mills approved.
Petition signed by L. NJ. Molly and
others, asking that the road known as
the McAlpin and Cypress Lake public
road be discontinued was granted by
the board.
Petition signed by w. S. Sullivan
and others, asking that the county
grant and open a public road from
BARRIERS Ferry to the Live Oak and
O'Brien road was granted with the
understanding that the road shall be
opened by interested persons and not
at the expense of the county.
Petition signed by w. A MeCook
and others asking that the board look
after a bridge about one-fourth mile
west sof Falmouth before paying for
same, filed and on motion of Com
missioner Davis, committee of two
were ordered appointed to investigate
same.
The chairman appointed NJ. L.
Burnett and ]. H. Grant on said COM
mittee.
The following claims against the
county were approved and ordered
paid:
fdupeTs $ol.VU
H. E. DelegaI, road work, LIST
district, April ....--. 1880
]. S. Parker, road work, End
district, April ... 1925
j. w. Ward, road work, 3rd
district, April ....... $3.50
]. F. Williams, road work, 4th
district, April ........... 45.45
H. S. Harrell, supervisor of re-
gistration, April and extra
work for special election. $500
T. j. Lyle, keeping clock for
April .............. 3.75
T. L. Dorsett, coroner inquest
Silas Turner ..... ABS
T. ]. G. Thompson, coroner in
quest W. H. Startling. $500. $50
Andrew Floyd, burying Silas
turner O-oU
H. E. Delegal, building two
brigdes 1000
Live Oak Stone & Tile Co.,
sidewalk for courthouse ...322.65
Inspectors and clerks of spec
ial election of May End. -. 1910
G. B. Lord, commissions as
treasurer, March and April. 1912
]. n. Meeks, commissions as
collector for April ........297.98
A. d. Hemming, on 1907 as
seSSment ..-.......-- 5000
John Delaney, ferryman at
Branford, March and April. 1000
Thos. Bowling, water rent,
End quarter .. 1000
]. B. Barton & Co., supplies
for Jail and courthouse 80. 100
j. W. Bryson, salary as audi
tor, having book typewriter
repaired and recording deed $500
Live Oak Pub. Co., printing
and publishing, March and
April 1925
First National Bank of Live
Oak, interest for April. ....117.1O
CONTINUED on page eighty
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-05-29

w Suraski went to Jacksonville
this morning on a business trip
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
The Story Of a Word.

A comparison of old editions Of
SCOTS Monastery with one of later
date will reveal slight alteration in
The text Of a sentence in the tenth
chapter For the word morse an
other is substituted A tale of comedy
attaches to the word which has gone
Hardened wretch says Father Eus-
tacc. art thou but this instant deliv-
cred from Geath. and dost thou so soon
morse thoughts of slaughter?' The
~ to have troubled the etymologists.
Two learned correspondents of Notes
and Queries, Mr. Wheatley tells US,
accounted for the word. One explain
cd it rs ito prime" as when one primes
a musket, from O. FIR 'amorce,' pow
der for the touchhOle (Cotgrave), and
the other by ''to bite Lat. ''mordere") j:
hence ''to indulge in biting, singing
or gnawing thoughts of slaughter On
the other side were those who said that
the word was misprint for something
else. 'sThat the word as misprint
should have been printed and read by
millions for fifty years without being
challenged and altered exceeds the
bounds of probability" exclaimed the
apologists for morse. But when the
manuscriptwas examined there nurse
was the word, plainly written.-St.
James Gazette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
Paid In Full.

Two young ladies, evidently stenog-
raphers. were having an animated dis
cussion while on their way to work
the other morning in Market street
car. The discussion reyolved around
the question as to the best method to
impress their respective employers as
to the value of their services.
"Do you know" said the smaller OF
the two, my former employer was
the worst old granny. He could not
spell the simplest words correctly, and
he couldn't pronounce them. One day
I thought would impress him with
the value OF my services. He gave
me a letter to typewrite, and / just
went along and copied it as he handed
it to me. Then | made second copy
with all the misspelled words correct
ed. With beaming countenance hand
ed him both copies"
"What did he do:" breathlessly ask
ed her friend, forcing the conductor to
hold his car 50 that she might alight
at her corner and at the same time
hear the answer.
HE fired me- was the reply.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
Reims' Rare Tapestries.

One feels the interior OF Reims ca
thedral to be immense without search
ing the guidehook for actual figures OF
length and height. One feels it to be-
splendid without looking at the detail
of the pillars, with their gilded CAPT
tails, the lofty vaulting of the roof. the
choir spacious within its simple grille.
the windows burning with royal fires
fires lighted in the thirteenth century.
when stained glass reached it's full
beauty-the tapestries glowing even in
their faded glory. These tapestries al,
ways seemed to me the distinctive fea-
ture of Reims, the last touch of mag
nificence to cathedral already mag
nificent They hang all along the aisles
Oh each side of the nave-GObelin
tapestries, Perpersack tapestries, tapes
tries rarely seen anywhere nowadays
save safely stored In museums. 1t Is
like the sumptuousness of Reims to
display them as if they were as entire
~ part of itself as the sculptures OF
the facade, the angels and monsters OF
the apse.- Elizabeth Robins Pencil In
Century.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
Grant. the unassumina.

Grant and Sherman were the only
officers of high rank l ever met who
did not charge the atmosphere about
them with military consequence. While
at City Point frequently joined my
friends of General Grants staff, Por.
ter, Babcock, Billy Dunn and others,
at his headquarters The general, in
undress uniform, always neat, but not
fastidious in appointment, would sit
at the door of his tent or sometimes on
one Of the long settees that faced each
other under the tent fly. smoke. listen
and sometimes talk, and not a soul of
us from the youngest to the oldest ever
had a thought OF rank. Without lower
ing his manner to the level Of famil-
iarity, he put every one at his ease by
his natural simplicity. He had none Of
the capriceS Of moods or vanity. Quiet
in his presence and natural in his man.
ner. gentle in voice, of absolute purity
in speech, Of unaffected, simple dig
nifty, Grant threw charm over his
campfire. West Point never graduated
man who added so little austerity or
pretense to the peak Of fame.--Generas
Morris Schaff In Atlantic.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17

A fruitarian diet consists of the
fruits of trees dixie apples, oranges,
bananas and olives, the fruits OF bush
es Qike currants and raspberries). the
fruits of plants like strawberries and
melon, lentils and beans and cucum-
bers), the fruits OF grasses Qike wheat
and barley and maize and oats, the
fruits of nut trees from filbert to CO.
coanuD, together with some earth
fruits Qike potatoes), and modicum OF
vegetables and salads. To these may
be added butter, milk, honey and
cheese, although their production is not
so free from risk of contamination and
animal Infection as is the case with the
products of the vegetable kingdom and
the world of fruits. Grown under
healthy conditions. with diseased speci-
mems easy to detect and remove, it Is
far more possible to live healthily and
well upon a Unitarian dietary than
upon the products Of the slaughter
house.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
Squaw as Housekeeper.

Put squaw in tepee and she ik!
the neatest of hOusekeepers. The blan.
kets are neatly rolled and slowed away
under the edge of the tepee, leaving the
center clear. Bright colored blankets
and fine fur robes are spread about,
and wonderfully beaded dance drum
hangs from one of the poles But put
a squaW in house and she is any
thing but success. Go into one of
these frame houses and you will find
the mattresses laid along the floor,
with the whole family sprawling there
ON. The cracked cook stove will be In
the middle of the floor, with anything
but agreeable OdOrs coming thelefrOm.
Outside the bedsteads and springs will
be used as chicken roosts. But the
sQuaw doesn't let her housekeeping
shortcomings worry her. When she
puts on an elk tooth robe, valued at
anywhere from $1,500 to $4,000, and
rides to the fair or to the agency on a
Sunday astride beaded saddle she is
a picture of Northumberland Re-
publican.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
The Y0ffaire of the East.

omar khayyam was famous Fer
sian poet and mathematician in the
twelfth century, who was employed by
the Sultan Malik Shah in revising the
astronomical tables and in making a
thorough reform of the calendar He is
better known to us as the writer of
some 500 epigrams in verses OF four
lines which are unsurpassed in their
pure diction, fine wit and crushing sa-
tire. These clever and fascinating
quatrains were put into English by
Edward Fitzgerald, who in 1859 pub
lished 1.-THE Rubaiyat of Omar rem
dering marked by exquisite melodious-
ness and by poetic insight and power.
Omar has been called the Voltaire of
the east because of his brilliant and
pungent wit, while his depth of tender
ness and profound thought and his de
nunciation of the fate which dooms to
decay and death what is best and most
beautiful in the world reveals much
that reminds one of Byron, Swinburne
and sometimes SchOpenhauer
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
Kean and the Snowman,

An amusing paper in Chambers Jour
nal on John Richardson, the illiterate
and successful English Snowman of the
last century, contains this story:
1t was during the earlier and less for
tunate part of his pilgrimage that he
numbered Edmund Kean among his
company. The old Snowman was not
little proud of this association and used
to give himself some credit for having
had a hand in Kean's theatrical educa-
ton. When Macready's name was be-
coming known in the dramatic world
Richardson was asked if he had seen
him.
mo, muster" lie said Il know moth
ing about him; in fact, he's some vaga-
bone as no one knows-One O. them
chaps as amt had any eddication for
the thing. He never was with me, as
Edmund Kean and them riglars was"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17

David G. Farragut was but thirteen
years old when he served as midship-
man under Porter in the battle Of the
Essex against the Phoebe and Cherub.
He was taken to the Phoebe as a pris-
oner of war, says his biographer, and
came aboard crying from modification.
AT the same moment however, a Brit
ish MILDLY also came alongside with 81
young pig in his arms.
"a prize! A priZe" he was shouting.
@'Ho, boys, fine grunter!"
1t was pig that had been a pet I'm
the steerage of the Essex, where it was
called Murphy. Farragut at once elaina,
ed it as private property.
'YOu are a prisoner, and Your pig,
too" replied the British MILDLY.
'We always respect private proper
ty," said Farragut, grabbing the pig
and determined to hold on tin forced to
surrender.
go it, little Yankee cried the old
sters present. IF you can thrash
Shorty you shall have your pig"
A ring was formed, and Shorty came
at Farragut hammer and tongs, but the
American was handy with his fists.
He quickly laid his opponent low. The
British bluejackets cheered him hearth
ly, and the pig was declared to- be his.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
Not FIattering.

S. Baring-Gould the English novelist,
had the bitter pleasure of reading
many not fiattering obituaries of him.
self. Through an error he was report
ed dead, and the newspapers of his
native land declared unanimously that
he had left no good work behind. An
American editor dined with Barring
Gould in London. The talk turned TO
the premature obituaries, and the
American said, "HOw did you feel on
reading them?' Taken aback, non
plused, the novelist grimly replied:
Il felt like a lady who owned par
rot This lady's cook came to her one
morning in joyful excitement. oh.
ma'am,' she cried, the parrot has learn
ed some new words Good said the
lady. THAT bird is wonderfully teach
able 1t sits and drinks in every
blessed word my husband says to me.
What does it say now? 1t keeps
a-sayn',' said the cook, '"Shut up. you
old fOolv''
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
Held Their Own.

A regiment of regulars was making
a long, dusty march across the rolling
prairie land of Montana during re-
cent summer. 1t was hot. hlisteTing
day, and the men, longi!s for water
and rest. were impatient reach the
next town. A rancher rode past. Say,
friend" called out one of the men,
chow far is it to the next town." ooh,
a matter of two miles or SO, reckon"
called back the rancher. Another long
hour dragged by, and another rancher
was encountered. 'HoW far to the
next town." the men asked him eager
ly. ''Oh, a good two miles, A weary
half hour longer of marching, and then
a third rancher. "Hey, how fairs the
next town. ''Not far was the en-
couraging answer-"only about two
miles" ''Well," sighed an optimistic
sergeant, "we're holdin' our own any
how"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17

An explanation of curious optical
phenomenon, sometimes witnessed on
frosty nights, which is called the ''pseu-
do aurora is offered by a scientist.
The phenomenon takes the form Of
beautiful columns of silvery light
standing over electric arc lamps and
other bright lights and sometimes APP
pearing almost to reach the zenith.
The scientist says that sometimes the
evening star has bright shaft below
as we'll as above, while the rising moon
stands in a broad column of light.
These appearances are due to floating
frost crystals which keep their reflect
ing faces horizontal. On examination
he found that the crystals concerned
in the exhibition were thin six sided
plates of ice, never more than one mil
limeter in diameter. When the wind
blows, these little plates are upset, and
the columns of light caused by reffec-
ton from their surfaces disappear.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
Making 1t Plain.

In the lower Amazon country the
temperature ranges about 81 degrees
in the shade all the year round, says
the author of '"Ten Thousand Miles In
a Yacht" At ManaOs, 1000 miles up
the river, the temperature is six or
eight degrees higher. Thermometers
are little used in that country and little
understood. So when yachtsman re-
turned down river and was asked by
an official at Para, How is the tenn
perature at Manaos?" his reply, Eight
degrees hotter than here" elected a
stare of noncomprehension.
"At Manaos," said the yachtsman in
explanation, Il used to wilt six collars
day; here in Para l only need three
a day"
This was perfectly clear to the Bra
lillian, whose face lighted with under
standing.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
The EquinOxes.

''The popular belief that storms are
more frequent about the time of the
equinox, or when the sun crosses the
line in March and September, re-
ceives some slight degree of support
SCIENTISTS" states an expert of the
weather bureau ''In southwestern
Europe March is the stormiest month,
while in the British islands and Nor
way January takes the lead in that
respect; but, considering Europe as a
whole, it appears that storms prepon-
derate near the seasons Of the equi-
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
The Oldest Bank Notes.

The oldest bank notes in the world
are the ''fying money" or convenient
money, first issued in China in 2697 B.
G.. One writer tells that the ancient
Chinese bank notes were in many re-
spects similar to those of the present
day, bearing the name of the bank, the
date of issue, the number Of the note.
the signature of the official who is
sued it and it's value in both figures
and words. On the top of these curl
GUS notes was the following philosoph-
ic injunction: Produce all you can;
spend with economy" The note was
printed in blue ink on paper made
from the fiber of the mnlberry tree.
One of these notes bearing the date
1899 B. G. is still preserved in the Ash
attic museum at st. Petersburg
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
A Sleeps LEGS.

A nubleman against whom insanity
was imputed by his relatives was ask
ed during the examination by LORD
LOughborough, "How many legs has a
Sheep
Does your lordship mean live or
dead Sheep" asked the nobleman.
rs it not the same thing?" said the
chancellor.
"No, my lord: there is much differ
ence. A live sheep has four legs, a
dead sheep but two. The others are
shoulders.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
His Interference.

Cittiman-Look here, sir, didn't yOl
warrant the horse you sold me yester
day to be without fault! David Harum
Yes. Amt he? Cittiman-No, sir. ne
is not. He interferes. David Harum-
WAL 1 don't see as you hev any rea-
son fur complainin' about that. He
don't interfere with anybody but him.
self, does he?-Lippincotts.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
Wonderful Eczema, Cure

"Our little boy had eczema for five
years." writes n A. Adams, Henrietta,
Pa. 1.-TWO of our home doctors said the
case was hopeless, his lungs being at
fected. We then employed other doctors
but no benefit resulted By chance we
read about Electric Bitters; bought a
bottle and soon noticed improvement
We continued this medicine until sew
eral bottles were used, when our boy was
completely cured" Best of all blood
medicines and body building health
tonics. Guaranteed at Fl. j. Stangl'e
drug store. SOC.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
A Conundrum.

'Why is clock like vain, pretty
young Lady,"
II fail to see any resemblance.
Why?"
Because it is all face and figure, has
no head to speak Of, is hard to stop
when once it is wound up and has a
striking way of calling attention to it
self every hour in the y."-BaltimOre
American
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17

Quick changes from hot to cold and
back again try strong constitutions and
cause, among other evils, nasal catarrh,
a troublesome, offensive disease. Sneez-
ing and snuffing. coughing and difficult
breathing, and the drip, drip of the foul
discharge into the throat all are ended
by Ely's Cream Balm. This honest and
positive remedy contains no cocaine, mer.
curry, nor other harmful ingredients. The
worst cases are cured in ehort time.
All druggists, Soc, or mailed by Ely
Bros, Sc Warren Street, New York. z
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
More News from New England

If anyone has any doubt as to the vir-
tue of Foley's Kidney Cure, they need
only to refer to Mr.. Alvin Fl. Simpson,
of Williamantic, Conn, who after almost
losing hope of recovery, on account of
the failure Of so many remedies, finally
tried Foley's Kidney Cure, which he
says was "just the thing" for him, as
four bottles cured him completely. He
is now entirely we'll and free from all the
suffering incident to all acute kidney
trouble. H. j. Stangl.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
STRIKING Originality.

''Your husband is not looking well
tonight Mrs. Rhymer.'
HE isn't, and I'm not surprised AT
it,
mo? Has he been overworking him
self?"
cit isn't that so much It's his origi
nality. Why, that man is struck by sc
many original ideas that his mind must
be one mass of bruises
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17

Every woman will be Interested.
If you have pain in the back, Uniary,
Bladder or Kidney trouble and want q
certain pleasant herb cure for woman's
ills, try Mother Gray's Australian Leaf.
It Is safe and never-failing monthly
regulator. At druggists or by mail 90
cents. Sample package FREE. Address
the Mother Gray Co. Leroy, N. 7.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
InsuItinaI.

Pm not going to that female barber
shop again. TherefAa rude girl there,
don't you know What did she say"
'Why, she looked at my mustawsh and
awsked me if / would have it sp0nged
off or rubbed in
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
Racing Dope.

Charles, dear said young Mrs. Tor
kins, why do you call racing calcula-
tons dope? 1 thought that was &
slang name for drug"
you're quite right was the answer.
''They call it that because all it gen.
orally gets you is pleasant dream and
a rude awakening. Washington Star.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17
Don't Pay AlimOny

to be divorced from your appendix.
keep your bowels regular with DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. Their action is so gen.
tie that the appendix never has cause to
make the least complaint. Guaranteed
by q. j. Stangl, druggist. Try them.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-17

us he parsimonious 2"
"Well," was the guarded reply, you
might say that he carries his money in
a purse that shuts good deal easier
than it opens