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The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-05-10
DATE: OF CONCERT
CHANGED TO 18TH

Thnir is no getting around the fact
THAT Geo. Bayhus can cause more
l,.hfnr to the minute than any other
.,,o.s;,nVAo oyer came to Fort Pierce
His work is clean and wholesome Ills
.plo,, ions are always good, and some
aow or OTHER rs sets into his INES a
olaIity that rakes them irreS'stao'y
fanny Mr.. BackGs will appear on FRI
INV evening. May H. in his funniest
vein, lie will sing some Of the latest
.,,, songs az ne alone can sing them.
All ,yho love fan cIn hardly afford to
n,s, IN, treat Mr. nackus has on tap
for them next Friday night.
Mis-. Lena Cortling will present a
,,,,,,lar If musical selections of very
,.nh o,lor Fort Fierce has rarely
r.no,d 81 voice Of more power and purity
Of tone.
Fletcner 4. Russell, who occupies
nr,nincu, place on the program as
r,o1or needs 40 introduction to the
rbo,a will he several musical sur
rri,as IN the way of fine quartette an'
,,io,ir work that will delight the public
rridov night, May II, at the Improve
mont club hall Seats on sale AT th'
rnrt Pierce Drug store early in tn
week, 50, 35 and 25c.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-05-10
photographic Concern co"p''"e"'ea

u +. Hill, of the Florida l'h''os'n' Nv
II. e. ' afFort Pierce, accompanied by
t his son, passed through here M S" hss
'''S , SS', ,yav to Lakeland, where he mas
Oh a ",N % for an estimate on work
an ~ h Hpp 1ine' Mr.. Hill has had charge Oh Oh
IN III" u.s. ,,;ew work along the extension y,
all t Rsv V West for Mr. Fager and E ! :"
ler highly complimentary o. WV
done. -Titusville STAR
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-05-10
1THf SNOWFALL" A
DECIDED SUCCESS

notwithstanding the threatening at
.;t,ae Of the elements good house
,,a, nresent Saturday night to see The
""nrhall" The play, put on by F..
a Russell. supported by a number OF
onr townspeople, would have been very
o"ain,rv had it not been so splendidly
,,,aved There wasn't very much OF a
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-05-10
FHfABSTRACT
Proposition
COMMISSIONER tlardee Replies
10 County Clerk fultz.
FROM RECORD
~, # $sO.75 was for Court tx
, .so,s,, as Shown by Published
R,oort of Apr! Meeting.
,,sor Fla. Nav 9Th, 1907.

Jensen, Fla.. May 9Th, 1917.
|3itor TRIBUNE +.
~ ,hsrs Is one thing that ! admire II
" strict sense of fairness. the lack
which [ wish to call attention to IN
E,,ltz's article in your issue OF the
4 inst Mr.. FuIt2, in enumeratlng
first money | received from the
I,Otv states that was paid s3O' oS
addition to actual travelling expenses
+ that | received $50, % for one days
I,k Now | an, glad Mr. Fullz men
nod this fact, rs there may be some
bs,s who are laboring under the de-
Iion that together with the other
n,missioners at this same time made
Draft on the county treasury,
|Tbe facts are, that this expenses was
kured in the trip to Titusville as the
h creating st. I.ucie county provided
\ the purpose of having settlement
m the commissioners of Brevard
unty and to receive the funds coming
st. Lucie county, | received the
eage as provided by law. We were
he too days but only charged up and
llected for one day rs the other COM
ssioners will yertify (why did not
Fultz state this fact if he was un.
rtaking to be fair, and in this con-
'etion. if Mr.. Futz will refresh his
Emory, he can probably recall the
ct that there were several occasions
ring the construction Of the Jail when
Was called to Fort Pierce on business
m that work, and that when the in
hction suit against the Jail was in
Ogress, that went to Titusville to
list in every way possible in fighting
county's difficulties, and If he tries
al hard, he will recall the fact that
the last meeting of the old board,
+. Bell brought these matters up
d insisted that ! should be paid. and
at refused compensation; yet. he
inks 1t the proper thing to parade the
1T that drew the milage allow ed me
law, but refrainS from stating that
the same time, only charged for
e days time, when | was fully en-
lied to two, and to quote from Mr..
Pltz, and "Ths by the man who APP.
rently constituted himself godfather
st. Lucie county at its birth and
20, in spite of the hint given him last
Ping that the people would try to pull
rough two years without his SUPER
Plon, publicly conveys the idea that
Ieels 1t his duty to still manage in
own way every public interest Of
Infant county,
Does any one know of MIR. Fultz re-
slng to be compensated for anything?
90 they know to the contrary that
constant cry has been, "gimme
ne mo of dat? And in this cOnnec-
n' wish to call attention to the fact
al Mr. Fultz states that in regard to
@'75 paid him for the month of
Arch' that "a large percentage of this
Is Tor court work, some of it having
en- earned more than a year ago. "
Nv 10 See If he has stated facts, !
copy the items as appearing in the
Tvs OF April 18th, which are as fol-
@s.
Fultz, salary for Mch 1907. $4,000
rru'tz' wig on board Mch 1907 49,. 1900
rru,tz. warrants issued in Mch 1897. 27.75
rCuiH, min for pub Mch 1907 ., 300
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-21
(Kansas city Journal)
Number Involve


Stamp collectors are discussing what
course TO pursue if the present plans
relating to United States postage
stamps are carried out.
1t is proposed To place the name or
the state and city of issue GA all the
United States postage stamps sold at
the principal postofhces. There are
some 5000 Of these pOstofiices. Twenty
six of them will have the name en-
graved on all the different denOmina-
tons, while the other 1914 offices Will
have the name printed across the face
of their stamps after they have been
engraved.
!, There are now issued stamps Of the
denominations of l. >, 3. a. ;. g. :, 10, Is.
10 and 80 cents and ST. s. and So. and a
10-cent special delivery stamp Multi
ply these fifteen by 5000 and there is
the total of 10000 varieties The prop
osition that confIonts collectors can be
understood when $4,000 stamps are sup
posed To represent all the different va
rieties previously issued i'm the whole
world.
Collectors are by no means overjoyed
at this prospective food OF stamps. to
collect which viii try not only their pa
thence. but also their pOCketbOOkS.
While the majority of the specialists
will begin with the accumulation of
used stamps bearing the different
names. which. being fairly plentiful,
will not represent so much of an outlay,
the advanced collector will want I'M
used copies in his albums as we'll. and
right here the hattening of the pocket
book will begin.
The face value Of the present demon
nations is just 1927. Thus, 20 get
Complete set of unused stamps of all
varieties. and that will undoubtedly be
the aim Of certain collectors, viii repre-
sent an outlay of S55,620.
This is a good deal of money to sink
in a set of postage stamps, but there
will be collectors who Will make the eX-
penditure, judging by what they have
done in the past. There have been col
lectors who have gathered nothing but
poStmarks-that is, original letters
with the hand-stamped Dostmarks of
the thousands of different postoffices.
Collectors in Germany for number of
years have collected stamps of old Ger
many and WurtembUrg, which bear the
names Of the different towns and cities.
But the German issue show only about
500 varieties.
If a person carefully thought out
plan to give stamp collectors trouble,
it could hardly be more successful
than this new scheme of Uncle Sans.
before. the United States government
should make a tremendous profit out
of the new stamps.
Thousands OF dealers all over the
world will lay in q stock of the new
stamps in unused condition to supply
their customers. Expert stamp collec-
tors now say that no matter what ac-
ton is taken in regard 10 the printed
stamps they will at first certainly take
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-21
Stories of the Notables

that she knew little boy who was
remarkably fine skater.
she watched the yOungster one att
ernOOn do the front and back roll. The
grapevine the glide and other feats Of
tremendous difficulty and finally over
come with enthusiasm, she patted him
on the back and said:
How on earth at your age did You
learn 10 skate SO magnihcently
BY getting up every time I fell
down was the boys simple answer
Prince Michael CanJacuzene. who is
endeared TO America through his happy
marriage TO Julia Dent Grant, said on
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse on the
way TO New York:
L sink my title in America. An OBJ
serYance of titles is in a republic rath-
er ridiculous. After all. simple, Tepub
lican manners are the best I have
never been one to approve of Taley
rand politeness.
You know the sort of politeness Tai
leyrands was-how il was graduated
as nicely as a centigrade thermOmeter
TO all ranks?
"Talleyrand once gave a dinner party
and in serving the beef he graduated
his manners to his guests rank I'm this
way:
''To a prince of royal blood: May !
have the honor of offering your royal
highness a little beef"
ITO a duke: 'MOnseigneur. permit me
TO offer you some beef?'
To a marquis: Marquis, may I cut
you a little beef?'
ITO a baron: Baron, some beef?
ITO an untitled gentleman; Some
beef?
'To his secretary. Beef
There was present a person even
inferior to his secretary and 10 him Tai
leyrand did not say so much as one
word. He simply looked at the man
and pointed the carving knife at the
beef interrogatively."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-21
A SECOND THANKSGIVING.
Novel Proclamation From Secretary
Shaw When Governor Of Iowa.
New York Press.)

a story, which bears repeating at
this time, s told Of Secretary of the
Treasury Shaw. The story Gates back
u the time when Mr.. Shaw was gov
ernor of iowa. and IN common with al
state executives issued Thanksgiving
proclamations each year. one year
after he had appointed, by authority
for eating turkey and plum pudding.
h. received the following letter from
ono OF his young subjects:
Dear Governor: Please can we have
another Thanksgiving day. aid have it
next week. ] was sick and could not
have Ii on the day you said. l could
not eat any turkey or other good
things because the doctor said
musn't I amt very big. but ! like
turkey. Please let us have Il. Your
friend. MAIZE h"
Little Maize had asked her mother
who made the day which brings with it
so many things good to eat. and when
told she wrote tllis letter without con-
fdins her plan TO any one.
In day or so the mailman brought
to Mazie's house an official looking
message. The &ind-hearted governor
had complied with her request, and
had sent the following proclamation:
Having been informed that Maize
4 OF L. was III on the 2Sfh day %
November, and was thereby prevented
from joining in the festivities incident
70 Thanksgiving day, / therefore re-
commend that the a convenient hour
On Monday. Dec. Q, 1901, Mr.. anG Airs.
z, together with their family and
such young friends as Maize may
choose 10 invite, assemble in the fan
liz dining room and there, with
thankful hearts for country. home and
the blessed influence Of children, par
take % such bopnties as are usually
served in Christian America on the
day appointed for national thanksgiy-
ing. and that special attention shall he
given that Maize ne bountifully sup
piled with that portion of the national
bird and other delicacies as shall be
most congenial TO her.
FL. y. SHAW, Governor
Signed at Des Moines, Ia, this 5th
day of December 1901"
The appointed day was one Of great
rejoicing i'm the z household, and
Maize had her Thanksgiving turkey
after all.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-21
TO CUT OFF A FRiLL.

A prODOxiUiOn TO abolish the rank OF
lieutenant general III the army is be-
fore congress and ihere are indica-
tions that it will be put through. 1t
is not intended TO deprive the present
lieutenant general OF his rank. the
idea being that upon his retirement
the. office shall cease and terminate.
There is a curious anomaly about the
lieutenant generalship. Its holder is
not. as many people suppose. the mead
Of the army. pnder the president. The
real head is The chief OF stan aud
the chief OF STAFF may be q brigaGier
general
in all the history OF the Cnitel
States. prior TO our war with spain,
there were just six lieutenant generals.
They were Washington. Scott, Grant.
Sherman. sheridan and Schoneld, IN
the short time that has elapsed since
the war with Spain ended. NE have
had six lieutenant generals. II any
of them have been OF value TO the
service, his value has not been appar-
has little more than two years 90 serve
before he viii reach the compulsory
retirement age. He win have served
longer than any Of his predecessors,
and longer Than most of his successors,
If the rank is maintained.
The lieutenant generally IS being
used rs step into retirement pay Of
$2.625 year more than the officer
would have il he retired as a major
general In other words. Il is a fine
plum that all the officers earnestly de-
sire. There is no longer any special
honor attached TO ii. 1t is worth nav
ing simE!y because it means more
money TO the fortunate holder.
The truth is that the grade OF ncu-
tenant general should be abolished. it
can be received at any time, but II
should be revived only 70 be used as
a reward for signaIiy nierItorious
services. and in that event Il should
be abolished again on the death or
retirement Of the occupant
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-21

import aluminium to the value OF about
erland.
me greatest demand now comes from
me electricians. The use Of the metal
ior uncovered overhead telegraph and
tsiephone lines consumes four-fifths Of
me ehtire manufacture. The remainder
y used Tor the manufacture of toys,
articles for use in the kitchen. IN litho-
SIaphie work, and for the alloy of more
On the 9Th Of April, 1885, and on the
Sth or June following, during heavy
Ohuhderstorms, the Washington Mon
Clneht was struck by lightning Upon
alton crack was discovered In
me stone on the north face Of the apex.
- fragment Of that stone was Clipped
OH ABOUT three-quarters of an inch at
the bottom. This accident caused Gen
eral casey, then chief Of engineers Of
me army. 10 seek the advice Of COM
IuItlee consisting of Professor II. A.
rowland of Johns Hopkins university,
professor Simon NeWcofnb and DR.. r
:. Mendeahall Of Washington. These
gentlemen were invited to inspect the
monument and recommended some de-
wee Dy which it could be effectually
protected from lightning. After a care
the interior conductors should be con-
nected with a system Of outside light
nlng rods and greater number of
points. 10 be exposed upon the exterior
of the apex of the monument.
The plan as devised by them. as Of
hcially described by General Casey in
his report for 1885. consists of four
one-half-inch copper rods. fastened by
a band to the aluminium cap and led
down the corners TO the base OF the
pyramidion; thence, passing through
the masonry, they extend inward and
are Joined to the iron columns that fur
niSh shaft for the elevator. AS these
exterior rods are each over sixty feet
long, they are also connected at two
intermediate points of their length with
the iron columns by means of copper
rods one-half and three-quarters OF an
inch in diameter, respectively. furnish
ing sixteen rods in all connecting the
exterior system OF conductors with the
interior conducting columns. Where
the exterior rods upon the corners cross
the eleven highest horizontal joints Of
the masonry Of the pyramidiOn they
are connected with each other all
around by other copper rods sunk into
those joints. All of these exterior rods,
couplings and fittings are plated with
gold, and are studded at every five feet
Of their length with copper points three
inches in length, fold plated and tipped
with platinum"
Since these precautions have been
taken several electrical storms have
centered around the tip OF the monu-
ment but no damage has been done.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-21
About Ninety Thousand Varieties
Number Involved in the New Postage Stamp Scheme

up the engraved stamps of the two.
SIX cities Each collector. In or5er
get full set OF these STAMPS win 20
forced 10 turn over to the goverp,,.uDe
S24EO2 'nen,
1t Is estimated that i'm France T..
land and Germany there are o,..-
bOO,OO0 collectors. and there are -
posed 10 be $1,000 i'm this country O
can see. therefore. that this plan Oss
DE very profitable one for Uncle 60.
even If the purposes for which !,
stamps are issued are not fulfilled 'ue
After the collector has completed =,
first tWenty-six series OF these sts-, uS
then he Will yeam for more varietip.
and, naturally enough, viii take I'M ~.
stamps bearing the printed names An5
here again he Will also want the unueaI
as well as the used issue which ne Mn,
proceed TO buy to the limit of his ~
sources
The ordinary postage stamps are SIM
posed TO cost the government less ina,
50 cents thousand, while the specisi
delivery stamps cost less than 10 cent.
thousand. From these figures tbs
profit TO the government from the sais
Of stamps TO collectors may be EST
mated.
man who has collected stamps for
thiTty-thTee years. i'm speaking of M
problem before him. that he will nm
GOubtedly get each one of the stamus
issued by the tWeuty-siX importani
postoffices-that is. those with the
names engraved upon them-and ne
thinks this viii be the course followed
by the collectors at first. He does MOI
think much interest viii be taken In the
stamps with the printed names, AT leasl
not in the beginning.
In the course of time, however. h.
would not be surprised if the gathering
Of all the varieties were taken UP. moi
only in this country. but i'm Others. for
il is a matter Of record that almost as
much interest is taken I'm American
stamps by foreign collectors as by
those i'm this country. one English col
lectOr, FOR example the Earl Of Craw-
ford, possesses the finest set of United
States stamps i'm existence.
Other collectors say that as I'm the
case of the precanceled stamps there
will be an association composed eNcIu-
siYely of collectors who gather pres-
dental postOffice varieties Precauceled
stamps, indeed, are similar 90 the con
templated issues These are regular
United States postage stamps sur
charged with the name Of the city in
which they are issued.
These stamps are printed in order to
save the postOfiice double work IN han
ding large quantities of mail from one
particular house Say that a business
house wants To send out several thou
sand circulars An order is given %
the postmaster for 10000 on more pre-
Cancelled stamps-an order for less than
10000 is not accepted.
Then sheets of stamps are placed ON
the presses at Washington, and the
name of the city is printed i'm black
across the face of each stamp.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-21
COMRADES OF THE HIGHWAY.

IS. e. Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald. }
Come, little boy, and take my hand; well
face the world together.
Impart your hope TO me and l will laugh
at wind and weather;
My arm shall be your faithful shield. my
love your hearts reliance
Come, take my hand, and we will bid
the fates that frovn defiance.
With you to bid me hope and you 10
cheer me on the highway,
My footsteps never shall be turned down
any shameful byway;
My arm shall be your pillow when the
bright stars twinkle DER us.
And ! will give you courage on the hills
that stretch before US.
Ny years shall yield you knowledge, /
will be your strong defender,
And YOU shall keep my spirit pure my
proud heart brave and tender
Come, little boy, and take my hand; we n
face the worl dtogether,
And bear no fear and brook no doubt in
glad or gloomy weather.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-21
THE MERIT SYSTEM.

IF Governor Hughes OF New York
carries out the policy relative 20 ap-
pointments that he outlined in his in
augural address he is reasonably sure,
with the assistance of the Democratic
state officials elected on the ticket with
him. to give New York a first-ciass ad-
ministration. Mr.. Hughes said that he
would make merit the only test for
appointments to Office, that only laen
Of undoubted qualification need expect
official favors at his hands. He con-
tiuued:
IF in administration we make the
standard efficiency and not partisan adj
vantage, if in executing the laws we
deal impartially. if in making the laws
there is fair and intelligent action with
reference to each exigency, we shall
disarrn reckless and selfish agitators
and take from the enemies Of our peace
their underground of attack.
1T is my intention TO employ my
constitutional powers to this end.
believe in the sincerity and -ood sense
Of the people. l believe that they are
intent on having government which
recognizes no favored interests and
which is not conducted i'm any part Tor
selfish ends. They will not Dc and they
should not be content with less "
During the last few years the ma
ton has taken long strides n the di-
rection Of efficiency in the public serv-
ice It is undoubtedly true that there
still remain politicians whose only
thought while in office is to reward
their friends, regardless of the effect on
the public's work: but these politicians
are growing steadily fewer in hunters,
and the influence OF those that are left
is declining. IL people are awakening
to a realization Of their powers. and
they are smashing machines right and
LETT
1t was Grover Cleveland. more than
twenty years ago. who said. a p1hiic
Office is a public trust" Some o. lie
politicians have been slow 20 realize
this fact, and many of them are out of
Office as a result. More and more The
people are demanding the same eff
cheney from the men they elect to Of
fee. and from the appointees Of those
officers. that they expect in thei- deal
ings with private corporations
A man is not usually placed AZ the
head of n street railway company De-
cause he is able to rustic vCtcs for a
certain party; neither is 2 LIAR rade
superintendent of a railroad because
he is a Republican, a Democrat or
Populist. He is given responsible dG-
ties to perform because his superiols
believe he is capable OF performing
them, and for no other reason. The
moment he shows incapacity he is dis
charged, and a more capable man sub
stituted.
The public has the right to hire and
10 discharge its servants. The sooner
all the bosses are made 10 understand
this truth the better it viii be for all
concerned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-21
SENDS BACK ANSWER.
(Exchange.)

Miss Anna Held speaks excellent Eng
lish, but with the merest trace Of q
French accent.
dramatic editor eomplimented her on
this head the other day. and she replied
"Oh. yes, ] would rather not speak at
all than not speak correctly. They are
so ludicrous, don't you think the incoT-
rect speakers?
II remember once in Nice an English
man and a Frenchman were about to sep
arate on the Promenade des Anglais
The Englishman as he started toward
the CeFcle MediterFanee called back:
'Au reservoir
And the F'renchman waved his hand
and answered:
" 'Tanksr y
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-21
BUSINESS.
(PhiIadelphia ledger. J

tFnnddtIphId I1eugefI
The car was full, of this no doubt
Yet still the folks piled in.
Move upl' the grim conductor cried.
While fat men shrank TO thin.
There's room up front, step lively.
piease!'
Whereat lhey moved and moaned,
Ali feeling dOur and sour and sore,
I.ung-smashed and broken boned,
OH elbow jabbed in stomach then,
And shoulder crushed its kind.
No one might draw a normal breath
Because, before, behind,
-he crush was worse than sardine knows
All soldered in z box;
For thus a worthy company
Doth gather in the rocks
SO. stranger, step on the stranger toe.
Or drop IN lap Gnbid.
It's cause they need the money that
They let these things be did