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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25
The Democratic
Campaign Fund.

The Democratic party has a great
campaign on its hands. It does not
propose to let things rock along in a
half-hearted manner by any means;
on the contrary, the most vigorous
Bort of a political fight is to be carried
on from now till election day next No
vember. AS every voter knows it
takes a great deal of money TO carry
on national campaign. 1t always has
and always will.
The Democratic party has taken a
decided stand against contributions
of vast sums of money by the corpora
lions, and the money necessary to
meet the legitimate expenses of the
campaign must be contributed by the
Individual voters of the party. It is
expected that Democratic newspapers
throughout the county and in every
state will solicit and receive campaign
contributions. This is the way Mr.
Bryan puts it. He says:
81 wish every Democratic paper
would begin the collection of a cam
paign fund from its own subscribers
There are few Democrats who could
not AFFORD to make a small cOntribu-
ton, and the people Will never be
able to control the government until
they take on themselves the burden of
supplying campign funds. As long as
a few men furnish the money to
finance campign, the men will exert
an undue influence upon the govern
ment.
at seems We have reached the end
II -
a step in advance; but the individuals
who control these favor-seeking cor
porations may still dominate politics
by furnishing the sinews of war. The
Democratic party has strucsk at this
system by limiting contributions TO
$4,000 and providing for publicity
before election. The Republican par
" has so far refused to join with us
on this proposition, but public senti-
ment may yet compel it to do so
have no doubt that the Democratic
party will receive contributions from
more individuals than ever contribut-
ed to any campaign. and there is no
reason why the entire sum necessary
should not he supplied by contribu-
tons from the masses IL every Demo-
cratic paper will take the matter up
and lend helping hand, we will soon
have enough money in the treasury to
provide for legitimate campaign work,
ssd that is all we want'-W J.
Bryan.
So you see the masses must furnish
The money to make this Democratic
fight. The privileged rich. the trusts
and the tarih-fattened corporations
are not going to contribute toward the
election of Mr. Bryan. 1t is the peoples
fight and they must provide their own
"sinews of war"
Send to The Journal $1-00, $500 or
$1,000. as you can afford. and it will
be acknowledged and duly forwarded.
II every Democrat in The Journal
territory will do his part quite a large
sum can be gathered together to help
his righteous cause.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25
FIoridians Made Wise Selection.

With Frank Mayes on the resolu-
tons committee. W. S. Jennings IN
the notification committee, and with
Jack Knight as chairman, the Florida
delegation was conspicuous on more
than one occasion at the gathering of
the Democratic clans in Denver last
week. Floridians certainly acted with
their usual wisdom in the selection of
delegates to the great convention
Palatka TimeS-Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25
Typical Eastern Yarn.

One of the many surprises for East
ern visitors at the recent Democratic
convention in Denver was the general
use of Iron dollars that is, silver
to the exclusion of paper money II
Is related that a well heeled" Tam
many man passed a $1,000 bill over
the bar OF a leading hotel. and waited
for his change. Tom said the bar
tender. turning TO the cOiOred porter.
take 80 cents out of that and hand
the gentleman his change The negro
never turned a hair He took the bill.
walked around TO the stock room and
in forty seconds came tTundling a
wheeIbarrow up in front of the bar
He stopped in front of the New York
man. pulled a tarps11in of the wheel
barrow load, touched his hat and said:
-Yo' change, sab" There was the
change-999 silver dollars and 20
cent piece
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25

therefore, the money power will, Sc
cretly or otherwise, support Bryan
with the election of Bryan wransle
would soon occur between him and
tne republican senate which would
eneetually block all legislation dur
Ing his term of Office and this is just
what the money power wsnts-no
legislation"
Said one of the most intelligent
farmers in Florida. Bryan will be
elected, because the socialist vote
this year will count up into the mil
lions, and the bulk OF this vote, that
is all Of it that will affect the cleo
tlon, Is taken from Tie republican
party The loss of this vote in ILL
no1s and other northern states Will
so cripple the republican party that
BRYAN viii be successful
Another reason. which we viii add,
is the people want a change.
A traveller stepped into a railroad
restaurant for a lunch. When he
passed mis- cup the second time the
waiter said, tea or coffee, sir
We'll, said the traveller, that de-
ponds. If this last stuff I had was
tea, then / want coffee, but IL it was
coHee, | now want tea l want a
change"
This is the condition of the masses
OF the people They want a change.
They are ready to welcome any
change, 9Or any change is sure TO be
an Improvement on the existing or.
der of government.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25
His Fate.

The race Of consequential vergers IL
not yet extinct. Dean PigOc has story
about one Of them. who. when bish-
Cd asked him at what point he was to-
make bis appearance. replied:
First / take hoAloir people to their
places, and then, after they are seated
/ return for you, my lord, and conduct
Won to the naturalization Telegraph.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25
Pleased With the Ticket.

The convention at Denver has done
we'll They selected a strong ticket
and made good platform Nothing
can beat us this time hut money. But
the Republicans can raise money IL
they wink the other eye when they
kneel to trusts They have c1LvInc-
ing argument. they cal say we have
talked about you, We have Threatened
you, but. have we harmed you2 We
were forced to keep The people in Eope
or all your money would not land The
G. O. P. next time And strange to
say, men who are cheated out of their
labor by the gTaftc- WHO have iaws
passed to rob them. will fall in line
and vote the Repdbrcan ticket. and
think while doing il. that IL is 4 sacred
duty VIII the 2rUDla never be qnte
to free themselves from such evil in
fiuences? Polk CuU,tv Record.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25
Expeetsd Reduction.

Grandpa Macpherson - How many
do two and two make. Donald? Dom
aid-Six Grandpa-What are you talk
ing about? Two and two make four
DonaId-Yes. know, but l thought
YOU: beat me down" q bit!-London
Pf7nr.h
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25

4 new camp of old Confederate
veterans was organized last weeA at
Wauchula, in DeSoto county. TO be
known as the E A. Perry camp. e.
r. LangfOTd was chosen commander;
Pringle, End lieutenant; T. r. Fore.
ensign: L. VI. Shelton. chaplain. The
next meeting OF the camp Will be
held on the second Tuesday in Sep
TENDER at WauChula-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25

A policemtn il Camden, n. J., fell
week and some thief was mean
enough to steal not only his club and
pistol. but also stripped him of all
his outer garments and his shoes.
beside his under clothes was his repu-
.ation and that was considerably dam
wed
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25

A Bessemer, Ala, man whose store
had been burglarized several times
recently conluded to set bear trap
and await results. Last Wednesday
goods taken from the store was
caught in the trap, which held aim
securely till officers came and tooh
him to Jail.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25
Hearst's Florida Oroan.

The Central Union Times. the lead
ing labor paper of the state, has been
sold to R L. Harper, its editor, and
will be continued as the In dependent
While it will remain an earnest adj
vocate of the labor cause. it VIII be the
organ of the Hearst TndSnend cnce
League in this state Mr. Harper is
one of the best informed men in the
state and is brilliant writer Miami
News-Record
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25

A dispatch from Fort Worth. Texas.
says that straw vote taken through
out the state shows that J. p. Will
liams, of Cumby, will win in the
gubernatoriaI race. Williams is 40
years old and is the village black
smith He earns his living at the
forge and his shop is his campaign
headquarters. He is an old Con-eder-
ate veteran. and something of a law
yer. Here's hoping ne is the next
governor of Texas.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25

French Professor-Ah. yes, mademoi-
seIle. you spick ze French wizout zs
least accent. Miss Breezy-Do 1. real
Iy? French Professor-Oh, yes-zas
ees, wizout re least French accent
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25
END OF GEORGIA
CONVICT SYSTEM
BY Associated Press.

Atlanta, July 24--Ine mousse cOnl-
mittee of the whole today reported
what is known a. the Holder sub5tE
tute bill which provides for the ter
mination oS the convict lease system
of the state after December 81. 19lL
Tie bill will be acted upon Monday
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25

All democrats everywhere are in
line for the ticket and the platform
this year except a very few of the
old wheel horses" who are saying
nothing That means that the party
is again united. and it also means a
winning campaign.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25
Was Lucky For Florida.

Luckily for Florida a Bryan dele
CATION was sent to Denver. An TN
instructed crowd might have been
inuenced by the action of Georgia. and
this would have indeed been a re-
prOach to the democracy of our fair
State--Palatka Times-HeraId.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25
Should Hold Convention.

The Democratic party of Florida is
party without a platform of prin-
ciples. The only thing at stake is of
fee. and the candidates therefor
make their own platforms upon
which they go before the people. who
are generally controlled by prejudice
rather than the issues involved be-
tween the candidates In this conncc-
ton the BrOOksville Argus gives the
following good reasons why the Dem
OCraCy of Florida should hold state
convention TO nominate candidates for
presidential electors. delegates to the
national convention. and adopt a Plat
form of principles The Argus saws:
In the recent primaries were she
voters who participated bound - ~ n
or principles? In the approaching
election in casting their ballots for
GiiChriSt Will they be also voting for
local Option2 When voting for Brv-
an in the general election men do not
vote for him personally. but for what
he represents. They voted for him
personally at Denver In the primary
men voted for GiIChrist personally
but what does he represent in the gen
eral election for men TO vote for? We
expect TO vote for him because he is
the nominee of the primary i'll which
We voted for our choice for governor.
but ought We not to have better Tea-
sOns2 We ask these Questions simp-
" 70 show the absurditv of having
party without expressed principles. -
Gainesville Sun
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25

papers near so much good copy as
was expected. 1t seems to be a rath-
eT tame affair.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25

The Mississippi agricultural and
mechanical college at Starkvir1e, that
state, is having troubles as serious
as were those at DeLand in this state
some years ago though the charges
against the president of the institu-
ton are of an entirely different char
acter from those in the DeLand case.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25

Governor Conner threatens TO fight
any attempt of the railroads to raise
rates in Alabama
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25
KILLED BY
MEXICAN TROOPS
BY AssocIzted Press

TUseon- ATiz.. July 24-In a des-
perate battle between Mexican troops
and Papago Indians Tuesday in the
state OF Sonora, nineteen Indians
were killed and two soldiers wound
ed
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25

The judge of the criminal court in
Mobile gave a negro vagrant a severe
jolt one day this week. His sentence
was to pay a fine % $500 or go to
Jail for four months. 1t is said that
one reason for the heavy sentence
was that the negro was suspected of
a serious crime which could not at
the time be proved.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25
Some Reaosns Why.

Bryan will be elected president"
said one of the most prominent bust
mes smen and politicians in this state
a few days ago because the mon
led men of the country. such as of
gan, Belmont Hartman, Rogers, Ry-
an, etc are sick and tired of so much
legislation. They want a rest Were
Taft elected, Roosevelt would force
him, in spite OF himself. to keep up
a continual agitation and with d re-
publican president and republican sen
ate, with Roosevelt welding the big
stick over both, the country would De
in a foment for the next four years
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25

A lot OF old newspapers,
tied up In neat bundles for
sale, SC a bundle, at The Jour
nal office.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25
A Hung Committee.

A Hung Committee.
Inc executive committee of the
third congressional district after 1av-
ing held two sessions, days apart. has
adjourned to futher consider the mat
ter on the STd Of August. Blessed pri-
mary SyStem.-JasDer News
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25

The miners strike in the Birming-
ham district is not giving the news
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25

SubsCrib- for The Journal
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-25
IRRIGATION.
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Tampa Times.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-24
QUEER, ISN'T IT?


GUS Of the funny figures the absent
minded professor whose habitual UNI
brella-losing proclivities have made
generations laugh. This figure had it's
origin at time, he says, when the
man Of letters was a helpless person
in the active world-a dreamer dwell
ing in realms away from the actual
and therefore blind to his surround
ings. In this form he has been repre-
sented in the comic papers. But Ger
many, he thinks, not the professor, has
been and is being caricatured The
professor to-day must be wide awake
man, for science is no longer an island.
These are not the days for sleep and
for dreams Another abused character
Is the lieutenant who. having no foe
to fight. is always shown as making
conQuests where Amor has command
The old maid is another Of the stock
figures, and one Of equal Importance
is Mr.. Newlyrich. OF the latter It Is
said: "He is always full Of fear and
suspicion. He knows that he has beer
misplaced, and he sways from side tc
side like timid rope walker. Thi.
makes him real funny, and we mus
laugh at his antics"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-24
Oldest Organ In the World.

In the Baltic sea, forty miles from
the mainland, lies the Swedish island
Cortland, Mecca for students of early
Gothic architecture. In Wisely alone
the chief town Of the island, with its
population Of 5000 souls, may be
studied what remains Of no less than
ten churches, some of which date from
the eleventh and twelfth centuries The
Oldest Of them is the Church OF the
Holy Ghost, completed about 1o46.
Prof Hennerberg, director in a Ger.
man music school, and especially inter
ested in the study of medieval organs
visited fifty-nine churches in Cortland
and in little village called Sundre
came upon the remnant of what Is un
Questionably the oldest known organ
in existence. The case alone has sur
viyed the fret Of seven centuries; the
holes for the pedals and manuals are
placed as in modern instruments, anG
inside one can see the chember for the
bellows and judge of their action; the
exterior Is adorned with paintings dat
ing from about 1910.
When this ancient instrument COULD
no longer serve its original purpose, II
was used as sacristy, and for the
safeguard Of holy vessels and vest
niepts was kept inAcareful repair; hence
its excellent preservation to our day.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-24
Cut-Up Pictures.


There is a craze just now for section
al pictures. The grown-ups have taken
I'D this children's game and are so
fond of it that they have formed clubs
in Boston just to play it. If you want
to make a sectional picture game I'll
tell you how.
First, you choose large colored pic
ture-perhaps your mother will let you
take one from large magazine-and
You paste it On sheet OF cardboard
and after it is dry ctlt it up into little
pieces with nice, irregular edges. The
''grown-ups" paste the picture on a
thin sheet Of wood and cut it up with
a scroll saw and afterward polish the
edges with sandpaper, but this Is much
harder to do, although it makes the
game more durable. When they are all
cut out mix up the pieces and then try
to fit them together to make the pic
ture again. Even when you have cut
out the game yourself and know what
the picture ought to look like when II
is finished you will find it hard to put
1t together again and when some one
else has made it and you don't know
what the picture is going to be it Is
harder. And it is still harder If, when
you cut 1t out, you separate the differ
ent colors of the picture by cutting
along the outlines of the figures. II
any one asks you to make something
for fair you might make some sec
tional picture games.-Chicago News
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-24
- al ,
Meet OF MeetDt

The cashier Of certain bank had a
placard put up one day, which was
printed as follows: 1.-THE bill commit
tee meets at 10 o'clock every morn
ing" One Of the directors came in
soon afterwards, and having read the
notice, he begged the cashiers pardon,
but said that the verb should have been
meet" in the plural number, because
the committee was composed Of several
persons, and their action could not
properly be expressed by a verb in the
singular number. Other directors
came in presently, and all took part in
the discussion, which was finally re.
ferred to a well-known linguist, who
promptly said that the singular verb
meets" was right. 1t seems strange
that serious discussion should take
place over a matter that Is, after all
so simple as this. The committee was
and is, body of men acting as a body
in meeting, and it meets and decides
questions in that capacity. OF course
the members, as individuals, meet
each other, but when acting collective
~ they act as one. To say that the
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-24

"block No. 8" of the West Shore Rail-
road, Just west Of the entrance to the
Weehawken tunnel, says the New York
Tribune
The device looks like big iron hogs
head sunk In the ground. Inside Is a
wheel with twenty spokea On each Of
the spOkes Is a tin-cased torpedo at
tached to an arm, and the duty Of the
complicated cogs and levers beneath the
simple looking wheel Is to thrust out
these torpedoes upon the track so that
the drivers of an engine may cause
them to explode.
Mr.. Zorge's system places in each
block" Of a railroad three circuits,
approach" locking" and danger"
The length Of block Is determined by
the nature Of the traffic, and at the
Weehawkee tunnel it Is a mile. A
train passing the approach circuit acts,
through its iron wheel and axles, as a
conductor WHICH carries the electric
current from the point where It Is re-
ceived across to another wire, through
which it runs to the armature beside
the torpedo machine. When the train
passes beyond the point, mile distant,
1t similarly readjusts the current, leav-
| Ing the entrance to that block clear.
The point of the device is that II
while the train Is running through the
block another train should come along
SO close behind as to pass the approach
circuit this contact would de-energize
the current. Then the mechanism OF
the signal would be set working and
one Of the spokes would be thrust out
to the track surface and hold torpedo
there to be exploded. The conclusion
would put the engineer on his guart
If he had not noticed the semaphort
signal
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-24
Timber and Cast Iron.

The strength of materials is fac
tor of the utmost Importance In all
building operations, and builders are
guided by scientifically conducted tests,
a record of which they all have. Here
are some of the figures that these tests
show: The testing piece being 10 inch
es in length and one inch square, and
the wood being seasoned, the breaking
weight Of white pine is 1876 pounds
yellow pine, $50 pounds; chestnut, 170
pounds; ash IT'S pounds; white oak
24O pounds; hickory 270 pounds; iron
5,7S1 pounds. The same materials will
bear with safety the following weights
White pine 50 pounds; yellow pine 1OO
pounds; chestnut 100 pounds; ash 115
pounds; white oak 1876 pounds; hick-
DRY 200 pounds; iron 1000 pounds.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-24
OREGON SQUIRS.

The remains of a man whose name
was evidently E. Perdue of Spokane
and who was murdered in cold blood
IN lonely place in the mountains, %
miles northwest of Hillshoro, were
found by 15-year-old boy.
William Wardell, better known as
Professor Hicks, an aeronaut, is in
Baker City hospital, suffering from
three broken ribs, internal injuries and
badly bruised head, as the result of
a fall from a balloon while giving an
exhibition.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-24
ADMIRAL BURWELL RETIRES.
One Of Best Rifle and Wing Shots IL
Navy to Close Career,


With the retirement from active ser.
vice Sunday of Rear Admiral Burwell,
one of the most eventful and honor.
able careers in the navy will be
brought to a close.
Admiral Burwell is now command
ant of the Puget sound navy yard and
has served in every naval station and
upon nearly every ship in the service
Some of his friends have given him
the title of "Boastful' Burwell because
of his Dragging about his. personal
prowess and achievements and his ca
pacity, when his statements are ques
toned, of winning the resultant bets
He is one of the best rifle and wing
shots in the navy.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-24
Sun Cured His Badness.

A farmer north of Youngstown, Ohio,
has a new growth of hair on his here
tofore bald head. 1t came about in
this way: Several weeks ago the
farmer went fishing and was SO inter-
ested that he forgot his bare head.
The sun blistered his scalp SO badly
that the skin peeled off and when the
new skin came on luxuriant growth
of hair came with it.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-24
Educate Shippers.

A campaign of education among
shippers and the public looking toward
readjustment Of freight rates
throughout the country was decided
upon at a meeting Of the executive
committee of the national association
of railroad agents held in Chicago re-
cently
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-24
OVER 1000 DIE IN FLOOD.
Prisoners in Cells Among Victims In
Turkey,

Three hundred prisoners, helpless in
their cells, were among the 1000 vic
Tins of flood that has swept Sivas,
Turkey, in northern Asia Minor, news
of which has just been received here.
At the first intimation of danger the
jailers fled without making any pro-
vision for the prisoners.
The flood is the worst in the his
tory of that part Of the country. The
loss of life, coupled with that at Lokat,
So miles northwest of Sivas, four days
ago, sets new record in disasters.
The Yeshil Irmak is far over its
banks, and is ravaging all the sur
rounding territory. 4A