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The Florida star., 1908-10-16
Why Colds are Dangerous

Because you have contracted ordinary colds
and recovered from them without treatment
Of any kind, do not for moment imagine
that colds are not dangerous Every one
knows that pneumonia and chronic catarrh
have their origin in common cold. Con
sumption is not caused by "A cold. but the cold
prepares the system for the reception and de.
velOpment of the germs that would have not
otherwise have found lOdgment. 1t is the
same with all infectious diseases. Dphthera
scarlet fever. measles and whoOping cough
are more likely To be contracted when the
child has a cold. You will see from this that
more real danger turks in a-cold than in any
other of the common ailments. The easiest
and quickest way to cure a cold Is To take
Chsmberlain's Cough Remedy. The many re-
markable cures effected by this preparation
have made it staple article of trade over a
large part of the world. For sale by the Ti-
tusville Pharmacy.
The Florida star., 1908-10-16

Notice OF Application for Tax Deed Under
Section of Chapter 1888, Laws of Fla.
Notice is hereby given that Z. B. Arnold,
purchaser of tax certificate No. ia, dated the
lst day Of July, A d., 1901, has filed said
certificate in my Office, and has made appli-
cation for tax deed to issue in accordance with
law. Said certificate embraces the following
described property situated in Brevard county,
Florida, tOwit: Part of lots l, 2, and 81 Of sw
I, described in Deed Book II, page 232 Sec
tion 80, tp. 2S south, range 3S east. The said
land being assessed at the date Ofthe issuance
of such certificate in the name of w. o. Mount.
Unless said certificate shall be redeemed ac-
cOrding to law, tax deed will'issue thereon on
the 26th day of October, A. d., 1908.
C~). Witness my official signature
SEAL. and seal this the 25th day of
t@-1 September, A. D., 1908.
A. A. STEWART,
Clerk Circuit Court
Brevard County, Florida
The Florida star., 1908-10-16

celebration and during the evenings
enjoyment lost a good part Of his nasal
appendage. He was taken to the
Charity hospital in New Orleans. and
after considerable labor the surgeons
succeeded In grating a new nose that
filed the vacancy. In putting together
the skin and flesh the surgeons took
small piece Of skin from the scalp near
the forehead. This piece Of skin Is re-
sponsIble for Moran's trouble, and he is
now sporting a small crop Of hair near
the end OF his nose.
The Florida star., 1908-10-16
Nose That Grows a Beard.

After having delighted its owner for
only few weeks the new nose recent
ly grated on the face Of Pat Moran.
a we'll known character In New Or
leans, has begun to develop a crop Of
hair that Is somewhat annoying 10 Pat.
Some weeks ago Moran was out on =
The Florida star., 1908-10-16


century with the nineteenth century
from an architectural point Of view
one can hardly help being struck with
the fact, amounting almost to para
dox, that, while the former was an
age Of great architecture, the latter
was one OF great architects.-Builder.
Mr. Finnegan-So me darter Maggie
proposed to ye and We have accepted
her? Young Cassidy-No, no, Mr.. Fin
negan. | proposed to your daughter
Marguerite, and she has accepted me.
Mr.. Finnegan-Tush, tush, me bye.
Uts the same thing, only We don't
know ut!-Kansas City Independent
Wife (at a. m.)-Now deny your
condition last evening! Here you are
with your hat and shoes on. Don't tell
me you didn't come home the worse for
drink! Husband-Not bit, dear. You
know l have lately taken to walking in
my sleep, and thought I'd go to bed
prepared.-Illustrated Bits.
Affable Grocer Ito local art master)-
Yes. sir. shall be sending i'm along
to your evening classes when 'e's a bit
older and / want you to learn i'm just
like you learned his brother. You so
trained that lads eye, sir, that e can
cut the bacon to quarter Of an ouncel
Punch.
Would BE Purchaser (who is look
Nnn. q III - apk A, h. Ne
studio)-Oh, what a delightful design
for lace work! What is the price Of
the drawing? The Artist-Madam,
that is only a map Of Suburbtown
showing the proposed subway, elevat-
ed and electric railways.-Puck.
The reason why white pepper is con-
sidered better than black Is not only
because 1t looks and tastes better, but
because 1t is less irritating to the stom-
ach. Both are made from the same
kind Of peppercorns. In the white
however, the outer husk has been re-
moved before grinding.
They were on board the excursion
boat
There wasn't a cloud in sight, but
he saw his opportunity to get funny.
'It look like rain?" he said.
What looks like ralnT' she queried.
The water" he answered.-Kansas
City Independent
Mrs Bryden-And Is this chair real
ly an antique piece Of furnlture7 Mr.
Swolly-Antique, madam? There's no
doubt about 1t. Why. 1t was so
worm eaten when l bought II that I
had to have a new back, a new seat
and three new legs made for it!-Lon-
don Telegraph.
1T pears tew me-" remarked the ru-
cal philosopher, that law air a heap
sight like colt"
"How's that?" queried the hired man
Somebody has tew break 1t afore
yew kin tell whether It's emmy good or
not" explained the old granger-Chl-
cago News.
Magicians and jugglers were found
among the Indians by the Jesuit mis-
siOnaries as early as 1913. and they
we're common among all the Algonquin
! tribes. and CharlevOix mentions them
among the IrOquois in 1855. The Span
Iards met them in Mexico and South
America.
! Saying the sun never sets on Brit
ISh soil Is equally true as TO the do
main OF the United States. When it
is p. IN. on AttOo island. Alaska. it
Is 0:3G a. m. OF next day on the east
ern coast of Maine. The day ends two
hours earlier in Hawaii than in
! Alaska.
The Royal Society OF England is the
Oldest and most renowned scientific
! body. except the French Academy Of
| Sciences. In the world. 1t was organ
lied in 1915, and every great English
scientist has been a member OF it. Ben
/ jamin Franklin was the first American
The Florida star., 1908-10-16
For Chronic Diarrhoea

while in the army in 1863 ! was taken
with chronic diaIrhoca,' says Geo. VI. Eel
ton. of South Gibson. Pa. Il have since tried
many remedies hut without any permanent
relief, until Mr.. A. w. Miles, of this place,
persuaded me To try Chamherlain's Collie.
Cholera and DiarrhOea Remedy, one bottle o;
which stopped it at once" For sale by the
Titusville Pharmacy.
The Florida star., 1908-10-16
A Banquet

spread before you would do you no good if
You couldn't eat. What good can food do Il
child when as soon rs il enters its stomach it
is eaten by worms. That's the reason your
baby Is ailing. cross, pasty-faCed and thin.
Give il White Cream Nermifuge Ii will ex-
pei the worms and act as a tonic for the child
Sold by Titusville Pharmacy and Banner
Drug Store
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-03

! The Boston Transcript corrects a
common impression that the Florida,
which came out of the recent armor
test with dying colors, is an "old mont
tor" The Florida is really q compare
lively new vessel, her keel having been
laid in 1899. She is of proportions
much in excess of Ericsson's famous
Monitor and has armor undreamed of
in his day. 1t may be added that Err
lesson was not the inventor of the re-
volvinG turrct. That was the invention
of Theodore Timby. who received roy
atty on each revolving turret used by
our Government during the Civil War.
Ericssor's great merit was that he de-
vissd type of vessel that would carry
Timby's turrCtS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-03

Most people in the world use far to
little water both internally and ex-
ternally, but here comes a solemn
warning from the Brooklyn doctor who
is the president of the American
society for the study of incbriety. Out
in Chicago he has said, in an address:
Il have a friend who is q victim of
aquamana. He spends hours in
bathtub and drinks so much water
that he has reduced the solids of his
body and worked serious injury to
himself Many men and women drink
too much water and are victims of
that from the intoxication." The
suspicion grows that this Brooklyn
doctor is either a 33d degree crank or
a joker who views with alarm the
rising tide of prohibition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-03
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
Graduation Day.
(BoSton Traveler.)

Nbost'Il ldHtltlJ
In countless homes all over the
country are nervous girls who, in the
intervals between visits to the dress
makers, are practising the delivery of
masterpiece called THE Goal and
How to Reach It." In other homes
peevish boyhood is digging doggedly
over an essay with highfaluting title,
such as THE Fitness of the Prepared"
anticipating with dread the awful night
when IT must appear before a gaping
and unsympathetic world to illustrate
the occasional "Unfitness of the Pre-
pared
We have all been there. and when
we We're given our graduating subject
can remember how we came home and
casually mentioned it at the supper
table Dad rather loftily assumed that
the subject was an easy one, but when
asked to help was too busy to be an
noyed Mother was sympathetic and
helpful. During the winter nights and
the spring afternoons, when we gave
up baseball practise to pore over
histories. encyclopedias and books of
reference, She was always ready to
help and cheer us to our work by a
sample from the pan of fresh dough-
nuts. or save for the student the little
pie made up of the leftover dough and
filling always reserved for the one in
special favor with Her.
Many a man when his own children
are growing up and he is faced with
| the problem of planning their future
| is reminded Of his own childhood and
graduation. What an important epoch
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-03
The VoiceIess.

We count the broken Tyres that rest
W here the sweet waiting singers SUM
Der.
But DER their silent sisters breast
The wild flowers wno will stop TO
number
A few can touch the magic string.
And rosy fame is proud to win them;
Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them!
Nay, grieve not for the dead alone
Whose song has told their hearts SAD
. story
Weep for the vccelcss, who have known
The cross without the crown of glory!
Not where Leucalian breszcs sweep
Ger Sappho's memory haunted hllloW.
But where the glistening night drws weep
On namecss sorrows churchyard pillow.
Oh, hearts that break and give no sign
Save whitening lip and fading tresSFS,
Till death pours out his longcd-for VINE
Slow dropped from Misery's crushing
presses
If singing breath or echoiug chord
To every hidden pang were given.
What endless melodies were poured.
AS sad as earth. as sweet as Heaven.
Oliver Wcndall Ilolmes.
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The Oklahoma LEGISLATURE,

The place which New Zealand once
Legislative matters has been usurped
by the maiden state of Oklahoma
whose first legislature has just ad-
journcd a lot was expected of this
body and it has fulfilled all expecta-
tions and then some more. The men
who framed Oklahoma's weird and
wonderful constitution put every
thing into that document which they
could think of, but the legislators have
been even more Industrious and re-
sourceful In matters of freak legis-
lation and radical reforms of tho
long whiskered variety they are in a
class by themselves.
1t is announced that the nine-foot
sheet bill, which must have made even
New Zealand envious, has just become
law. Under it the upper sheets on all
tallest guests-whether skyscraper
statcmcn or towering commercial
travelers-and the struggle for warmth
between the feet and the chin will be
unknown. This act, however, is of the
lighter category. The Oklahoma lcgis-
lators, stern as they are, know how to
relax Turning to graver matters, we
learn that they have enacted the
following bills: Putting tax on all
inhcritanccs, as well as on incomes of
more than $500 year; restricting
the size of farms by a heavy and
graduated tax on land holdings in OK :
cess of GAO acres; prohibiting the sale
of mineral lands prior to 1915; provid-
ing for jury trials in contempt cases !;
prohibiting overcharges by public
utility companies; imposing heavy
excise duties on oil, gas and other
companies; providing for the nominal
ton of presidential electors at
primaries and so on Oklahoma will
learn a lot of things in the harsh
school of experience in the next few
wears
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-03

Some newspapers have seized the OPP
portunity to jump upon Secretary Taft
for some things he said about Grant in
his Memorial day address at Grants
tomb. The speaker referred rather
plainly to Grants weakness for liquor
which was serious handicap to his
early career, but his obvious intention
in saying it was to emphasize the com
mander's ability to rise superior to his
weaknesses, and become one of the
greatest military geniuscs in the his
tory of the world. We can conceive of
no reason for this criticism except anX-
iety to make a partisan point, and the
whole address was one of the finest
tributes ever paid to the memory of
Grant.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-03

ing alag of Our Country Brave
school; defamation, THE Schoojhousee
stands by the Flag" Thorne Johnson.
recitation, Our Flag" Gladys Camp
bell; remarks by Rev. Arthur Callahan
and by c. l.. Wing for the Lewis II.
Wing Post G. A. r.; singing America
Many visitors were present.
PITTsToN.
Mrs. Mary Fossett was / recent
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. o. G. Could.
VIM. Dill recently lost a nice horse
Muriel Dodge is recovering from a
recent illness. Her brother, Merle is
now quite ILL.,
Fred Baker is sick with tonsilitis.
Mrs Fred Blinn passed a few days
last week with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver Gould.
Miss Harriet Bliss passed Saturday
and Sunday with relatives III South
PittSton.
Mrs. Geo. Marston and little daugh-
ter of Gardiner were guests of her par
cnts, Mr. and Mrs. E. Brookings, Fri
day and Saturday.
Mrs. Chas Fossett was a recent
caller in this vicinity.
Geo. Faulkner has moved his family
70 Togus.
DIR. b. E. Lamb was in this part of
the town Saturday on professional
business.
Mrs. Hattie Mansir is the guest of
her daughter, Mrs. Plummer in Au-
guSta.
A number of the parents and friends
of the scholars in Dist No. II visited
the school Friday afternoon The
schoolroom was prettily decorated with
ferns ard flowers. The program con-
sisted of several appropriate Rotations
and songs which were rendered in Il
very pleasing manner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-03

in his life it was When he opens he
old yellow scrapbook wherein is pasted
the full and yellow text of his mastery
effort on graduation day, together with
the town paper tribute to the orator.
which were treasured so highly
through the years as one of Her
proudest possessions, he realizes how
many things happened during those
days that only Mother seemed to care
enough about to preserve or remember.
This is the season when the old story
will be told over again. What day Of
days that is for those who take part!
What lofty ideals" high resolutions"
standing on the hlltops looking down
on the plain" "plunging bravely into
the battle Of life" and hundred more
of the glittering generalities of which
only unknoWing, unseeing youth IS
capable!
Mary's heliotrope scented essay is
hidden away with the other treasures
of mothers pride. The framed
diplomas considered by Her the ideal
of pictorial prettiness, are no doubt re-
legated to the attic by generation
which thinks it has better taste in de-
cOfdtlVe art, Tie DTulSlIlS 81 uSSlC VI
life has driven the conjugation of
"amo" out of Johns head, while Mary
has become matronly of figure and
matter of fact of mind; but it would
be well for Mary and John and the
army they represent to review serious
ly each year with their children the
high ideals about which they so loftily
preached on their own graduation
days.
The sneer of the cynic cannot wipe
out the fact that we have too few
ideals in this nation of ours just now.
For 10, these many moons the muck
rakers have been feeling the national
pulse and telling us their is something
| radically wrong with us, and every
| body, including the muck-rakers
| themselves, are agreed that we have a
surplus of diagnosis and must seek
about for cure. Where to find it
even those who pretend to lead do not
| know, but one thing is absolutely
certain, those who do discover it and
prescribe the remedy must be capable
of measuring their public. men up to a
standard that will compare favorably
| with the ideals Of graduation day.
1t would harm none of us to go to
Mothers scrapbook once year and
re-read that essay 50 packed with high
resolves and practise a little along its
| lines.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-03
OipIomacy.

"Now. Miss Salle" said the woman
who comes Monday morning and plays
tunes on the washboard. "Yo has to take
mighty good cath o 70 brain. doesn't
70? Case dat's how Won Al. earns yo'
Twin. jes' wild nothin' at all hut vo'
brain what's in yo' head. Yn' CANT take
nothin strong, case yo' brain ART goin'
to work if vo' takes anvthin stronger
dan tea or coffee. Yo' CANT drink no beer
nor nothn' like dat. l nebber cares for
beer myself. less it is when I'm dom a
big washin' AMI gets all tired and gone
like OATS de only time 1 ever do take
even one glass Of bee. Oh. no. Miss
Sallie. you says 70 hain't got any beer
in de house so I'll jes' drink some strong
tea. Nom m-m, I wouldn't tink oh go
ing after some, no indecd.-why. tank yo'
Miss Sallie, if de place is SO neah, and
vos so good as to glib nc de nicllle. I
reckon 1 CANT disaproint yo' all. Is
dis pitcher clean?"-New York Times
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-03
Battleships of Concrete?

Now gentleman of scientific attain
ments and with fantastic imagination
tells us that stone ships will be reali-
ty of the future. That is, he asserts
that concrete, which is an artificial
stone, will gradually be substituted
for wood and steel on the water just
as 1t is being substituted for
them in structures on the land.
At first thought the idea of a
stone battleship seems utterly absurd
but such possibility is not so very re-
mote after all. When, however, one re-
members that the thousands of tons Of
iron ana steel hulls now ploughing the
oceans of the world are composed of a
material of far higher specific gravity
than stone the cement vessel does not
appear SO much of parodoX.
At any rate, paradox or not, rein
forced concrete boats are already in
use by the Italian navy. An Italian
correspondent of the London Times re-
ports that his government built 800
ton cement barge in 1906. 1t was ex-
haustively tested, proved satisfactory,
and four others We're Immediately
ordered. This writer belives that be-
cause of the dearth of available iron in
Italy experiments with the new con-
crete construction will be carried much
further by the Italian navy, and that
eventually large vessels, perhaps even
battleships, will be built of artificial
stone. Of considerable interest in this
connection is the statement which has
been made on apparently good author
| ity that during the Russian war the
Japanese used cement for patching
their injured cruisers, and it proved
entirely successful.
Reinforced concrete has already in
vaded pretty much every field of land
construction, and in some of them bids
fair to drive out all its competitors
For certain types of buildings and
bridges it is now the regulation ma
terlal. If it proves to have the neces-
sary tensile strength and elasticity
there seems no reason why it may not
eventually take the place of iron and
steel in the hulls of many types of YES
sci. Such a ship would be a great
monolith, composed of a single enor-
nous hollow stone. Back in the past
untold centuries ago, there was an era
which is now referred to as the Stone
Age Perhaps the world is moving for
ward to another Stone Age
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-03

tai edict of a mere police commissioner
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
company of Boston, for the first time
in go years, did not arouse its officers
with fife and drum corps at 4 A. M
on June I. the day of it's annual drum
head elections on the Common. The
aforesaid commissioner typifes the
modern degencracy which elevates the
sleepy civilian above the valiant son
of Mars.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-03

A discussion has arisen as to
whether Memorial Day flags should
be at half mast. What is the author
ity?-Bfddeford Record.
1t has been decreed by the Grand
Army itself, whose word is the best
authority on Memorial day matters,
On that day. This was clearly specified
this year in the general orders read in
connection with the Memorial day ex-
erciSeS wherever they were under the
direction of G.. A. II. Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-03

He heard that one man in particular , had
criticized severely the manner ~ W,ilcn
he drew the purse s,rings tight. Not long
a ftc,.ward this man asked him for an IN
terview. Lauder gave him an address,
and told him to come at 10 o'clock the
following night. In the meantime ne ,, mln
came he vas ushered into a garrett In
poor tenement house. in a bad part of
town. There sat Lauder, blue with cold
hv the light of a singl, candle. and sci1b-
ARE We goin' to put doom what 1
saw Lauder asked $40
."rhe reporter assured him.. with pride
that he nevar made notes during an inter-
NV memory is excellent he Roasted.
"''Ncel, then said Lauder, well aye
save the LIGHT
And he blew out the candle. Flick
Mp-lYD
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-03
Told of Kitchener.

Some grim stories are told of Lord
Kitchener, and we have just read one
which. although we cannot vOuch for the
truth of it, has decided Kitchener flavor
about it A young subaltern who was in
charge of some works that were in course
of construction in the Puniab had the
misfortune to lose some native workmen
through an accident with dynamite. Fear
full Of n reDrimand from headquarters ne
telegraphed to the Omniander-iE-chief:
Regret to report killing of Il laborers by
dynamite accident" Back is said to have
come the laconic message: DO you want
any more Iynamite?'-United Service Ga
Zettc.
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We sometimes complain that the
newly arrived foreigners are slow in
catching the spirit of our institutions,
but sometimes they get altogether too
patriotic. For instance, down in a Penn
sylvania mining town last Saturday q
Hungarian shot Pole in a quarrel as
to who should have the honor of car
rying the American flag in the Memo
rial daY procession.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-03

The recent holiday emphasized the
thinning ranks of the old veterans. The
following table indicates the diminish
ing size of the Grand Army from 1871,
when its membership was the largest.
until 1906. for which year the latest
returns have been published:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-03
Wednesday, June 8, 1908.
OF AUGUSTA.

Missouri claims in Henry Dorman,
age 100, the Oldest soldier who took
part in the Memorial day exercises and
it is hardly likely that the claim will
be disputed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-03
Secret Of Happiness.

There is no royal road to happiness
Happiness itself is only spasn, a sort
OF hySteria of eXuherant spirits. IL you
would get as close to happiness as posi-
Bile, never suffer your energies to stag
nate. The familiar adase too many irons
in the fire" conveys an abominable lie
You cannot have too many-poker. shovel
tongs and all: keep them all a"Soing!-
New York Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-03

Why should Bryan protest that Par
ker is not going to write the Denver
platform? Bryan wrote the platform
on which Parker ran in 1904 and the
least he can do this year is to recipro-
cate the courtesy. The platform will
cut little figure anyway with Bryon as
the candidate