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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-02

Mr.. +. T. Messenger is sick AT h
home on Wire street
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-07

were EACH AND EVERY ONE BAR
ROOMS. The Is firms supporting
Stockton were ALL large dry goods
or general mercantile establi shmentS.
NONE OF THESE were BAR ROOMS
The comparison is striking, indeed.
UNANIMOUS SUPPORT.
Again we repeat, whether General
Gilchrist is responsible for this unan-
imous support he is receiving from
the liquor interests of the State or
not he is getting it, and it cannot
he denied that these people think
they see in him one who will not for
get them in an hour of need. 1t is
also true that they are rarely ever
mist ken in their man.
1t matters little whether his heart
is with these people or not, if elect
ed governor, General Gilchrist will
come to that sacred position with mis-
feet entangled in these unholy alli-
ances, which will put him at serious
disadvantage sooner or later as he
persues the administration of our af
fairs, and even it is the strong and
noble A. w. Gilchrist on the throne.
the most sacred interests of home
and state will be jeopardized because
of his obligation to these men. In
past history it is not hard to find
men in royal robes who were as
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-07

Or. L. v. Bell, the great advertiser and
wonder worker, who is now making his
headquarters at the Hannah Bros. Drug
Store in this city. and curing thousands
of all kinds of diseases that the human
family may be heir to, by the Florida
Root and Herb Treatment, may be seen
at Hannah Bros. Drug Store where he
gives all information that may be desir-
ed in regard to those wonderful Florida
Herbal discoveries, free of charge
He also gives a grand moral free enter
tainment every evening at the orner of
Garden and PaJafoX streets and there
gives free treatment and a lecture on
the merits of his famous remedies that
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-07

strong as he, and who, under the
pressure of entangling alliance sur
rendered their realm to the rabble,
while the manhood of the nation wept
over the calamity that could have
been averted.
In John Stockton we have a man
who, if elected governor, will in no
sense be handicapped in this way.
Besides he is without doubt the
equal of General Gilchrist in all of
the qualifications and attachments
necessary to make a good governor.
Let us take Stockton this time, and
we will be in no sense subjected to
the emboldened hopes and determi-
nant powers of the rum traffic to
fortify themselves in Florida through
the executive clemency of our own
governor
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-07

GIL East LaRua street. She had
reached the age of II years, and had
spent almost ner entire life in Pen
sacola.
The deceased is survived by num-
Der of sons and daughter, among
them being Mrs. Tharp and George
Bombay, OF Pensacola. R. A. and
Joseph Bombay, of McDavid, and Mrs.
r. P. Mcconnell, of Theodore, Ala.
She was also the mother of r. H.
Bombay, who disappeared from Nc
David recently.
The funeral services are to be con-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-07
Hoods SarsaparilIa
Will Cure You Of
BLOOD HUMORS

Manifesting themselves in pimples,
boils, eczema, scrofula and other
eruptions- and of nervousness, bill
iousness, indigestion, headache, loss
of appetite, and THAT tired feeling.
Its great record of cures establishes
the fact that it is the best blood
purifier, appetite-restorer, nerve
strengthened, liver and stomach tonic.
In usual LIQUID form or in chocoiste-coated
tablets called Sarsatahs. 100 Doses One Dollar.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-07
Dr. Bell the Wonderful Healer, and His Renowned Flor
ida Herbal Remedies.

are curing thousands Of all kinds of con-
tagious diseases of the human system.
The doctor is making the deaf hear, the
lame walk and performing other miracles
that are proving him to be one of the
most wonderful men that have come with
in our midst. II you are sick, deaf or
lame, or broke down in ill health, IL will
pay you to call at Hannah Bros. Drug
Store and see the doctor and get further
information as TO his wonderful Herbal
Discoveries, all of which are sale by Han
nah Bros
The doctor will be, until further notice.
given through the columns of this papez
at Hannah Bros
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-07
G|LCHRIST
HAD MAJORITY
Suwanee County Man Makes
Canvas of Business
Houses.

The Live Oak democrat says: A
citizen of Suwannee county was in
Jacksonville this week, and having
some leisure. and desiring to sound
as far as he could the gubernatorial
situation down there, started in on a
canvas of Bay street, beginning near
the passenger station. The following
is the result of his canvas:
Number of firms interviewed. =. 40
Number supporting Gilchrist. =. Fl
Number supporting Stockton. Is
Non-committal
And they we're classified as fol
lows:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-07
RECEIVED NEWS OF THE
DEATH OF HIS BROTHER

G. c. Stanford, of 532 East Gov
eminent street received the sad intel
ligence of his brothers death last
night, which occurred yesterday in
Selma, Ala. The deceased was but
twenty years Of ago, and the news of
his death was the first notification OF
his illness which had been received
by Pensacola residents. A telegram
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-07
ERROR IN REPORT.

In last weeks report of local vital
statistics, The Journal published the
name of George Lewis as ~~-@e
Thomas Jones, in the list of appli-
cations for marriage license.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-07

which contained the bare statement
of facts was the only details which
Stamford could secure regarding his
brothers death.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-07

Quoted at the home OF Mrs. Tharp
this morning at 10 o'clock. and the
body will be sent to McDavid on the
noon train, for interment
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-07
DEATH Of MRS.
{. J. BOMBAY
ESTIMABLE LADY PASSED AWAY
LAST NIGHT AT O'CLOCK AT
THE AGE OF TT YEARS-THE
FUNERAL SERVICES THIS
MORNING.

After an Illness covering lengthy
period Mrs. c. J. Bombay died last
night at O'Clock at the home os
her daughter, Mrs. Louis Tharpe, No.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-02-14
ToASTS TO SUIT THE DAY.
In Honor of ST. Valentine All Should
Treat of the "Gentle Passion"

Even If nothing stronger than cot
fee be on the table, a dinner is not a
dinner unless some toasts be offered
There are many books from which APP
propriate toasts may be given.
For instance, there is the sailor toast
Here's to our sweethearts and wives;
may the latter always remain the
former, and the former soon become
the latter" and there is dear old Rip
Van Wrinkles sentiment:
Here's to your health and your
family's, and may you live long and
prosper"
But sometimes something a trife
out of the ordinary seems to be in
order, and such an occasion, surely,
is st. Valentines day. All the toasts
on this occasion should, of course,
treat of the gentle passion and the
more original they are the better.
Often, if the toastmaker is clever
he or she can give the toast personal
turn. Often, too, the simpler it is the
better, especially for amateur speak
ing.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-02-14

fore nine o'clock on St. Valentines
morning she is said to be dusty" Ac-
cordingly all the young men of the
neighborhood on learning that soma
young woman has remained unkissed
past the fatal hour make an attack
on her house with brooms, and after
sweeping her thoroughly, each of her
callers kisses her.
'Tne French province of Lorraine has
a custom somewhat similar, which is
called beating the ladies'" 1t dates
back to the sixteenth century. On
st. Valentines morning every mar
riageable daughter is expected to arise
at daybreak and bake heart-shaped
cake for the first young man who may
come for it. If she should oversleep,
however, and her lover should call to
find her all unmindful of him and the
occasion which brought him to her
door then his rivals are privileged to
punish her in the following fashion:
Armed with wisps of hay they may In
wade her room and, compelling her to
get up, they may administer a not es'
pecially ungentle thrashing.
In the county of Norfolk, England,
there still survives custom which
recalls the times when st. Valentines
day was observed throughout Great
Britain and the continent by the pre-
sentation of substantial gifts. In this
way not only lovers remembered their
hut to
husbands their wives, and in the mer-
ry days of Charles ii. husbands gave
presents to other mems wives.
Among the young women of Devon
shire the belief still fingers that they
are able to learn who their future hus-
bands will be if they go through a
certain peculiar formula shortly after
the midnight that ushers in st. Valen-
tines day. Each maiden should go
alone to the porch of the village
church and there wait until 1880 a m.
Then as the bell strikes the half hour
she should return home scattering
hempseed in her path and repeating:
"Hempseed 1 SOW hempseed I NOW.
He that will my true love be,
Come, rake this hempseed after me-"
And if she is going to be married
in the next year she will indeed see
her lover behind her clad in wind
ing sheet and raking up the hempseed
In many parts of Germany the chill
dren find st. Valentines day special
occasion to obtain charity from young
women, who cannot refuse them with.
out being threatened with the fate OF
becoming old maids. In certain viii
lagos of Saxony little boys and girls
go from house to house singing a song
which has been translated as follows
into English rhyme:
God bless the baker,
If you'll be the giver.
I'll be the taker."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-02-14

dropped white envelopes. When
school was about to be dismissed the
Beautiful Lady who took care of all
the children opened up the mysterious
affair and took out the envelopes one
by one, calling the name of the little
boy or girl
You held your breath. When would
yours come? All. exquisite moment
of anticipation! Your heart-such
tiny little silly, lovable heart, too
fairly ceased to beat, for every mo-
ment you expected that your name
would be spoken. The other children
were busy showing their white lace
valentines, and never noticed the visit
full little face in far-back seat.
1t was all over The box was empty
The Beautiful Lady closed her desk.
The child: en- ran for their hats and
coats. Yea placed two soiled fat lit
tie hands to two very moisty-misty
eyes and felt your first great sorrow.
You did. didn't you? Well, If you
didn't, l DID
The heart of child is so sensitive
a flower A thought will crush it-a
tear will bruise it.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-02-14

WONDERFUL
day, the four
teenth of Febru-
airy. 1t is so won
derful that it
SnreadS its charm
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-02-14

childrens faces in colonial headgear,
is decidedly effective and really SER
viceable, for it is made of stiff paper
and could be used
Cards that may be used as book
marks or to hang on gas jets, knob
or a dresser or bureau, are always
acceptable. Some of these, made in
Dutch designs that are so popular, are
stunning because of the combinations
of colors and the quaint costumes
worn by the peasant children, who
are shown in the act of carrying wa
ter. Heart cards, with cupids, red
hearts and arrows are also pretty and
are always in demand.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-02-14
An Old English Coach.

rect in every detail, even to the step
and the shield on the door. The win
dows in the coach are heart shape,
as is the door, while the wheels are
most elaborate and full of significance,
for each spoke is an arrow and is
apparently run through a dark red
heart
Three pretty girls look out of the
windows, while the coachman and
footman on top, CARRIED in white, drive
three white woolly lambs that are har-
messed to the coach with red silk
cords. The predominating colors are
white and red, with a touch of blue.
AS wall decoration this valentine
would be most appropriate.
Though not as unusual as the coach,
a fan valentine made of series of
heart-shaped frames inclosing pretty
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-02-14

New York city he still finds way to
mylady's heart by going to her in a
dainty bit of pasteboard, tissue paper,
tinsel and paint, all tucked way in a
scented envelope. In Berlin he has re-
Gently found new means of wound
ing his victims in the "cooing postals, y
which are so constructed that when
squeezed they will initiate the plain
tive note of a dove. In more prosaic
London cupid has abandoned the post
man for the telephone, and the up-to-
date London lover no longer sends his
sweetheart an ardent message by let
ter, but recites it over the wire into
her very ear
Yet the most picturesque st. Valen-
tine day customs are not to be found
in the big cities, but in out-of-the-
way regions, where human nature re-
tains much of its old-time simplicity
In some of the rural villages of Eng
land, for example, the season is OBJ
served in much the same way as in
the time of Queen Elizabeth and many
a quaint superstition still survives.
In remote villages of Derbyshire the
custom still prevails or rnaidens look
ing out of their windows in the early
morn of st. Valentines day to learn
who their lovers may be. Every girl
who wants to get married is supposed
to jump out of bed just at daybreak
and dressing hastily open wondow
facing the street. There she must
wait until some man passes by, who
tips his hat and says to her: Good
morrow, tbs st. Valentines day" In
reply she says: "Good-morrow, sir,
I'll be your valentine" AS a usual
thing, however, the passerby is not
stranger. A Derbyshire girl usually
Keeps the shutters closed until through
some crevice in them she espies the
1nan she wants.
OF all observances, however, the
r0ost popular in England is that best
known as sweeping the girls" If
Gill is not kissed by an admirer be-
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-02-14
Loves Lottery.

One often wonders how st. Valen-
tines day ever got a start 1t is said
that in England and France the young
folk were given to playing a game in
which the names of all the girls and
boys were written on tiny slips of pa
per- thrown into a general receptacle.
and then drawn out lottery fashion.
care being taken Of course that each
person draws the name of one of the
other sex. The person thus drawn
became ones valentine, and the allot-
ment decreed by fate was supposed to
impose upon the couple a sort Of 10y
atty for the coming year.
All Of which sounds very romantic
and beautiful, but which in plain fact
must have mixed things up fearfully,
and il is a question whether or not
fate always selected the right maiden
or the right beau.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-02-14
Pretty Love Tokens of the Past.

Sir Walter Scott, in his Fair Maid
of Perth" on st. Valentines day, has
his hero send the heroine a small ruby
cut in the shape of heart transfixed
with a golden arrow, the gem being
inclosed in a tiny purse made of links
of finest steel. Around the edge of
the purse was engraved:
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-02-14

~ UGH quaint and attractive
WGM valentines are shown in
699R the shops this season that
the giving of them will
SSSD doubtless find more favor
1sS with children and grown
ups. too, than it has in
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-02-14
HIS CNE DAY TO GET EVEN.
Husband Sent BurIesque Valentines
and lad His Wife Guessing.

Say, old fellow" said Brown, as
he laid his hand Familiarity on Potter's
shoulder, didn't l see you in the
stationer's a day or two ago looking at
valentines?"
You probably did, as | was in
there" was the answer.
Buying for some sister or niece?"
"No-for my wife"
But you are over so years old and
have been married a quarter of cen.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-02-14

fury You don't say that you are still
romantic?"
Il say this-that my wife can beat
me at argument or scolding or doing
as she pleases whether l like it or not.
She's obstinate and pigheaded and
touchy, and the only way l can get
even with her is on Valentines day.
Then l get 100 of the meanest bur
lesque valentines l can find and send
them to her. and for the next three
months she's wondering who sent 'em
and treats me fairly well. Try it
once. It is a good deal better than
threatening her with the family AK"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-02-14

Tough the little pagan god
who nearly always ac-
companies st. Valentine
on February IA has the
same purpose wherever
he goes, yet he does not
everywhere employ the
same methods for it's ac-
complishment. His tao
tics differ in different
places. He is as versatile
as he Is capricious. In
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-02-14


many years. For unlike the average
type, that is so perishable, these are
more substantial-like pictures-and
are really ornamental enough to hang
on a wall or to use on a bedroom
table. They differ from the ordinary
styles in that there are comparatively
few verses or lines relating to the
day or conveying messages of love.
In addition to these changes, there is
another marked one, that is the abb
sence of glittering gold or silver
decorations, which save the valen-
tines from being gaudy. The colors
used are conservative, too, and alto
gether they will make desirable pres
ents for girls and young women, for
they are free from silly sentimen-
tally and are quite artistic in de-
sign.
A strikingly pretty valentine that
is fraught with meaning but unaccom-
panied by verses is a splendid repro
duction of an old English coach. cor
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-02-14
Loves darts
Cleave hearts
Through mail shirts.

Surely 1t was a pretty enough token
to win the affection of any maid.
These eighteenth-century valentines
were indeed labors of love. and small
wonder that on. that day the bellies
heard the fall of the knocker with
eager anticipation
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-11
Deaf Mute Convicts Murderers
BY Gestures He Tells Story Crime So Graphically That Accused
Man Betrays Himself.

A murder trial at Bordeaux, France,
In which an innkeeper, his wife and
two accomplices were charged with
killing customer, was the occasion Of
a dramatic scene when one of the wit.
nesses took the stand. This witness,
named Lacampagne, was a deaf mute
ignorant OF the ordinary finger Ian
guage.
His brother-in-law and two Of his
friends appeared to translate his ges-
lures into words, but their services
were really unnecessary, so clearly did
he express himself by that instructive
mimlcry which is sometimes the ac-
compartment of speech, but here be-
came its substitute.
During his evidence the deaf mute,
who had been the handy man of the
inn, always designated the victim by
sucking In his cheeks against his teeth,
the landlord by shaking his ist-his
employers usual method OF speaking
20 him-the landlords wife by putting
his hands to his hair, one accompllce
by curling his mustache and the other
by striking an imaginary match on his
trousers, as this prisoner was a Snug
Dler Of matches.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-11

Then, with short. abrupt gestures, as
clear as they were rapid, he told his
story-how the landlady sent him away
on an errand, how he returned to find
the door locked, how he entered by the
cellar door, saw the corpse, saw one
murderer washing blood stained
hammer, another cleaning his face and
hands and the landlady embracing her
husband as II to thank him for what
he had done. The landlord caught sight
OF him and dealt him violent blow,
then. changing his mind, made signs
to him TO help to get rid of the body.
At this point the landlord, who clear.
ly followed the deaf mute's story,
broke in with That's a lie; that's a.
lieu
Lacampagne turned and looked In the
landlords face; then. stamping with his
foot, he raised his hand and stood In
the same solemn attitude In which he
had taken the oath.
This evidence and a confession by
the mustache wearing prisoner were
enough to convict the accused. The
landlord and the match smuggler were
sentenced to death, the others to i'm
prispnpsgt Tor aftssn years, ,faE6en.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-11
Put Love Above Tainted Money!
Standard Oil Heess, Deyng Parental Dsapproval and Risk
ing Dsnheritance, Evaded Her Bodyguard and
Fled to Wed Her PennIess Lover

and key, neglecting his multifarious
business duties so as TO remain on
guard.
The excitement Of this episode caused
a collapse of Miss Pierce's nerves, and
she was confined to her bed for several
days under the care of nurse. When
she got well she grimly decided that
she would circumvent her parents and
marry the man of her choice despite
iailers and locks She made known
her purpose, and the father redoubled
his precautions.
The rear of the house was barred,
and even supplies and servants were
admitted at the front entrance. Miss
Violet was forbidden to go out unless
upon express permission and under es-
cort of her sister, Miss Burrough, who
had chaperoned her into society. As
further reinforcement her eldest
brothers wife, Mrs. Clay Pierce, was
brought on from st. Louis.
Several servants who refused to take
part in this strenuous system Of espion-
age were discharged, and a butler stood
at the front door all day like mediae-
val iailer.
But love laughs at turnkeys, and the
vigilant butler was outwitted. Miss
Pierce obtained permission of her IA
ther to go shopping with her sister-in-
law. His consent contained the proviso
that she should not see Jim. The mo-
tor was ordered for certain hour, but
Miss Violet was ready some time be.
forehand.
She went to the guardian butler and
asked IL the car had arrived. He said
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-11

organized into a guard and command
ed to watch every action of the girl
day or night.
Day by day the father questioned his
daughter regarding every move she
had taken during the hours he was not
personally on guard, and If her report
did not tally, iot by jot and title by
little. with the evidence contained in
his reports storm was sure to burst
The young sons of the family were
summoned home from college and add
ed to the guarding force. The situa-
tion was peculiarly distressing to the
spirited girl, and when she attained
her majority few weeks ago she as
serted her rights In open revolt
This sudden expression Of independ-
ence where before there had been only
timorous obedience provoked tenn
pest that shook the aristocratic house
hold to its foundations. 1t is said that
the father shut his daughter in her
bedroom, where he kept her under lock