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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

OF course Florida must present the
handsomest sort of silver service TO
her nautical namesake. To be mig
gardly would be to invite everybody
CenSuTe.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
FOB BUILDING INSPECTOR.

I hereby announce myself as a candi
date in the white Democratic primary 70
reelection as Building Inspector
JOHN d Kendall.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

red hills of Leon are bathed in a food
Of sunshine and the purple mists of
the surrounding valley are melting
away-when the veTnal robes of
spring are displayed in all their gor-
seOus splendOT and nature is clothed
in the TestuTe of celestial beauty and
imbued with the charms of paradise,
the piOus turn to matters of church.
the political to matters of state"
WOw,-AIiami News-Record.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

! hereby announce my candidacy 70
Building Inspector, subject to the actor
OF the white Democratic primary.
JAS. NJ JOHNSON.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
Beard in LimeIidht.

Hon. John Beard of Pensacola has
been in the ImeIight at Tallahassee
this week He first moved to lay on
the table that part of Governor Gil
christ's message recommending the
making a state holiday Of Lincoln's
birthday. He next introduced bill
providing for state wide prohibition
without submitting the question TO q
vote of the people; also another pro-
hibiting the drinking Of intoXicants on
trains-Key West Citizen.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

An order it out to close the Chi
cage bucket shops-which do no
empty into the wheat pit.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
Vigorous Investigation.


The vigor with which the investi-
cation into the Iynching of the negro,
Alexander, last Monday, is being con-
Quoted by the Pensacola authorities,
and the action Of the governor in de-
manding results theTefTOm viii prob
ably teach the IawleSs in that city
that it Is no safer TO commit murder
in q crowd than individually. ANY
violence offered Sheriff Van Pelt
would only make the case of the
lynchers of Alexander more hopeless
for them-JacksOnvilI Times Union
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
DEATH TO THE HOUSEFLY.

The revolution in Turkey didnT
even cause a drumstick to beat it
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

Woe be unto the land when there's
meddling with the peoples bread.
Paris can tell the story.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

I hereby announce myself a candidate
for re- election TO the Office of City Physi-
clan, subject to the action of the white
Democratic primaries
e F. BRUCE, NJ. D.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
EoR PRECINCT ALDERMAN, NO. II.

run FHESiNCl W. IL
I hereby announce myself as a Candi
date for Precinct Alderman. Precinct No
Il, subject to the action of the Demo
cratic primaries.
JOHN G. OLIVER
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

Looks as though the Democratic
senators had a surprise in store for the
tariff thinkers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

The explosion of a nitro-glycerine
plant does its work thoroughly-nO
cleaning up required afterward-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

Mexico is d republic, but, faith,
there's considerable brutality in the
enforcement of order.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

GEO. W. JOHNSTON.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

BORN IN FILTH AND RAISED IN
CORRUPTION THE HOUSEF'LY De
SERVES BUT ONE FATE-EXTER-
NIINATION.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-12-23

Zrentuji farmu 0 100 akrech co
nejdffve; Nam vesker6 z~affzenf,
stroie o kon9. Kdo ma ma rent
takovou farmu necht mi sdslf.
Ed Stava, Tabor, route 2.
Ma prodej, nebo k pronajmutf,
obchodnf mole budova j S Totem
ma hlavnf ulici v Tabofe. Chci je-
ii ma domovinu ma jafe a ten jenz
majetek koupf do 1. bfezna, obdr-
Il jej lacino. Vaclav Rysavy.
Ma prodei, farma 16O akrd Sc
stavbami, Z mil cd Tabora, proda
Sc "a $50 akr. Parma 100 akrn
3 mile cd noveho mssta Neuberg
mezi Tyndall a Scotland, krasny
pozemek, 100 akrn vzdeldno. $55
"a akr. JAS. A. Wagner.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-12-23
FzEMoNT,s DARING ExrAo1r.

cfcd Mexican Governor Of Cali
rarnia when Ordered to Leave.
The slxty-third anniversary 6f til.
Using OF the American flag In Cali
,rnia territory was celebrated on ths
dmmit Of u mountain about twent.
dies east OF Salinas, CAL, OH Sunday
norning, March Z, by a company Of ell.
husiastlc patriots. Incidentally they
ommemorated one of the peculiarly
,udacious acts Of the unconventional
zen. John C. Fremont.
When Fremont, then a captain In the
ocular army, was on b rowing commits
sion Of exploration in the Mexican ter
ritory of California In 1916 he did not
ssanu much upon courtesy. The easy
going Castro, Mexican Governor Of
California, had given Fremont permits
sion to pass dow from the Oregon
boundary with his troop of plainsmen
and trappers, but when he heard that
all of Fremont's band were heavily
armed and that they carried a small
mountain howitzer for protection, Cas-
tro thought that this high-handsd
American adventurer might have n
double purpose in his %marchings about
the country.
From his preside at San Juan Bau-
tista, up in the Galiban mountains
back of the valley Of Santa Clara.
Gov. Castro sent a peremptory order
to Fremont, then a few miles west Of
the presidio, to leave the country.
Fremont did the same high-handed
thing that Admiral Stockton did later
at Monterey. Without authority from
the government at Washington and
acting upon his own initiative only, he
took his command up to the top of q
peak overlooking the Salinas valley, en-
trenched it, pointed his brass howit-
zcr in the direction of the trail from
San Juan Bautista, and nailed tho
American flag on a pine tree.
Castro was surprised. Mexico was
not at wal with the United States, so
far as he knew, yet this armed in
trudcr who had been exploring under
permission Of the Governor now de1ed
him. The Mexican Governor gathered
4 small force at San Juan preside
mi started up the mountain after
Fremont. When he found the Amer.
leans ready for battle he marched his
men down again. He was not ready
10 start the war between his country
M the United States, even then brew.
ing.
So Fremont broke camp and
marched slowly across the San JoaQ, In
ALLEY TO the fort of the Swiss Suffer.
lie was spelling for a fight, and later
he participated in the raising Of the
Bear flag by the citizens Of Sonoma,
he declaration Of California's indie.
,ei.dence from Mexico.
The peak In the Gallban mountain.
IS now called Fremont peak, and OF
March Z each year a flag flaps from
,ome pine tree as the spot where thu
unconventional hero defied the Gov
.rnor Of California.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-12-23
Bill Nye and the Late Maj. Pom

Bill Nye and the Late Maj. Pond
The late Maj. Pond managed Bill
Nye for several lecture seasons, bu
their first meeting was rather infoi
NAL. Nye was one day walking dowl
Fourth avenue with a friend, whel
he spied the majors modest sign II
a window of the Everett House.
Here's the man that incites tn
lecturers" said Nye; lets 60 in AM
see If we can't inducs himsto lead
better life"
Entering, Nye remored his hat an'
IAN his hand over the hairless ex
panse of his head, and, after staring
about for a moment, said:
This is Maj. Pond, | believer"
Eyes, sir. What can ! do for you?
answered the major.
Il want to get a job on the plai
FORM" returned Nye.
"Ah-yes," said the major, slowly
Have you had experienced"
well, I've been with Barnum for
couple Of years"
"Yes? May l ask in what capacity?
1--WE been with Barnum. Sat cor
cealed in the bottom of a cabinet an
exhibited my head as the largest o.
srich egg in captivity"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-12-23
StupendOus Volcanic Outburst.

One of the greatest volcanic out
bursts in history is going on in tn,
Island OF Savii, in German Samoa
This volcano broke out three and /
aalf gears ago, but 1t Is so far ava!
rom the usual lines of travel acros
he Pacific that but little has bee
earned of its activity. 1t has been /
onstant eruption the whole of tn
ime and must have thrown out a t
lore enormous mass Of molten mattt
IAN has any other volcano within hi
)ric times. The fiery river that flow
en- a great rent in the side of tf
fountain is eight miles wide and NJ
ried under its lava about 80 squa!
allies of country. The activity of tn
'olcano and the amount of the flo
re increasing. Hills 600 feet hig
ave been submerged and valleys I
!eep have been filled to their rim
With the molten rock. The QUITO
# the volcano has been estimated t.
)e at least 300, 900 tons a minute. B.
he side of such a mass as that, KEEP
I'D steadily for more than three years
he disgorgings of Vesuvius would b
10 more than a spoonful.
AS the Island Of Savii is very sparse
~ inhabited, even by the natives
While its white population consists o
4 few missionaries and traders, there
has been but little damage to life o,
property in the neighborhood of thu
volcano. To the s~eismologist, how
ever, this island offers a fruitful sui
iect for study, although its remote sit
uation has as yet kept 1t out Of tn
reach of science.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-12-23

In regard to the question now I'm
der discussion In certain parts o
II country, viz. Shall Bachelors b,
Taxed? the Philadelphia Inquirer
says:
The bachelor Is punished already
not only In losing the joys of a home
but In being an object Of contumely
So long as bachelors are willing {
put up with all the losses they sustai
In celibacy far be IL from the majesr
Of the law to impose further PEN.
ties. 1t was Cicero or a man Of hi
day who remarked that it was one
u for a man to get along with 4;
wife, but impossible to get along with
out one. The bachelor Is not a man
only a more or less imitation Of one
sometimes a very poor one He think.
he has q good time in escaping al
the major responsibilities Of life, blu
he is deceiving no IN but himself. A.
an example and q warning he has hi
uses In society. AS an individual ht
Is apt to find that he Is eating onl!
apples Of Sodom. The man who DELHI
erately remains a bachelor Is alread!
punished enough. Let him alone In hi,
misery until some nice girl comes alOni
and carries him off. And we ma!
remark that DO nan Is a bachelor 0
his own initiative--nO matter how
much he may think SC. He Is simpl.
a human derelict whom the womei
have examined and passed by. Tn
bachelors are the disjecta membra o
society whom no woman will have
That Is awful and It is enough.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-12-23
Ten Doctors
Said He Would Die

In 1903 we wrote you regard
ing my husband, who was suf-
fering from heart trouble. He
was superanuated by the North
Georgian Conference. Ten doc
tors at different times said he
would die. You advised DR..
Miles Heart Remedy and Re-
storative Nervine; we did as
advised, and Improvement was
apparent from the very first. He
recovered and the Conference in
1904 gave him a charge. He
never felt better, although he
has very heavy work and does
a great deal of camp meeting
work. l I'M so glad we took
your advice and gave him the
medicine, and feel that / ought
to let you know of the wonder
full good results from it's use."
MRS. T.. S. EDWARDS,
Miner, Ga.
This proves what DR.. Miles
Heart Remedy will do. Get a
bottle from your druggist and
take it according to directions.
1t does not matter whether your
heart is merely weak, or you
have organic trouble, if it does
not benefit you take the empty
bottle to your druggist and get
your money back.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-12-23
Foolish Use Of levels.

The Queen Of Siam Is the pro,
possessor of a thimble valued ut 81
900. Beyond doubt. 1t is the ma
valuable thimble In the world. AZ
as may be suspected, it was design,
more for ornament than use. r.
thimble was manufactured In Par
It Is made of pure gold. In the sha,
of a half-opened lotus flower. r.
thimble is studded thickly with "
nonds, graded In size and laid vi
,ther precious stones in the petals
the flower. The thimble. Of II
IS too large for practical purposes.
to the woman Of the western W.
the design certainly must aprn:r
| height Of Stiffness. \ oma IL \
| York city received from her hus'
a few years ago q thimb!e Of gold
| with diamonds. cubies AMI pc
| The price Of the little ornnmert
| S25, 600 In Paris. and II WAS on
short time before the wife convil
her husband the jewels would :
better in rings or earrirgs. The
Of a Kimberley diamond mire
has n thimble valued ut S'5."N
Is set with diamonds dug from
| husbands mine.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-12-23
DOMACI ZPRAVY.

Pfejem vsem ctenfum vesele va
noce.
Karel vauk, mi. byl v Tyndall
We stfedu.
Pr. Blizkova a 81. Emma Hrus-
kova byly v Yankton v pond9lf.>
Name vzdy ma ruce obalky tech
to velikost{: 6Hx3H, 10x4, 6xl2,
q 12x18. ,
Alois Bouza a manzelka wall
svoii dcerusku do Omahy do lece-
nj v dtery.
Sebral jsem cervenou jalovici 5
mesfcI starou s iekovatou hlavou.
Josef Novotny, st.
Frank Frana odjel minulou So
botu do Prague, Neb. ma navstevu
k rodicnm, pres vanocnf dobu.
j. M. Petfik a rodina a jeho brs
tr Jan z Lake Andes byli zde nav
stevou u rodiGn ma zaGAtku tfdne.
Norman Rapalee, ~zhotovitel ma.
hrobkn z Yankton byl zde "a OBJ
chodnf zalezitostf minulou sobotu.
Sebral jsem letsnf Hereford jale
vici. Mattel j obdrzf pc zaplace'
nj vyloh. Mattel Kortan. Dig
Josef Novotny, st. oznamuje O.
znamuje ztratu ctyr kusG dobytks
nasledkem krutych mrazd v pc
slednf dob9.
Rodina zdejsiho zffzence ma sta
nici, B. w. Payna, a jeho matks
sem pfijela z Montany a zde zffd'
svlj domov.
NeopomeIte vyuzitkovat zvlast
nj srazku 5 pro cent ma vsec kan
mach kdyz koupfte "a hotove We
Vaukovo storu.
Nakupte sve vanocnf zbozf 9
hracky v obchode Vaukove, kde
uvidite ten nejvetsi a nejlepsf w.
Der "a ceny mike.
j. G. Bouska jest nynf hotov Vi
novat vsechen svnj Gas svemu OBJ.
chodu. Pfineste spravky nynt
chcete Ii je miti hotove pro jarnl
praci.
Frank a Karel Petfik postavili
novy komin re zelezneho plechu
ma Taborsky MIN. Komin ma 2
stfevice v prImeru a jest 40 site.
vfcI vysoky.
Velkt vSber vanocnfho zbozf q
hracek hodicfch Sc co vanocnf dar,
lie koupiti u Vac. Rysavyho "a
ceny velmi mfrne. Kazdy je u,
ctive Evan zasobu 81 prohlidnouti.
Prodam - dilch pc 500 kazdy,
v pivovar Yanktonskem. Jsem jiS
star a pax vzdalenost je pffcinou
proc bych prodal. Piste mi Primo
anebo redakci t. !. Jan Kosak,
2739 w. 18th St. Chicago, Ill.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-12-23
Didn't show.

Teacher-Your pen-wlper has neve
been used at all.
Tommy know, ma'am. You Sc
rye been wearing q black coat.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-12-23

A woman whose hands are nc,.
becomes so clever Ia holding ihiG:'
her mouth, 1t Is q wonder sh
never tried to hold the baby that "
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-12-23

Novy tento vzorek psacfho papfru pro farmery jest 6 X 9 palefah = tsksm jih
100 papfru a 100 obalek "a $125
so so Is
posete nam ~obednavku a I jstujem vas, Re j dame nejepsf pozornost
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-05-06

who merely has faint inclination 10
ward something which the article
offefed for sale will supply to certain
degnee. He can live without It.. Even
II rfs alts-and-death matter he prob
ably doesn't know 1t. In any case. 1t
is probably one OF many things he
might like to have. though he can't
possibly have ALL Be modest. Don't
expect him to have any more desire
for your article than for all the others
he cannot possibly get.
/ Modestly putting aside the notion
that all the world is waiting breathless
for your goods, gently take the Gus
toner or reader Of your letter on his
own ground and tell him why he needs
something to supply the void that ex'
lists Suppose he Is wearing three-dol-
lar shoes: point out that one pair OF
five-dollar shoes will wear as long as
two pairs of the cheaper shoes. SO pay
ing more to start with means really
less in the end, and besides there IL
the unspeakable comfort Of a real mt.
so that walking is a pleasure rather
than a torture. When you've got man
to think SO far with you, quite without
mentioning any shoes you have to
offer, you have won half your battle
from the point Of view Of playing upon
human nature.
You want to sell a man $25 gold
watch. Some letter writer's would
plunge at once into the comparative
merits OF their gold watches and 9TH
ers: but what good will all those COM
parative merits do II the customer
feels that his $40 silver watch is just
as good for him as any gold watch
you've got. You've got to lead his
mind to thinking Of the real benefits OF
a gold watch before your comparative
arguments can haye any effect what
ever, will be anything but thrown
away. A silver watch looks cheap.
Nobody will think a man is anything
in the world until he can at least pull
out OF his vest pocket a gold watch.
Besides. doesn't It really cost a lot Of
time and disappointment not to have
an accurate time-keeper? How much
waste energy would 1t take to equal
the interest on only $15 difference
say 20 cents a year. Probably the
waste energy might run to the equiva-
lent OF 100 per cent. or more. Is 1t not
like. throwing money away not to buy
a $25 gold watch?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-05-06
HOW. TO WRIIEA HUNDRED GOOD
. LETTERS A DAY.

IT. could take time to polish my
'letters up. be sure had obeyed every
rule Of grammar. and found precisely
thel post natural and effective express
sion, l could write fine letters: but
heye to dictate hundred letters day
and 1t keeps me hustling to get them
+, out. 1 can't stop for all these fine
points"
Such is the argument used by the
business men whose letters are often
carelessly written and awkwardly
worded.
Nothing ~ 80 injurious to good let
ter writing as the sense OF hurry; but
the secret of success in getting out a
hundred good letters day lies in
taking time to write one letter we'll.
II you will devote an hour or two
hours to making one letter as strong.
graceful. clear, and convincing as you
are capable OF doing, you will get a
general sense Of how best to construct
your letters when you are debating
rapidly. Too many business men never
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-05-06
WHAT PoLITENEss REQUIRES IN
A LETTER.

However brief letter. 1t should
never be lacking in a dignified cour-
tesy.
Some business men are SO afraid Of
writing n long letter that they chop
out every word or phrase that can
possibly be spared without completely
spelling the meaning. very much as
they would do IL writing a telegram.
Too often they make their letters so
short that the essential things they
have to say are not made clear. II a
man is going to give his time to read
ing a letter at all. he wants to know
precisely what the writer wishes to
say. He doesn't want to guess or as
sumo. He wants to know.
A chopped-out letter is usually
robbed OF all forms OF courtesy. A
business man who would not think Of
coming into the. office OF a customer
without taking on his hat. saying
Good morning." and shaking hands
afably. will write letter that re-
minds one. of those boys who go about
calling out: Want any blotters?''
The very tone repels.
However brief letter, II should
seem complete. as II the. writer were
taking all the time necessary to at
tend to his business with you. The
usual forms OF courtesy should not
appear cramped. and the letter equiv
alent of the handshake. the bow. and
the removal of the hat should be as
scrupulously adhered to in writing as
in personal intercourse.
These are the things that make the
other man feel friendly, and in every
letter good business. to say nothing OF
politeness. requires that the customer
be made to feel that you are treating
him right. Courtesy In letters as in
personal intercourse is cheap, and 1t
pays.
The conventional Dear Sir or
Dear Madam" at the opening of let
ter means nothing. but II II were left
out 1t would be missed, and its alb
sence would be charged up to discour.
tesy. The same Is true OF Yours
truly" or Cordially yours" at the end
OF a letter. The skillful writer man
ages to put world OF meaning into
these seemingly empty forms.
But the letter writer must not rea.
son that because these forms are
good. lot more phrases such as the
Spaniards use in closing their let
ters would be still better. They are
not wanted In American business let
ter writing. The person who oyerdoes
courtesy is put down as hypocrite
and bore. Do what custom re-
quires, and then stop. Study the Gus
toner. and give him what he expects
and wants. That is the great law in
all business.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-05-06
CREATING DESIRE.

The average business man Is SO
wrapped up in his own production. the
thing he has to sell. that he forgets all
about the customer. He sees in the
most vivid way possible the great utili-
ty of his goods, and he assumes the
customer must have the same natural
intense desire. He has worked himself
into chronic state Of seeing through
the colored glasses OF his own prepos-
session. and he can't get away from
that prepossession.
But If he is going to make sales he
must throw himself in Imagination into
the position of the possible customer.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-05-06
CLOSING A BUSINESS LETTER IN
EASY STYLE.

Some business men close their let
ters with set phrases. which appear on
all letters alike. Their customers see
them again and again. and know they
mean nothing at all; that they are a
bad habit. Such meaningless phrases
lare:
Trusting this will be entirely salts
factory. We remain
Soliciting your valued order. we
are"
Trusting We may have your kind
order by return mail. we remain"
These phrases would not be bad n
they meant anything. but when they
are only bad habit they become
worke than useless.
Don't insist on always closing your
letters with we are" or I'VE remain"
When you have finished what you
have TO say simply write Yours
truly" or whatever formal close may
be required.
At the same time 1t would be
great mistake to be abrupt and neg
lect the easy formalities OF personal
intercourse.
Say, anything that is natural. courte-
GUS. and significant. finding n different
phrase as often as you can and over
working no particular form.
III there is anything more we can
do for you, we sincerely hope you will
command us. Yours truly"
I'VE shall give your order our usual
careful attention. and trust we shall
be fortunate enough to please you in
every way"
We thank you cordially for remem-
bering us in this case
Greatly regretting our inability to
meet your desires. nevertheless We re-
main. most cordially yours"
In closing a soliciting or sales letter,
It Is important always to tell the pros
pective customer exactly what you
want him or her TO do This should be
something simple. natural and easy.
II you want reply. say so Just as you
would ask a favor in ,personal-' inter
course. p
kindly use the enclosed return post
card to let us know at once exactly
how you are situated" -.
Fiji out the enclosed order blank
mail In the enclosed return envelope.
and goods will be shipped the day
your order reaches u.s."
Leaving the custQmer.f to infer
what you want done is fatal to much
guided by his instincts than by his
processes Of reasoning, and, many will
not Rake.the effort to think.