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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-30
BALL BOYS ARE NOW
PUACTICHVG DAILY
CAPTAIN SANDY GRAHAM PUT
TING THE soYs THROUGH.
Will Have Another Big Practice Of all
Men Here on Monday Afternoon.
at the Ball Park.

Captain Pat" Graham has been
ont three days during the past week
with his baseball timber getting them
.rmed up and In good working
OIg,T.
tiis next big practice will come on
az the ball lot on Monday afternoon
ard he wants all Of the players 10
COu.e out and take a hand la The
exercise. for IL will not only do them
good. but will put life into the work
OF the regular team that will be used
during the coming season.
Only a short while now remains
before the boys will commence meet
ing the teams OF other parts OF Flor
ida. and the fact that they are al
ready playing match games shows
that We are a little late, but Manager
Davis says We will be there" good
when we do announce ready. Tie
states that ne has already made
selection Of the team 10 be used the
coming season, but as his correspond
ence has been heavy with very de-
sirlble men, he may be- induced 60
take ON" some Of them when the
contests really warm up and some
ching gets TO doing"
Ocala and Orlando have already
gone 20 work. also Palatka. but he
g. Of the opinion that our first game
will not occur before about the 18th
OF June. unless Il be some minor
games with small places.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-30
A LIvIna skeleton

l. the final condition Of any child
that has worms n Il lives. Think
90 having something IN your stomach
that eats an you take as nourishment.
N.neteu'hs OF the babies have worms
maybe yours has. BE certain that
10 has not by giving il Whites Cream
IT cXpels all worms and
is a tonic for toe baby. PiIrs 70
cents. Sold By w. Al. Johnson.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-30

Many weak. nervous women have
been restored % health By Foley's
kidney Remedy AZ n stimulates the
kidney 10 they VIII eliminate the
waste matter from the blood Impur.
lles Gepress the nerves. causing nery-
Gus exhaustion and other ailments.
Commence today and you will soon
BE- well. Pleasant % take J. W
MCCOllum a Co.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-30
MRS. McCORMlCK'S
MILLINERY ART SCHOOL
NOW OPEN
A. Mrs. mecormiek's Millinery Par
lors, West Side Court House
Square, Gainesville, Florida.

A d. mu.tte aut ttnTrUEb course OF irsfrgc
rI11 in me AR of MtlrrIy ugs.EuirE UiI rF
ralEht bF Mrs. McIuTIlck. NO l. = graduate
IN Millinery Art ursiEu.ng Course runs FROM
two 10 three m0utla Rates reason ole. For
.fartIcu.ars cal on or addrcss Ah. d. Z Nc
CuHMICK Gainesville. floud
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-30

Let a want al. negotiate a trade
Tor you-of something you don't need
Tor something you DO.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-30

II its printed stationery you want
The Sun once Is the -i--s 10 get H.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-30
YOU CAN SAVE MONEY

By having your shoes ppliIcd by NOR
Rl~ COHEN, the great London Shoe
Maker. Viii sew sOlc- in - minutes,
while YOU wait-iree oi charg' b not sat-
isiadoTy. Solcs joc.
Snar neat door 20 Eus club " Liberty -
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-30

Too, all Of the other depart
mentS will have special show
ings for Monday and Tues
day. We were too busy
yesterday to get up a big ad.,
but we say to our patrons
and their patrons: we have
something in StOre---a treat
for you that no lover Of eco
nOmiCS should miss.
Especially will you find
tempting and alluring values
in our Silk, White Goods and
Embroidery and Lace Depart
ments. You know that a her
aid from the Big Store of Val
ues means something Special.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09

giant may stfIl be seen at Palermo IN
section "Zy OF the st. Isorent Museum.
II is made Of a blush looking fne
grained bowlder and appears % be
about two feet eight inches long by one
foot broad and nine inches through IN
the tlickest place. A musty. rusty look
ing tag attached to the relic informs
the visitor that it weighs flfty-two
pounds, but the general verdict Is that
it could not weigh over thirty or thir-
ty-fve pounds.
The skeleton was burned by mob
ID the year 1862 during the prevalence
OF the black death at Palermo, the
ignorant, superstitious people bellev-
ing that 1t was connected in some mys-
terious way with the death dealing dis
temper. The skull Of this giant, ac-
cording to Able Ferregus, was large
" excessive Of the baskets sayd to
hold the bushel, being fitted above and
believe withe teeth to the number Of
sixty-foure, the each OF which would
have weighed two ounces"
Cavalier scroy claimed 70 have found
skun ON Tenerife that had sixty
teeth. Westminster Gazette.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09
nouHs nLnRIoF.

latest achievement, prior to crossing
the channel, was a flight on July 10
from Etampes to Orleans, a distance
Of twenty-five mikes He made sue.
cessful handing. covering the distance
IL fifty-six minutes and ten seconds,
including a stop OF eleven minutes
near Toury to examine bis aeroplane,
BY this achievement he won the
French Aero club prize 81 $500.
Hubert Latham made a daring but
unsuccessful attempt July 10 to cross
the English channel In his mOneplane.
The rivalry of Latham and the Count
de Lambert prompted NJ. Bleriot to
strenuous effort at success, and his
feat was performed before photog-
raphers or che public generally had be.
come aware what be was about
His machine Is OF the Latham type,
but is the smallest flying machine vet
built 1t is fltted with a three oylin-
der motor, which is air cooled and
drives a two bladed propeller. The
pilots seat is IN skifflike body be-
hind the wings.
The nonoplane. seen at close range,
is more like great dragon fly than
a bird. The wings and rudder are Of
material that looks like vellum and
seems fragile and unsafe. 1t is hard
to believe that so comparatively small
a thing carried man across the
channel.
III. Bleriot has received the decora.
ton Of the French Legion Of Honor
Tor his efforts in promoting the science
Of aviation. lie is a cripple, and when
ali was ready for the start across the
channel be cast aside his crutches
and took bis place in the monoplane,
on which he had already hoisted a
red flag to guide the rescuers in case
be should fall AS be sat there smiling
be said, III I can't walk ! win show
the world that / can fiy."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09
6Otham'S Dead
Building Code.
IhOugh Defuuci as Code Il Is Much Alye
as an IsSueA Few 6HesseS AbOut
Why Mayor Mcclellan Vetoed
the Proposed Ordnance.
BY JArfBs A. EDCHRToN.
[Our New York Correspondent.1

W@oR small man Mayor Nc
Clellan is certainly making
I'm some large noises. Scarcely -
he through firing Bingham
han he Jars all Tammany Han by
etolng the building code. Now, TO
understand the building code one
must know the book OF graft or
ate years Tammany Han has been
called the chief contracting firm Of the
sity. There are all sorts Of juicy
building plums to be had. and it has
been many times whispered. limited
and intimated in divers ways that Mr..
0. Francis Murphy Tammany boss.
through himself, mis- brothers and as
Iociates, had a very large and fat fin
ger III the contract pie Through the
building inspectors many forms Of tyr
amy are possible and many forms Of
hoidup can be practiced Advantages
10 certain manufacturers and others
may also be conferred in the building
rode, as, for example, to the makers Of
hollow tiles. How easy II is for the
'ode revisers to specify that builders
must use q certain form OF tile that
'nly one manufacturer OF combine Of
producesl When IT Is
that thousands Of dollars
worth Of tiles are often required In
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09
AFTER THE BATTLE.

An incident That 6eensd TO Explain
Joshua's Miracle.
There was an incident in our life at
Brandy, connected with Gettysburg.
which Is worth relating. Batcheider,
whose map Of the battlefield Of Gettys-
bury Is authority and whom we had
fallen in with while we were there,
ssked to join our mess at Brandy when
be came 70 the army to verify the po-
sltlons Of the various commands. One
night we had just sac down to dinner
when he entered our big hospital tent,
quite tired.
Well" he announced after taking
his place at the table, II have been
down IN the Second corps today, and
believe / have discovered how Joshua
made the sun stand still. first went
10 - regiment and had the officers
uark on the map the hour Of their
position at certain point Then !
went to -- regiment in the same bri-
gade. They declared positively IL was
one or two hours earlier or later than
NtlHL NlNEM DA tue 8Att1tt % ~ went
on. no two regiments or brlgades
agreeing, and If I limited that some Of
them must certainly be mistaken they
would set me down by saying with
severe dignity, we were there, Batch
elder, and we ought to know guess,
and ] made up my mind that It would
take a day Of at least twenty hours
Instead OF thirteen at Gettysburg to
satisfy their accounts. So when Josh
ua's captains got around him after the
Hght and they began to talk II over
the only way under the heavens that
be could ever harmonic their state
ments was TO make the sun stand stiV
and give them all chance"
Any one who has ever tried to estab-
fish the exact position or hour when
anything took place IN an engagement
will confirm Batchelder's experience
and possibly, If not too orthodox, ac-
cept his explanation Of Joshua's feat
Morris Schaff in Atlantic.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09
up Win the Times.

II was detained III getting here"
explained the caller, who had come
to look at the fat. Il boarded one
Of these pay-as-youent cars, and the
conductor refused to change five dol
lar bin. So / had to get of, hunt up
change for the bill and take a later
car
'eThats all right said the agent Of
the building. eI'll show you the rooms
now"
After half an hours inspection the
caller declared himself satisfied
~ think I'll take the flat," he said.
"By the way. my moving expenses are
going to be pretty heavy, and very
likely / shall be short Of cash for a
while. If should pay the first
months rent a couple Of weeks or 50
after moving In 1 presume it would be
all right?s
mo, sir, grimly answered the agent,
who did not much like his looks any
how. "This is a -you-enter
house. Youths Companion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09

and misery / advise all suffering
women to take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. !" = MRS. EMMA
WHEATON, Vienna, w. Va
Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs. contains no narcotics or harm
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number Of actual cures
of female diseases Of any similar medi-
cine in the country. and thousands Of
voluntary testimonials are on file in
the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, from women who have been
cured from almost every form of
female complaints, Inflammation. Ill
ceration, displacements.d broid tumors,
irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every such suffering woman owes 1t TO
herself to give Lydia +. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound a trial
If YOU would like special advice
about your case write a cOnfbden-
tiaI letter to bIrs. Pinlgham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09

The most surprising thing about THIS
whole affair Is that Mcclellan should
have done so meritorious an act. No
body expected II. How could they7
Here are two good deeds McClellen
has performed In the last few weeks
the firing Of Bingham and the veto Of
this hollow tile building codel The
day OF pleasant surprises IS not past.
There is hope for the world. IL Nc
Clellan can rise to such heights OF
virtue there Is nobody 80 far gone that
be cannot be reclaimed. These two
acts OF righteousness mean one OF two
things: Bither that the millennium Is
coming when everybody win be good.
or-with especial emphasis on the
"or"-George y. Mcclellan Is a candi-
date for reelection. And here Is the
amusing part Of It Everybody in
New York thinks 1t Is because his
honor wants another term. Nor does
that imply that they are cynics. II
only implies that they are acquainted
with Mcclellan.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09
SUICIDE WORRIES ALFRED 9.
Vanderbilt Gives Up London Life For
\ New York.

London, Aug. o. Alfred G. Vanderbilt
sails for New York On the Lusitania
today His enjoyment Of the season
here was ruined By Mrs Ruizs suicide.
The attempt to keep secret the eoro.
ner's inquest into Mrs Ruiz's death lent
a sinister tinge to the tragedy.
Mr. Vanderbilt faced the music pluck
lily, although he showed Signs that the
ordeal was wearing on him.
Van Der Horst Koch, who drove one
Of Mr. Nanderhit's coaches TO Brighton,
returns with him His fine fat IN 6'iou-
cester House viii be closed; his palatial
honseboat has been towed TO Backwater,
near Shepuake, to tie up for the winter,
his coach horses VIII be sold at anc-
ton. and his coaches TOO, & is said.
Miss CaneY. who was Mrs. Rei1s
companion, remains ID London and often
rides ia Rotten Row. Miss Caney main
tains that throughout Che Ruiz affair
Mr.. Vanderbilt was nisrepresented and
misunderstood and that be conducted
himself blamelessiy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09

It is like Eugene Fields boy BIN.
who "jest fore Christmas was as good
MS he could be-" just before election
a politician Is also good. 1t may sound
uncharltabie to ascribe such motives
10 our honorable mayor. but we who
have lived under his government can
naturally be excused from believing IN
his sudden conversion to saIntship.
And to bear out our Interpretation, a
Mcclellan boom for mayor Is Just now
being started. This may all be coin
cidence, OF course, but we whe live In
the immediate vicinity have a sus-
picion that II the face Of the comet
dence could be seen It would look sur
prisingly like that OF Pat McOarren
McCarren wants to get even with
Murphy, also to prevent the nomina-
tion Of Judge Gaynor. also 10 serve
certain other private and political ends,
all OF which could be accomplished by
the veto Of this code bin and the re-
Of Mcclellan. So do not
be surprised If Little Mac becomes
a factor In the present fight.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09

New York. Everybody knows what
happened. The hearing was held and
the bin was vetoed When the rail-
reading process was started to get
the code through during the mid
summer vacation It appears that In
some mysterious manner a provision
Was 1immied IN that the measure
should 80 into effect at once, The
mayor bad only intended to XIII part
Of the code. but that extra artistic
touch decided him to XIII It all.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09

An eccentric country squire agreed
to employ an equally eccentric rustic
to rid his mansion Of its plague Of
dies. the terms being board, lodging
and beer for three days.
At the end of this period there were
more flies than ever, aud the squire
Intercepted his new employee thus.
why ever haven't you made startg
You contracted TO xiii all the dies
"I'm waiting for you guv'norh re-
torted the willy rustic. you've got 70
catch 'em nrst only promised to
XIII em"--London Daily News
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09
wARSHIPS WILL SWARM
IN sam FRANCISCO BAY
England Japan, Holland and italy Have
Already Accepted Invitation to
Celebration.

London, Aug. Writing 10 The
World correspondent from Ilicerne,
Charles G. Moore, special United States
commissioner to Europe in connection
with the Portola festival at Stn Fran
cisco next October, says that in addi-
tion TO Great Britain, Japan, Holland
and italy have formally accepted the in.
vitation TO send warships to San Fran
cisco Bay 10 participate IN the celebra-
tion
Aeceptances are daily expected from
France and Germany.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09

Just as the capacity of automobiles is
measured in horsepower, the cleaning
value of Fels-Naptha Soap should be meas
ured in woman-power.
Fels-Naptha Soap gets rid of more dirt
in thirty minutes than three or four women
in half day.
You've often wished for an extra pair
Of hands on washday.
Fels-Naptha Soap is better than several
pairs Of hands.
Because Fels-Naptha Soap actually at
tacks the dirt and disaoIves it.
No boiling is necessary; no hard rub
bling.
You Just wet the clothes, soap wen
with Fels-Naptha, put to soak, and think
Of something else.
At the end of thirty minutes You rub
them lightly, rinse out and they're ready
for the line. All this in cool or lukewarm
water, mind you in Summer or Winter.
no boiling, no hot suds
For all uses of Fels-Naptha, follow
directions On the rcd. and green wrapper.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09
can,t Beat Em.

AS usual he was monopolizing the
newspaper.
Please let me have the woman's
page she said.
He carefully tore of page and
handed It to her
It was full page advertisement Of
millinery opening, and be chuekled
nc his own little joke
Still. she was revenged. She went TO
the opening, and be paid the bill. Chi
eago Post
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09

u. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
Eleven years ago /
was a walking
shadow. had been
under the doctors
carebntgotnorelief.
My husband per-
suaded me to try
Lydia 4. Pinkham's
Vege Ia BILE Com
pound anditworked
like a charm. 1T re-
lieyed all my pains
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09
ENGLISH CHANNEL CONQUERED
Louis 5Ieriot, Who Has Flown Across
n In His Monoplane.

Louis 5leriot, Who Has Flown Across
II In His Monoplsne.
The latest sensation among naviga
tors OF the air Is the success Of the
Frenchraan. Louis Bieriot, 10 crossing
the English channel from Calais 10
Dover in his moAoplane ana winning
the London Daily Mails prize Of
$1,000 for the FIRST AvsatOr who should
perform such an exploit.
NJ Bleriot has for several years
been an active aviator IA France and
is said to have had more miraculous
escapes in his career than any other
aeronaut He made a cross country
flight from Toury TO AFtehnay, France,
on March 81, 1908. In monoplane. Els
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09

Peter, Peter, Punpkin-eater, had a wife who
wouldn't work,
Every Monday morning, the washing she would
shirk,
Til he bought Fels-Naptha and showed her how
It's done,
With cool or lukewarm water-hard rub or boil
ing none,
Now she finds it easy and does it very well
And he never needs to shut her, within the
pumpkin she'll
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09
A MONSTER SKULL.
One That Was said to Be Bigger Than
q Bushel Basket.

One Of the most remarkable finds OF
gigantic human remains Of which we
have any record was that said to have
been made at Palermo, Sicily, In the
year 1916. when an entire skeleton Of
unheard of proportions was unearthed
by some marble quarry men. These
mammoth remains measured exactly
thirty-four feet from head to foot and
nine feet seven inches from point to
point Of the shoulders.
a stone AK buried With this old time
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09
Mrs. WinalowIg soothing syrup

~. sesa.nssd iof ever srXTY-FFvE WEARS y MI
3f0Rs ~ MDTaEEs Ca tAsif eAAl1heA MhlAh
Ti,sa EE1sG. with PERFECT SUCCESS. y A4Ith1ss9
ssfHs WIND C0LIC and ia she best remedy NJ eiht.
HIlfeA sold b. pru9gisis IN tvety part 81 taa #orq
- arr snd AK for q Mrs. WinsieWa ooolhing oflNp
20 ear no other Kind Iue1lY-aFe asntt bottle eae'
su-sd under sha Food and pruFs Act yans ia is ~
asmnsf ao2s 8 AN Old AND y ELL iAlhb hAaeA'A'
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09

Mr. staylate-Is that clock righti
Miss be pink twearilyl-I think It
must need cleaning. It's been two or
three hours. going that last hour.-New
York Journal
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09

Recurring to Gaynor. the Tammany
candidacy Of that gentleman has taken
a tribe more definite form. Dan Coha-
lan-the same Sachem Cohalan Of the
hollow tiles-recently visited the
Brooklyn justice, 20 runs the story,
and offered him the nomination. The
reply Of the justice Is not known. one
significant fact about it all Is that
Gaynor intended 10 60 to Europe and
announcement was made OF that fact
but for some reason he changed his
mind. OF course. Cohalan denies the
interview, but the World. the Press
and other papers state with greater or
less positiveness that the tender was
made. Is II possible that the frame-up
Is to be a Murphy-5aynor combination
against a an-McCarre combi.
nafion2 That Is the way some keen
observers size up the situation, and I
admit that the suggestion is at least
Personally ] DO not be-
tievs. however. that Gaynor win SEC
cept Tammany nomination, and
imagine that Murphy's candidate Win
be some man like Justice Bowling.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09
OWES
HER
LIFE TO
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Vienna, w. Va. - " feel that owe
the last ten years Of my life to Lydia
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09

1t appears that Mcclellan, away
back IL tie Adirondack woods, far
from telegraphs. railroads and news
papers. sttn got word Of what had
happened and. IN ride almost as
sensational as that OF Vice President
Theodore Roosevelt down Mount Mar
cy in the same region, the chief execu-
tive Of our biggest city broke out Of
The brush and took the next train for
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09

The committee Of 100 has unearthed
IN item Of corporation 1obbing that -
characteristic. The New York City
Railway company leased from the city
the right to run cars across the VII
iiamsburg bridge, also the right to sub
lease, paying therefor cents for
every car trayersing the bridge, In
turn the City Railway company sublet
10 another company the right to run
sars over the williamsburg bridge and
charged this second company 10 cents
per car. IN other words, it paid 3
cents aud received 10 cents, making
100 per cent OF the city Can YOU
beat 1t?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09

Coroner julius Hamburger, who has
been in Office 50 long that nobody
remembers when he was not IN Office,
has been saying things. Part Of what
he said would take the hair or and
the other part would remove the skin
under the hair lie was speaking Of
the New York police which accounts
for the caustic quality Of bis language.
1t Is hard for Gotham man to talk
Of our beloved police these days and
confine himself to conventional lam
guage. Yet there was day when
New York was proud to refer to her
police force as ''the finest" But let
us hear Coroner Hamburger, who ought
to know what he is talking about;
"WhHe / am about 1t ! might just ais
wen toll you that there have been
1870 murders IN the last two years in
which the perpetrators have escaped.
Put that down. / say there have been
1870 Of them. Doesn't it seem fine for
a city Of this size to have police de-
partment that can't catch murderer
unless be handouts himself and gives
himself up7
eIn the last twelve months more
murders have been committed in this
city and more murderers have escaped
than in any other place on the face Of
the globe. Let the police explain that
IL they can,
1t seems bad for an official to talk
about his own town like that but II Il
still worse for Il to be true.