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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

NNNFEhN va ~ oAAtAillAA ~
- report. spend their time and
{ money In making presents to
ekAE&s1 each other, for no especial reason
except hat " Is Christmas.
husinsss men. crowded to the final limit
With business 20 be- done. and duties TO be
performed. gill suspend operations and shut
40 ahop. You could not get them to do
that Tor a Wh,le day. even for a Corn
~hpv' e1t tney will do u now. Tor no espe-
"a reason except that IL l. Christmas.
E~ntsTprtsss whose development requires
every minute available viii cease enter.
p4i'tua and ~ul take a day off" For no
eapfeiAi reasou except that Il h. Christmas.
lnstitgtions ~ learning wherr learned pro-
sfiors and their disciples find the time too
shoft " DO what they want to do. IN the
NAi % stndJ viii close up the classroom
ana me tsNt-bOok and take a rest. for no
tspseiai rsason. except that IL H. Christmas
Aufsiians and artists. knowing fun we'll
eaas Art II lens and Llfe o. short. accord.
80 t TIE Old motto. "Ars Louga. VIA
sfsTsA viii take, az least. a day of that
sHeet1 short life. and for no especial
FeAsom sNeept that h L. Christmas.
1FeAt corporations. which measure every
pseona q time b. specially MANUFACTURED
sAeeha - vel as every thOusandth part u
a. ttem % "by-product' as they cali A.
~m - ~ prodiEai that they will announce
= AeAaay. ana tslibsrately waste a day OF
M hagrS o. - minutes. or nDo seconds
e@ No especial Fsason. except that il is
Gnrtstmaa
Haias e shs reckless expenditure Of
@Ns ssauHasi And nothing coming In!
~ h@ than So seconds. fortunes hay.
s~-a Aa- In less than 10 seeonds. fortunes
avs s@a made.
fssa thlak ~ thls waste % ae0o seconds
~ = iasFsdghfs
Asa al To- no especial reason. except
that n 10 Christmas'
n snops are ogsy nov vith What they
ran ne Chrtstmas Trade
WeA why me Christmas trade Why
net ua Fourth % JuB Trade
fhs Fuurth % July h a rather ha date
stsh a AmaFieans We viii not allow any
go 81 trsad 90 oar toes. concerning that
tsts Ne are proud % h. We brine out
enF raEa Hnd Nave them. ou that date
- ma eaty Fourth % July trade that
msrs 10 ga~s a. The nrvworss man We
"aat ~ maks q notse We want Co shoot
~asra and bomea and gauA ana
naatsn sash othsr-and the u~sfEhbor-t1
tsa0 80 sent arssorks and brass bands.
sns procssstans ana psrades AMI picuics.
aat = Fsnsrai harrah But We newer meet
go aHsr sra the EVeetlng Merry Fourti.
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nuHelY phYsteal ace We are br1gsiug.
retenna greudG aud nosdy "a oar phys.
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W - q $50 mag We may irightsn sen.
HHs mtsh and nerVuus womsn but We
&C. uhaputtms ue toarth of JAW Va
m ~ etans as nvtul m enc adioInus
nHHr Wfer nanss III tartare on A..
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
NInsicnI Nntcs.

Schumann-Heink viii be heard in recital
at the Auditorium Thursday evening, Janu-
airy b.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
Christmas and Musical Folks

Some Thoughts Suggested by the Holiday Season that Are APP
plicasle 20 the Life of Men and Women Every Day and Night
and Might Make the Yuletide Perpetual Through the Year.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

Persistent Advertising is the road to Big
Returns,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

GAIN 1t g. the Christmas season,
Once more the most practical
peDplc on earth, according to
report. spend their time and
money In making presents to
each other. FOR no especial reason
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

The message OF this Christmas-tide is
the same as n has always been; the same
as d was 70 those shepherds OF old. in the
fields near Bethlehem. Peace. Goodwill
20 all men, These are the good tidings
OF great Joy. These tidinss are for all
people. For unto yOu Is born this day
a saviour. which Is Christ, the Lord
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20

All bills for advertising are duS
after the first insertion unless other
wise contracted.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portions of the
ear. There is only one way to cure
deafness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inhamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is infamed you have a rumb-
ling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, Deafness
is the result, and unless the inflam-
nation can be taken out and this tube
restored to it's normal condition, hear
ing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an infam-
ed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton. II
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20
FLORIDA INDUSTRIES PROTECTED.
New Tariff Will Not Change SEIZED
ules for Citrus Fruits and Tobacco.

uIes for Citrus Fruits and Tobacco.
Tampa, Fla.--That Florida and
South Florida particularly, win no
amply protected in the new tariff bltl
which Is the especial matter heinz
considered at the special session ~
congress, Is the gratifying fntelli.
gence brought home by Represents.
tive S. M. Sparkman. Mr.. Sparkmnn
is especially gratified at the prospect
of an advance in the duty on vege.
tables, which means that the Cuban
competition will be lessened and that
the truck growers Of this section Of
the state will have a good market
for their produce.
While he does not believe that
there will be any radical change in
the tariff, Mr.. Sparkman says he be-
lieves. from the information he has
received, that there will be many
changes. These changes, however.
will not be on the schedules of rev.
enue affecting materially Florida and
South Florida. The cigar and tobac.
co schedules, he says, will probably
remain the same. He gains this in.
formation from conversing with rep
resentatives of the several large to-
bacco concerns who were present at
the capital, and from his fellow rep
resentatives who were interested in
the tariff on these commodities.
While Mr.. Sparkman is not in a
position to speak positively on the
various schedules affecting Florida
and South Florida commerce, he Is
in possession of a sufficient amount
of information to say that there will
be no change in the tobacco and su.
gar schedule or in the citrus fruit
schedule. There will be change, he
believes, in the vegetable schedule, as
this is an item on which a hard
fight has been made. The lumber.
men, he says, are hopeful that there
will be no reduction,
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20


will tend to prolong Floridas suprem.
acy I'm this line.
That Inaugural Day blizzard came
I'm time TO remind many northern
tourists OF the ACCESSIBILITY Of remain
ing I'm Florida a few weeks longer.
Key West business men are consid-
ering the organization of n law and
order league TO aid the police in the
enforcement OF the state and city
laws.
Il Is explained that the policy Of re-
trcuchment being followed by the
Hillsborough school board was forced
upon Il by circumstances. II Is to
be regretted that contingencies should
arise which compel the disturbance Of
the school system I'm the midst Of a
term by the consolidation of schools
and the discharge OF experienced
teachers, who had won the esteem
and affection Of their pupils, but
there seems TO be no remedy in this
case. All the schools OF the state are
more or less affected by the sudden
withdrawal Of Income owing to the
unconstitutionality of an act Of the
legislature, which act had led boards
of education to go further than they
would have done otherwise.
The appeal of the state board of
health made through its organ. Flor
ida Health Notes, is one which de-
serves the attention OF the people of
the state. The board has done the
state an Unreasonable amount of
good I'm stamping out yellow fever and
in partly eradicating other forms of
malarious disease until Florida is no
longer regarded as an unhealthy
state. II has never been adequately
supported by the legislature in it's
unselhsh work for the general good
and all It asks is that the legislature
enable IL to carry out its plans freely.
Every Floridian should second the eff
forts OF the board by laboring with
representative and senators TO induce
a more friendly attitude toward the
guardians OF the public health.
They are making roads Of sawdust,
mixed with earth, on a new plan in
Leon county. Two ridges of ear tn
are thrown up with a road machine
at the required width from each other
and the space between is filed in with
a six-inch bed of sawdust. This is
followed with a smaller machine
which plows up and mixes the earth
with the sawdust. This makes a road
bed on which the tires of the heavi-
est loaded vehicles make no impress
sion. The contractor, has kept an ac-
curate account of expenses in connec-
tion with this section of sawdustand-
earth road and says the cost aggre-
gates 1927 a mile, showing II TO be
about the cheapest road material in
use.
THE Dumping Ground for the Leg
lslature" is what Commissioner McI.in
says he would call his department,
instead of Department of Agriculture,
II he were asked TO give II name.
the heterogeneous nature
Of the business referred to that de-
partment by the Legislature, the
change of name would be justihable
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20
The Lurld GLOW Of Doom

was seen in the red face, hands and
body OF the little son Of II. NJ. Adams,
OF Henrietta, Pa. His awful plight
from eczema had, for Ave years, dehed
all remedies and bafhed the best doc.
tors, who said the poisoned blood
had affected his lungs and nothing
could save him. But" writes his
mother, seven bottles OF Electric Bit
tiers completely cured him" For Erup-
lions, Eczema, Salt Rheum, Sores and
all Blood Disorders and Rheumatism
Electric Bitters is supreme. Only soc.
Guaranteed by s. w. Rowley. II
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20
M saved HIa Lea.

"All thought I'd lose my leg" writes
]. A. Swenson, Watertown. Wis. "Ten
years OF eczema, that Is doctors could
not cure. had at last laid me up. Then
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured II sound
and we'll" Infallible for Skin Erup-
tons, Eczema. Salt Rheum, Boils, Fe-
yer Sores. Burns, Scalds. Cuts and
Piles. 25c at 8. w. Rowley's. II
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20
THROUGHOUT The STATE.

Fernandina people have been arous-
ed TO enthusiasm over the proposed
hard road between that city and Jack.
sonville, and now the county commits.
eioners Of Duval are giving serious
attention to the subject.
Seabreeze would like to see the
clarendon rebuilt, but Is not willing
10 pay such price for a new hotel
as the closing OF a great avenue to
the sea involves. SeabreeZe wants
no barrier to the sea breezes nor TO
the access to the seashore OF her cit.
liens.
A statement OF the exports and i'm
ports through Port Inglis for the year
ending December 81, 1908, shows that
OF the hard rock phosphate shipped
In that year 190,7O9 tons of the total
of 709,190 tons went from Port Inglis.
which was surpassed only by Fernan.
dina, with it's 193,14S tons. That
quite large amount OF business was
transacted last year at the port at
the mouth OF the Withlacoochee river
Is made evident by the total OF ex-
ports, s2,479,217 of which $44,291 was
the value OF domestic shipments. The
imports for the year amounted TO
$33, 460.20. The total commerce of
Port Inglis from September 25. 1902.
TO the end of last year was $12,552,-
45445 In value. The vessels and the
craft in the trade OF the Withlacoo-
chez river include 81 steamers, tugs
and launches, IL seagoing barges and
sailing vessels, which establishes
It's rank as an important stream for
Florida.
Although the shipping season has
hardly begun yet, the vegetable busi-
ness over the Florida railroads is al
ready quite up TO the capacity OF
their respective freight services 10
care for IL. Besides this, the tourist
travel Is the heaviest I'm the history
OF Florida. All that spells prosperity
for the state.
The giant Florida, which will be
one OF the two biggest battleships In
the American navy-her sister ship,
the Utah. being the other-will cost
S6,OOO,000. That's about as much as
was paid by the United States for
the whole territory of Florida. less
than ninety years ago, but Il would
be a mighty small fraction of the
value OF the state now.
IL is a matter OF pride that Florida
produced more than 100000 OF the
S3G,500,000 gallons OF turpentine,
which was the output for 1908 OF that
branch OF the naval stores industry
for the entire country. and nearly q.
000,000 OF the grand total OF 1000, 900
barrels OF rosin. II Is not only a
cause for congratuIation that Florida
leads all the states In the production
OF naval stores. Georgia coming next,
with more than 100000 gallons OF
and 100000 barrels OF
rosin. but there Is also the comfort
Ing circumstance that new methods
pf turpentine promise 10 double the
life OF the trees that are tapped and
diminish the danger fro mfres This
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20
Kills Would-Be slayer.

A merciless murderer is appended
tbs with many victims. But DR.. Kings
New Life Pills kill 1t by prevention
They gently stimulate stomach, liver
and bowels, preventing that clogging
that invites appendicitis, curing Con
stiDation, Biliousness, Chills, Malaria
Headache and Indigestion. 25c at s.
w. Rowley's. II
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20
Near Death in Big Pond.

1t was a thrilling experience to Mrs.
Ida SOper TO face death. For years a
severe lung trouble gave me intense
suffering" she writes, land several
times nearly caused my death. All
remedies failed and doctors said |
was incurable. Then DR.. Kings New
Discovery brought quick relief and a
cure so permanent that / have not
been troubled in twelve years" Mrs.
Soper lives in Big Pond, Pa. II works
wonders in Coughs and Colds, Sore
Lungs. Hemorrhages, LaGrippe. Asth.
ma, Group, Whooping Cough and all
Bronchial affections, soc and S10O.
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by S.
w. Rowley. n
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20
$4,000 FOR FLORIDA
Appropriation For River and
Harbor improvements.
SURVEYSTO MADE At once
Twenty-Four Foot Channel in st. Johns
River From jacksonville to the Sea
Now Assured.


Jacksonville. Fla.-Captain George
r Spalding, engineer in charge Oh
this district OF the United States en-
cheering corps, with headquarters IN
Jacksonville, has received Official lh'
formation from Washington that an
appropriation of $4,000 had been au'
thorized and is available for the i'm
provement and maintenance OF riV-
ers and harbors in Florida.
The amounts allotted to the varl-
Gus sections of the state are as FOL
lows: st. Johns river, from Jackson
Vile TO the ocean $4,000; Tampa
Bay $4,000: Hillsboro Bay and HIS
boro River, 10000; for operating
dredges Florida and Suwannee and
for maintaining following improve
ments: Orange River, Charlotte Har-
Dor. Caloosahatcbee River, Sarasota
Bay, Manatee River, Anclote, Crystal
and Suwannee Rivers, Volusia Bar,
Oklawaha and Indian Rivers, $4,000.
Captain Spalding is also in receipt
Of a copy Of an act from Washington
entitled, AN Act to provide for the
repair, maintenance and preservation
of public works on rivers and har
bors, and for other purposes" appro-
priation for which has been made
and will be Immediately available up
on, after the surveys have been
made.
The secretary of war has author
lied preliminary examinations and
surveys to be made at the localities
in Florida named below, and a suf-
ficient sum to pay the cost will be
allotted from the amount appropriate
ed in the bill
view to constructing the necessary
sea walls and also to provide u
channel sixteen feet deep and 800
feet wide from the city Of st. Angus
tine to the ocean.
Mosquito Inlet to New Smyrna.
Kissimmee river, from Kissimmee
to Lake Okechobee.
Indian river, from Fort Pierce &c
Sowalls Point.
Suwannee river, from White
Springs TO the Gulf of Mexico.
ST. Johns river, from Jacksonville
TO the ocean, with a view to obtain
ing a depth of thirty feet.
Channel from Apalachicola river to
ST. Andrews bay.
Manatee river, with a view to Sc.
curing a depth of thirteen feet from
the mouth to Palmetto and Braden-
town, and thence such depth to Ell.
lenton and Rye as commerce may
demand.
Hillsborough bay, from the 24-foot
contour in the bay through the pres.
ent 20foot channel to the head of the
estuary in the direction of Ybor City.
thence from the mouth Of said es-
tuary through said bay, as near the
eastern shore thereof as practicable.
TO the western end of Hookers Point.
and thence through the channel re.
Gently constructed by the Tampa
Northern Railway Company to said
20foot channel.
Sarasota bay, from Tampa bay to
Venice, thence through Caseys Pass
TO Lemon Bay and thence Gasparilla
Sound.
Pine Island Sound, from Wulfert
bulkhead to Blind Pass, thence along
the western side Of said sound 10
Captiva bulkhead.
New River, Dade county, Florida.
with n view to securing depth of
20 feet OF water at the cut-off near
the mouth, with jetties to protect the
same.
The narrows, Santa Rosa Sound
Florida, for a channel of six feet
and Saint Marys river.
The Lurid Glow NJ noor,
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20
TO CHANGE PENSACOLA'S CHARTER.
Commission Form of Government is
Urged.

Pensacola, Fla. : The Galveston
form of government by commission
is being urged in Pensacola, and Is
as much as the citizens are DESTROYS
of change from the present unsat-
isfactory manner of electing officers,
an effort will be made TO have the
legislature amend the charter of the
city SO as to provide for a commits
sion TO be composed of five persons
one OF whom shall be mayor.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20

"As an asset, Florida's climate is
worth more than Pennsylvania coal
and iron; the latter. naturally, will
be exhausted sooner or later; the
former will continue TO tho end of
time" so spoke Richard II. Edmonds.
editor Of the Manufacturers Record,
who is a prominent visitor TO Flor
ida.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20

Correspondence solicited from sub.
bcribers. Items regarding new enter
prises in all sections Of the country
especially desired
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20

Entered Al the postoffice AZ san Ma
teo. Fla, as second-class mall mat
ter.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20

Our readers will oblige US when
writing to parties advertising in this
paper II they will state that they saw
the advertisement In The San Mateo
Item. This is little trouble and costs
nothing, but It helps US, and lie In
formation wanted by the advertiser.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20

Non-subscrlbers receiving the San
Mateo Item will please note that II IL
sent as q sample copy.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-20

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Oho copy, one year .t1.0o
One copy, six months so
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-01
FlGH' AGAINST PLAGUE
IN CALIFORNIA CIY
Story is Told by Medical Officers
Fieas and Rats Responsible for
Spread.
(Pv Associated f-ress).

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. March 81
The story Of the long. hard fought
camr align T. rid San Francisco of It's
recent epidemic CT buDOnic plague. i
told in an interesting report made
public By III" marine hospital servic"
tolay.
The dis as" Vas spread by a certain
breed OF flea that infected til" rat
number moIr than 300 carried hcaa
broadcast.
approximately one million rodents
were slain in the efforts to wipe out
the plague Nearly che hundred
Thousand We're examined. and Of this
number NOR than 900 carried flea )
Infected with the disease.
The campaign was directed ~ Kill
ing off rats di>infcCting promises and
ships whcT" the plaguc-infCst"! rats
had been found and preventing the
ire, ding and ,prCad of the pests. I y
to Jun" -. ZOOS. there had hc"n IA
cases Of l;gU" and - deaths.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-01
THIS MARKS HER SECOND VICTORY
Run Covered Fly Hours at fifteen
kncts-Over Twelve Tons Day
Under English Tureineer and Thir-
tv Five Tons Below Amer can Tur-
pres IS the Record.
C;v Associated PrcsS.t

NEWPORT. K l.. March 81 |noi.
tcia! fgur..s OF The performance" Of
the tire" scout cruisers Rirmln@h IN
Salem and Chester III their second
crnpc We coal economy test finished
tr'ay. Indicate I victory tor the en-
"irrH nt ~" birmingham. which are
rf the rGCirrGra'; ny iFp". III" test
WAS a rnn OF fifty hour at l. knots
>yf u. According to the unofficial
tigur,> given ont der" tonight, IL"
Birniineham in II hO"rs consumed
-. tons OF col and -" tons N
water
The record Of TIC Ch, St"r. which
llnH ,,Irl,inrS OF English make. was SIS
tons Of coal ard eA.3 tens az water
yer - hours while the Salem. which
has turbine engines ot an American
pattern used M 1856 tons " coal and
l3GS tons OF water. per hoT.
The mex, trial. rnn OF 200" miles
at 20 knots specl. will begin Satur-
dav and will /" followed nv f''li
speed run of - hours. after which
the vessels will 20 10 New York.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-01
FOURTEEN MEMBERS OF
crew ARE MISSING
Men Are Missing From Hamburg
American Steamer Burned at
havana Pier Monday.
(By Associated Press,

HAVANA. March 3l.-Fourte' n
member of the Gre W of III" hamburg
American steamer Al;enburG, which
was burned here on Monday are MISS
ing. and it is feared that they have
persisted. The Altenburg caught fire
at the burning piers OF the Havana
Central Railway. and the flames
spread so quickly tina, the officers and
crew were forced to.abandOn tn" ship.
1t was supposed that all had got II
away safely II was found however
that ii were missing These incl 'd"
Second Officer Rudolph Horn, OF S"'S
burg. East Prussia. Third Engineer
Carl Wi:tkop. cf Stettin. the cook.
steward. cabin 10y. four whit" mem
beers Of the crew. The steamer was
heached Monday night at Regla on tn
east side of the harhOr. TIL" fire -
still burning in the coal iMnkers ana
cargo am this makes a search for boa
Use impossible The steamer and
cargo. which is valued at S2"".""o ar"
almoy. a Total loss
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-01
DR. Ell)I TAfTS GUEST
At WHITE HOUSE
No Announcement Az Yet OF Educa-
tors Appointment to British
Amhass ldcrsH!p.
Iy the Associated Press

Try the AHsorIii'd trcsS.b
WASHINGTON. y G.. March 81 -
In response to an 'uNIialinn i'0ln
Presidcn, Taft. Or. Charles ". III t.
president of Harvard University.
called at the Whit" House today. Il
was understoodsas he result Of what
was sail at the Harvard banquet last
night that Dr. Elioi WAS formally
rendered the enthusiastically to Great
Rri:ain. the duties 20 be a~StIm""
within six months
II was said that Or. Eliot. wi!1 IS
retiring from Harvard, after forty
YEATS OF service "a, the head C that
institution. might accept under thrs''
conditions. No o...cial announC ch"nf
was made in regard to DIR. Eliot :
visit. nor will there be for the pres
|nt.