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The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-17

State Of Ohio. City OF Toledo. Lucas
County, SIS.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner OF the flrm Of f..
]. Cheney & Co, doing business In
the City of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case OF Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use
Of Halls CataTrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day Of De-
cember, A. d. 1885.
(Seal) A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally. and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
F. ]. CHENEY q CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by ali Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation. II
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-17
Alleged Makers Of
spurIous Coins Held.


Spurious Coins Held.
Gainesville, Ga.--Jesse and Samuel
Knlghton. Joseph Hodge and Mason
Warren, the men arrested near New
berry, I'm the western section Of this
county, q few days ago, upon a charge
Of cOunterfeiting, were arraigned be-
fore United States Commissioner A.
NJ. Cushman, which event attracted a
large number OF Witnesses and spec
tators from the west end, including
a number OF the most prominent bus
mess and professional men Of the
county.
The charges against the Knightons
was sustained, according TO the evil
dence, and they were placed under
bond OF $1,000 each for their appear
ance az the spring term OF the United
States court, which convenes in this
city In May. Joe Hodge was more
fortunate, as his bond was much
smaller.
The commissioner considered the
evidence against Mason Warren In
sufficient, and ordered his discharge.
II is said that there are other mem
bers OF the gang, which has been
making and circulating the spurious
coin by the Wholesale, and other ar.
rests are expected in few days.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-17

United States Senators-D. u.
Fletcher, Jacksonville; ]. p. ITALIA
ferro, Jacksonville.
Congressmen-Frank Clark, Gains
Vile; Steve Sparkman, Tampa; d. H.
Mays, Monticello. II
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-17
county omeers:

Clerk-Henry Hutchinson, Palatka.
Superintendent Public instruction
L. X. Tucker, Palatka.
Sheriff.. L. Kennerly, Palatka.
County Judge--M. /. Cox, Palatka.
Tax Collector-A. s. Willard, Pa
Iatka
Tax Assesor-G. F. Bullard. Nc.
Meekin.
Treasurer. e. Edmonson, Palat-
ka.
Supervisor Registration-E. T. KEEL
lum, Palatka.
County Commissioners--L g. Ste
phens, chairman, Palatka; d. T. So
lana, San Mateo; M. Bohannon, Ban
nerville; j. T. Rogers, Putnam Hall;
w. G. Alvers, Sfsco.
School Board. N. Blackwell, Pa
latka; l.. Price, Melrose; J. H. Green,
Fruitland.
State Senator-Dr. e. 8. Grill. Pa.
latka.
Representatives-S. J. Hilburn, Pa
latka; H. A. b. Mckenzie, Palatka.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-17
Town omcers:

Mayor. s. Rowley.
Aldermen. A. Crosby, H. @. Bal
ley, C. A. Bailey, s. w. Rowley, H.
r. Goodwin, l.. b. Bailey.
Tax Assessor, Tax Collector, Treas
urer, Clerk-Harold Hills.
William Sharpe.
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The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-17

Non-subscribers receiving the 'san
Mateo Item will please note that Il Il
sent a. . sample copy.
Arizona republican., 1909-10-18
ECONOMY IN KNOWING HOW TO
 COOK BEEF

The work of education will come Tn for a large share of attention at the beef consumers congress in Denver next January At the present time so per cent of the beef demand is for the loin and ribs, while the chuck and round and other portions of the animal go begging for customers. In the average beef carcass loin and ribs constitute only about 25 per cent or the total available meat and fully so per cent of the demand is for this 25 per cent of the carcass. As a result the loin and ribs sell at enormously high prices, while the other portions are comparatively cheap. For instance. in Denver today the average price of ribs is about thirty cents per pound. and the loin brings from twenty seven and a half to thirty-five cents per pound; the round and trump can be bought from seventeen and a half to twenty cents. chuck for fifteen cents. plate and brisket for eight cents and less and the flank and suet from eight to ten cents per pound. As a matter of scientific fact. the round and chuck contain more nutriment than do the loin or rib, so that it is merely a mat ter of preparation.-Denve News.
Arizona republican., 1909-10-18
FRENCH TOBACCO MONOPOLY

Consul Alfred K Moe of Bordeaux advises that the French minister of finance is holding hearings prior to determining whether or not the state shall recommend an increase in the retail prices of tobaccos manufactured by it as a government monopoly. The consul also reviews the situation:
 The retail dealers claim that the proposed increase in the price of the cheaper grades of tobaccos will great ly injure their business, as 1t will tend on the part of the poor man to re- trenchment in the amount of tobacco he consumes. They aver, however. that instead of an increase of , centimeS q cen) on the price of the small packages of cheap tobacco, such as cigarettes and pipe mixtures. it would be more advantageous to raise the price on high grade tobaccos, such as those of imported cigars. cigarettes and pipe mixtures. say. 20 per cent. Such a measure would affect chiefly foreigners who prefer to use their own special home brands, or the more opu- lent class of Frenchmen. who pay from 10 to 40 cents for their cigars. Foreign tobaccos retail in France from two to four or five times the price that the same tobacco sells for at home.
 The minister has been urged also to supply the "tabac de luxe" or high grade imported variety. to the ordi nary tobacco agencies. in order that more general and increased sale in g, handled by the small dealers in Paris. and in the provinces it is almost i'm possible to procure it. This is said to be due to the system of distribution by the managers of the government stock. who refuse to allot "tabacs de luxe" to the small dealers. These small dealers claim that they desire and could do a good business in the high grade tobacco.
 The cheaper grades of tobacco have been raised in price on former ocea- sions, and it is believed that another raise will contribute largely to the revenue without affecting sales. It is likely. also, that the demands of the small dealers for a supply of stock representing the more expensive grades of tobacco will receive com pliance.
 The present ordinary retail prices of the cheaper grades of tobacco range from 6 to 14 cents per packet of 20: pipe tobacco from 10 to 16 cents per package of 40 grams q 2-5 ounces). A variety of Turkish tobacco, known as "Levant," manufactured by the Sto caTlc i fra Sl per 30 grams (about 1A ounces).
Arizona republican., 1909-10-18
MASONRY IN THE CIVIL WAR.
4 Missouri Man Relates the Experi ence of His Father As
 Union Soldier.

MT. E. F.. Williams of Kirkwood, Mo, a suburb of St. Louis, who is one of the trusted employees of the Missouri Pacific railroad. a passenger conduct or. stopped off in Washington the oth- CT day, en route from the east to Co., lumbus, Ohio, where he was about to visit his daughter. While here MT. Williams hobnobbed with a few of his friends of the Masonic order, and to them he related one of those remark able stories of the civil war which dem
 onstrate how seriously Masonry was regarded in those days and which fur nished a chapter calculated to awaken the interest and enthusiasm of mem bers of the fraternity the country over. This is the story he told: 'I have just been on visit to my father, L. J. Williams. whose home is in Harvard, N. r. My father served in the civil war as a member of the 144th New York volunteers. He is a member of the Townsville Blue Lodge No. 464. When the war broke out the entered apprentice, and fellowcraft degrees had been conferred on him in New York. He went out in the defense of his coun-
Arizona republican., 1909-10-18
The Census Jobs.

Referring to a paragraph in these columns relative to the difficulty the census bureau is meeting in securing employees. a reader of The Republican has expressed his desire to gc after one of the jobs. and he asks for infor
 nation as to the proper steps for him to take. The best advice we can give him is to apply directly to the director of the census bureau. Washington, and ask for full information. Mean while it may be of interest to all pos sible applicants. to read the subjoined letter from a reader of the New York Sun to that paper. in which he gives his analysis of the requirements:
 ''I have looked over a small pamph- let issued by MT. F. Dana Durand. director of the census. which gives information and instructions to ap- plicants for appointment: as special agents for the census of manufactures S. mines and quarries in 1910. The di- rector wants for this work as far as possible persons who have had college
Arizona republican., 1909-10-18
"A GARDEN OF ZOOlOGiCAl
 cRANKS."

We thank thee, MT. President, Tor teaching us that phrase. You Will De forgiven for much of that judicial temperament" which you bring to bear so often and we will be content to snare for a few months longer the maker of phrases to the African ZOO logical gardens.
 The president was talking of the oklahoma constitution and referred 10 if as a geological garden or crahKs' which was a hit, a very .palpable mt hut he went further and struck at the philosophy underlying the root or the matter when he decried the movement to bind down legislatures and the peo- ple themselves. What right had body of men in a young commonwealth to tie the hands of the people and de- cree the ruts in which government should run for years to come, as was done in Oklahoma? Why not trust the peoule themselves and through them their representatives elect? We who prate so much about our inborn love of liberty and capacity for self-gov- ernment ought to be the last people to tolerate hidebound documents and
 
 foisted upon the people of Oklahoma
 That state is a great state in it's nat ural resources and in its citizenship and no doubt it will overcome the ob- stacles placed in its way by the con stitutional convention, but the nation ought to be made aware of the dan gers lurking in such instruments and candidates for statehood warned in time not to repeat.
 Other states have undertaken the impossible in their fundamental pro- visions for future government to their own regret. It does not follow that because a constitutional convention de- crees that the liquor traffic shall end at a given moment, that the saloon drops out and the evil of intemperance is banished. on the contrary, the con- vention adds hypocrisy to the list. Nei- ther constitutions nor statutes change human nature in the time it takes to sign the name to a dOcument.-Denver Republican.
Arizona republican., 1909-10-18

try, without having been raised to the degree of Master Mason. It was his misfortune tC te taken a prisoner of war w-Iile at or near Savannah. While he lay in The southern prison he com municated with some of his friends in the north. His lodge in New York, through the proper officials, got in touch with Zerubbabel lodge in Sa- vannah. and made the request that the Savannah lodge. as a favor to the brethren of the north. confer the third degree on the fellowcraft brother, l.. J. Williams. one night my father was taken from his prison and conducted to the Savannah lodge room. It was a remarkable occasion. He wore his bedraggled blue uniform, token of his sympathy with the cause of the north. He was surrounded by men who wore the gray. All the chairs were occupied by Confederate officers. They were on opposite sides in struggle to the death. but they were brethren. Then and there he was raised to the sub lime degree of a Master Mason and acclaimed a friend and brother by his 
 ture of the story was yet to follow. For. on the same night, my father es- capped from his prison and rejoined his comrades of the north. I have visited Savannah since then and I looked up the records of his raising. In red ink. on the same page that records the fact that the degree was there conferred is the brief annotation on this night Brother Williams escaped from prison. have talked with my father about the matter a number of times. When asked about his escape he always smiles peculiarly. You may put 1t down as an escape he told me, but it wasn't an escape. strictly speaking
 For on that night some men came to my prison. They put me in a boat and carried me off some distance. Then they deposited me on neutral soil be-
 tween the lines. From there I found my way back to my friends Who my rescuers were I have never learned. It is their own secret, and it has never been disclosed. But in my own mind. I know exactly to what l may attribute the escape" in question Washing ton Lette in Cincinnati Times Star.
Arizona republican., 1909-10-18

ar university courses in statistics and economies and persons who have had experience in accounting The service is but temporary, yet the application blank is most voluminous in the de- tailed information required of appli- cants. No doubt there will be appli- cants. but 1t does not seem possible that there are available enough per sons having the qualifications MT. Durand desires who will find attrac- ton or inducement enough to take the labor. time and trouble to m out these application blanks and take the examination when chances for ap- pointment are indefinite anyway. Each applicant besides showing that he IS citizen of good character. good health and habits. and giving detailed ac- count of his education. employment, experience. names of his employers etc. must give the names and ad- dresses of at least five persons whom the applicant regards as best qualifled to judge as to his fitness for the po- sition of special agent. With his ap- plication he must submit letters from three of these five persons, each let ter directed to the director of the cen SIS. giving reasons why the writer recommends the applicant. In addi- tion the applicant must furnish vouch- CTS from two citizens of the United States these vouchers to snow the signers' acquaintance. etc, with the applicant These two vouchers must not be furnished by any of the five nersons whose names have already been given. So an applicant must go to at least five persons and personally solicit three letters to the director or the census and two general vouchers.
 ..The special agents are divided into two classes. Class l will be employed from six to fifteen months at s4.5O to 5000 a day (when working. l pre- sume). Class will be employed from three to six months al from ss to s4 day, or in lieu of this may be paid on the piecework basis. Positions will probably pay s25O to s50O."),
Arizona republican., 1909-10-18

According to a writer in one of the magazines. who claims to know whereof she speaks, five thousand girls are studying singing in New York. They come from every section of the country. and each one has an ambition to become a great opera singer. The pathetic feature of it IS that nearly all of these earnest stu dents are doomed to failure. and many of them must go through hard priva- lions before they learn that they have been misled through credulous faith in the prophecies of their friends.
Arizona republican., 1909-10-18
WOMEN GAN KEEP SECRETS.

The recent semi-annual meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Eng land was enlivened by Aggression into sociology, one shareholder raising a question as to the responsibility of women as clerks of the bank. 'Wom- en- he said, should not be employed in this establishment. They cannot keep a secret. You know they can't; it is impossible
 This is not the view of American employers of women in positions of trust Opinions are well nigh agreed that they are as a rule closer mouthed about business secrets than are men clerks Thousands of young women in New York are in the full confidence of their employers as secretaries and ste nographers. They are intrusted with a large volume of confidential corre- spondence, the contents of which, If re- vealed to a rival house, would seri ously embarrass their firms standing. They know the secrets of corporations, the details of contracts and provisions of trade agreements. It is in their power to cause all manner of compli- cations by a disclosure of papers of a private and personal nature committed to their custody in the daily round of business.
 But is there record of such a breach of trust? one of the notable develop ments of women's larger participation in business affairs is their demonstra ton of fiduciary capacity and loy- alty fully equal to mans. The theory that they cannot keep a secret is dis proved by the fact that they do. This is another of the man. made opinions about the sex which have needed to be revised since women began to meet men on equal terms in business life New York World
Arizona republican., 1909-10-18
PHoENIx. ARIz, OCTOBER IS, 1909
Mir. Taft's Advice.

In commenting on President Taft's speeches in Arizona and New Mexico. a few of the Arizona newspapers have exhibited a remarkably low esti- mate of the intelligence of their read CTS. The average man in Arizona is fairly well educated-we should guess that his education is above the aver age for the whole country, and there is no doubt that his intelligence is above the average. At any rate, the people of Arizona have no trouble in understanding plain English, and MT. Taft talked very plain and simple English.
 For a paper to publish in one col umn the remarks made by MT. Taft, and in another column editorial com ments misrepresenting what he said. argues therefore that such a paper considers it's readers so lacking in sense that they are fooled by such an exhibit.
 MT. Taft in earnest, honest, simple, and friendly words, said he will do all he can to see that the party pledge of immediate statehood for the territories is carried out Every reader of his speeches knows that there was not a particle of quail fication in his promise. He followed this promise with some friendly ad- vice, also stated in plain, simple Eng glish. Promising his advice on the fact that constitutions are exceeding ly hard to amend, his advice in effect was that the people should take plenty of time and carefully consider be- fore deciding what shall go into the constitution; that the constitution ought to be modelled after that of the United States, thus permitting the people to enact from time to time such laws as they please; that, in short, legislation in detail should be left to the peoples legislature.
 MT. Taft was not out of the territory before there were misrepresentations of what he had said. One or two papers actually had the nerve to tell their readers that he had threatened to defeat statehood if he could not have assurance that his ideas of a constitution would be carried out The misrepresentation did not stop here. His advice was not only jeered at, but a few papers insisted that Mir. Taft had not given this advice of his own accord, but had been told" to give it by a mysterious somebody.
 Among the many other impressions which he will take back to Washing ton with him, MT. Taft will-if he happens to see any of the papers of the class mentioned-have a decided opinion concerning one type of Arizona journalism And his opinion will be quite as favorable, doubtless. as that he entertains concerning the New Mexico gentleman" who interrupted him at Albuquerque with expressions of doubt as to his sincerity in promis- ing his support of the statehood cause.
 Fortunately for the good reputation of the two territories, MT. Taft knows his countrymen quite thoroughly. and he knows that among the newspapers and among the politicians of every state and territory there are dema- gogues and freaks.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-01
WAGON RUN DOWN BY TRAIN,
BUT NO SERIOUS HARM DONE

RIVERSIDE, Dec. 31.-J. P. Thorn
ason, a local drayman, had a close call
from being run down by a Southern
Pacific train shortly before noon to-
day. He approached the crossing on
Seventh street going west, and ap-
parently the rumble Of the wagon
drowned the sound of the advancing
train, for the engine was upon him
before he could stop his team. For
tunately the train was coming at a
slow rate, and, although the collision
smashed the heavy wagon and bruised
the horses, no more serious injury was
done. The team was carried several
feet on the front of the engine. Thorn
ason jumped on the coWcatcher and
thus saved himself from going under
the wheels.
Francisco Meras and his female con-
sort, Paula Marco, have been sent to
Jail for six months by Justice Ingelow
of Banning for "bootlegging' along the
line of the Southern Pacific on the
desert. They would load up a wagon
at a winery near Banning and dis
tribute brandy and "dago red" as far
east as the Salton sea.
Albert A. Fitzpatrick, aged 20, was
committed to Highland today from
Beaumont. The young man, formerly
a bright student, is a victim Of con-
f1rmed melancholia.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-01
RELIEF SHOULD BE SENT
TO RED CROSS QUARTERS

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31.-The Cal
ifornia branch of the National Red
Cross association issued the following
statement today for the direction of
those desiring to make contributions
for the Italian earthquake sufferers:
TN order to systematic the collec-
ton of funds for the aid of sufferers
by earthquake and fire in Italy the
American National Red Cross, with
headquarters at washington, D. c., is
utilizing its state branches.
THE California branch, with head
quarters in San Francisco, requests
that all funds which are collected by
relief associations be RENTED to Allen
Knight, treasurer of the branch, 502
California street, San Francisco, and
in cities where there is no regular sub
division of the Red Cross or other or
ganized relief committee the banks or
ganize committee to collect funds for
the relief Of the italian sufferers, re-
hitting such sums as may be collected
to the treasurer.
1.-The California branch will remit
the moneys received to the National
Red Cross, Washington, which will for
ward it to the proper authorities
through the state department at Wash
ington. (Signed)
California Branch National Red
Cross.
'BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER,
president
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-01
CITY BEGINS SUITS
FOR CONDEMNATION
Riverside Will Extend Magnolia Ave-
nue. from Arlington to Thirteenth
and Main-Other News
Notes

RIVERSIDE, Dec. 31.-The first of
a series of suits to condemn rights of
way for the extension of Magnolia
avenue from Arlington avenue, its
present terminus, to Thirteenth and
Main streets, has been begun by the
city. G. o. Newman is the defendant
in the action, which seeks to acquire
for the city 6.29 acres Of land south
of Fourteenth street for lOO-foot
roadbed and fill across Terquesquite
arroyo. The suit is brought by City
Attorney burlington.
The Riverside baseball team will
play the Dyas-Cline nine of Los An
geles at Evans park tomorrow after
noon, beginning at 2:30 This is the
third game of series of three in
which honors are Sc far even. George
Ely, the onearmed wonder, will hold
down second base for Riverside. Smith
and Shane, the Sherman Indian play
ers, will compose the local battery and
the other players will be the same as
In former games.
Riverside Driving association will
hold a matinee meet on New Years
day at the driving park. The events
consist of free for all mile handicap,
2:25 pace, 2:35 trot. 2:40 pace, 2:SO trot
and running half mile dash. A feature
of the meet will be the match race
between Ramsey's MOOD, Davis De-
ilah and Stewards Billy W.