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The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25
Potash For Sale to an.

Farmers who farm on business principles
and fertilize their soils as a manufacturer
puts money intosa plant-for investment
have never needed much argument to be
convinced that Potash Pays" as the Ger
man Kali Works puts it. The trouble for
the farmer has been not only the price, but
the difficulty OF getting Potash at any
price. The manufacturers have heretofore
absorbed il II,
All this has been changed, and thousands
of farmers who farm for profit rather than
for mere wages and a living, will now be
able TO buy all the Potash Salts they need,
in any quantity they want It. Of LOCAL deal
ers everywhere. And not only this-but
they can get It at lower rates than have
ever before been charged.
This means that farmers can now invest
in plant foods that they themselves can buy
and mix-fertiliEers without filters or make
weights-and put the money saved from In
terest, freight, excessive profits on filters
and mixing charges into 50 much more
actual crop-making fertilizer.
The great German potash mines are now
producing enough potash to enable the
American selling agency 10 guarantee deliv-
cry Of all that II required both by fertilizer
manufacturers and by local dealers and
farmers. Ask your dealer 10 carry these IN
valuable salts In stock. Tell him TO write
70 the German Kali Works, Continental
Building, Baltimore, for particulars and
prices. And we recommend you 20 write
TO them also, for their IFarmerI Note
Book" and their valuable literature on fer
tilizing and cultivation. Mention what
crops you are most interested In, 10 will
pay you 10 do Il. And sss your dsalsr the
usxt time you are in town.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25
SORE EYES CURED.
Eye-Balls and Lids Became Terribly
Infiamed - Was Unable TO Go
About-AIl Treatments Failed
CutIcura Proved Successful.

About two years ago my eyes got In
such a condition that was unable 70 go
about They were terribly inhamed, both
the balls and lids. / tried home remedies
without relief. Then decided to go 10 our
family physician, but he didn't help them.
Then tried two more Of our most promi-
nent physicians, but my eyes grew contin-
ually worse. At this time a friend of mine
advised me to try Cuticura Ointment, and
after using il about one week my eyes were
considerably improved and in two weeks
they were almost well. They have never
given me any trouble since and ! am now
sixty.fve years old ! shall never fail to
praise Cuticura. G.. B. Halsey, Mouth Of
Wilson, Va, Apr. 4, 1908"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
of Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Mass.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25

The American League at it's next
annual meeting will take up the mat.
ter of abolishing spikes from the
paraphernalia Of the diamond.
{ President Johnson makes that
statement in discussing the probable
problems which will be considered by
the league nagnates. He said It
was hoped q suitable substitute for
the spike now In use on the shoes
Of players would be discovered and
agreed upon, for the purpose of eli!
fninating at least q portion OF the &C;
cIdents which have marred the sport
during the last season.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25

None Of the railroad companies
which have adopted electricity In
the regular service OF moving trains
seems disposed to give out any ng
ures showing the cost OF operation
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25
Go0n PIACE FOR CAMELs.

GOV Glasscock Of West Virginia.
while travelling through Arizona, no
hoed the dry. dusty appearance OF
the country.
Doesn't II ever rain around herer
he asked one Of the natives.
RAIN" The native spat. Rain
why, say. pardner. there's bulArogs
ii this yere town over ave years ola
hat hain't learned to swim yet
nverytbody's.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25
AN EXCEPTION.

First Legislater-Let's have a
drink
Second Legislator thought you
had sworn OF.
First Legislator-This one is I'M
der suspension Of rules.-New York
Press.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25

Mistrsss-How was II that when
panne down TO the kitchen found .
man with you theref
Mary-Realiy, don't know, mum
unless II was with them soft shoes
"a yours we never heard you coming
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25

DIR. Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in I 70 days. It's
action is remarkable. Removes the cause
and disease quickly disappears. First dose
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25
GOT THERE FIRST.

Mrs. Hicks (relating burglar scarce
Yes, / heard Q noise and got up.
and there under the bed ] saw a
mans legs.
adrs. W4cks-Mercyl The burglars?
AIRS. HicaEs-No. my husbands. He
Aad heard the noise. too.-sHcGoD
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething. Sottens the gums, reduces inAAmmA-
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25

Hicks CAPEpIEH II the begs remedy
relieves the aching and feyerisA pess-cuFsa
uQuia-efocta Immediately. iOcL. 1eo and
90. 6t drug storeA
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25

II you want an encore, warns the
Philadelphia Record, don't sing your
own uraise.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25

The less a man knows about womeT
the more he thinks he knows.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25

Few men travel the road TO pros
Derity without getting a few punctur-
ID tires rt rfH
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25

Aliens Lung Balsam is the old reliable
cough remedy. Found in every drug store,
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25

Examiner-What is meant, Mr..
Smoothly, theologically speaking. by
Necessity and Free VIII?
Candidate-Well. where a man
gives because he belongs to the
church himself. that is Free Will.
But where he gives because his wife
belongs, that is NecessIty.-Puck.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25

some people suffer continuarx with
hrcd, aching and swollen feet. little do
hey know how soothing IL Hsmlins Wiz.
ard OIL. Rub Il in AZ night and have
thankful, happy feet in the morning.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25

Impossible to find anything better for
Edsache, backAche or stitches than Perry
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25

Yer HEADAOME-Hiek CAPUDINB
SE c Ssss1 s:1 =. s ss.v. y.S
ia nuuid-piea2Ant . tAka-Acea iinmo4k
kDAy. Ty Il No.. %. and go IS AFas
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure consti-
nation. Constipation is the cause of many
diseases. Cure the cause and you cure the
disease. Easy 70 take.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25

He had Just bought a paper IN
which this headline doomed large:
Woman shoots at waldorf"
Him." be mused. absentiy. II won.
Der II abe hit it"-New York Times
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-12-25

Duluth, at the head OF Lake Supe
rior, has the greatest mineral tonnage
Of any point In the world.
The Florida star., 1909-04-16
Jenner as an Eater.

DR.. Jenner, the famous English
physician, was a great tea drinker
and very abstemious, never taking
any stimulant except a measured
glass of brandy when he had indi-
gestion. Once for that cause he
lived on stewed chops and rice for
luncheon and dinner, with tea, for
a couple of years, but ordinarily he
was a great feeder.
81 recollect," said his friend, DR..
Cooper Bentham, "on one occasion
Reynolds came to see him. Jenner
was at dinner. He had soup, fish,
the greater part of a chicken, and
he was in the middle of huge rice
pudding when Reynolds entered and
asked him hok he was. Jenner
drew a pitiful sigh and replied, q
am not at all well-no appetite
The Florida star., 1909-04-16
Sold by Banner Drug Store
His BIUnder.

"iiave YOU over stopped 10
think Pc hcgan and then hesi
tated.
"Well," she urged. go on. Wha
were you going to say
81 beg your pardon" he replied.
Il was about to ask YOU whether
you had ever stoprcd to think about
something, but | might have known
that YOU never did"
"And YOU mean to inSinuate that
| never think ?" she demanded.
"Oh, no, no, not at all. he made
haste to assure her. Il only mean
that women don't have to stop talk
ing to think. for we all know that
they do think sometimes"
And yet he wonders why she
hates him.-Cleveland Leader.
The Florida star., 1909-04-16
WITcHCRAFT in ENGLAND.
The Last of the judicial Prosecutions
and Executions.

Sir Matthew Hale, it is true, had
bknged two poor women at Cam
bridge in 1864, but few years later
Lord Chief Justice Holt set him
self strongly against such charges
and in. every case tried before him
directed the jury to bring in a YER
dict of acquittal. In a celebrated
trial at Guildford in 1901 not only
was the supposed witch found not
guilty, but her false accuSer, one
John Hathaway, was condemned to
years imprisonment and to stand
in the pillory three times. Yet,
horrible to relate, a woman named
Hicks and her daughter, child of
nine, were hanged together at
Huntingdon on July %, 1716, for
raising 4 storm of wind in league
with the devil.
Che last judicial sentence for
witchcraft in England was in 1886,
one Jane Wenham being actually
found guilty, according to the in
dictment, of "conversing familiar
lv with the devil in the form of
cat" The Judge, however, procured
a reprieve for poor old Jane, and
she was ultimately released, to end
her days in peace.
Last, the witchcraft act was re-
pealed for the United Kingdom in
the same year. 1t was quite time,
for only nine years earlier, in 1927.
woman was brought before Cap
tain David Ross, deputy sheriff of
Sutherland. charged with causing
her daughter to be shod by the dew
i" and so making her lame both in
hands and feet The fact having
been proved to the captains salts
faction. the old woman was put into
tar barrel and burned at Dornoch.
The weather being cold at the time,
We are told that she sat composed
~ warming herself by the fire pre-
pared to consume her while the 9TH
er instruments of death were get
ting ready"
The last attempt to execute a
witch in England ended disastrously
for the perpetrators. In 1851 at
Tring two old people named Os-
borne, man and wife, being suspect
ed of witchcraft, were seized by a
crowd, stripped, cross bound and
thrown into a pond. Both died of
this brutal treatment. But the
witchcraft act had been repealed,
and, verdict of willful murder hav-
ing been returned against one Col
ley, the chief instigator of the as
sault, he was in due course tried
and hanged.-Cornhill Magazine.
The Florida star., 1909-04-16
New German saIutation.

A curious society has recently been
formed at Darmstadt, in Hesse. It's
object is to promote the substitution Of
the military salute for the present
mode Of salutation among civilians.
Instead Of the present method of rails
ing ones hat, the Hessians-Or at least
certain proportion Of them-would
like to see the general adoption Of the
German military salute, consisting Of
bringing the hand extended. with fin
gers close together. to the edge Of ones
hat The only reason given for this
strange prediction Is that the new
Ealutation would be identical with that
used In the time OF Arminius.
The Florida star., 1909-04-16
He Accepted the Apology.

y prominent New York LAWYER is
noted for his ready answers aud
skill in repartee. When a young
practitioner he appeared before a
pompous old judge, who took Of
fense at a remark the lawyer made
criticising his decision.
"If you do not instantly apologize
for that remark, Mr.. Blank" said
the judge, 81 shall commit you for
contempt of court"
upon reflection, your honor" in
stantly replied Mr.. Blank, 81 find
that your honor was right and !
was wrong, as your honor always
is"
The judge looked dubious, but
finally said that he would accept the
apology.
The Florida star., 1909-04-16

Nothing else can do this. When
the stomach is weak it needs help;
you must help it by giving it rest,
and Kodol will do that.
The Florida star., 1909-04-16
GOLDEN NEEDLES.
They Were uSsd When oalIaRts In
France Did Fancy WorI.

They Were U0od When 0allaRts IN
France Did Fancy Work.
During the old regime in France,
about which so much glamour re-
mains to us, the very men who were
living and making the history of the
empire of Louis passed their leisure
time in a way that seems to us of
today utterly ridiculous. In all the
fancy work on which ladies employ
ed themselves the men seem to have
taken part.
Poinsinet in one of his comedies
represents a young marquis enter
ing a room where two fair damsels
are embroidering. One is working
piece of dress trimming, the other
Marty flounce. The beau examines
the embroidery with the eye of a
connoisseur, points out here and
there the specially good touches and
is too polite to notice any defects.
He takes a little gold tube out of
the pocket of his richly decorated
waistcoat and selects a dainty gold
needle. He goes to the frame at
which Cidalise is working and fin
ishes the flower which she had be-
gun. From her he moves to the
sofa and, seizing one end of the
1ounce, assists Ismene, to whom he
pays special attention, to complete
her task.
At this time it was the custom of
the ladies invariably to carry their
workbags with them to the evening
receptions, in which they had not
only their embroidery materials, but
the last novel, the popular songs,
their patch boxes and rouge pots.
Gentlemen also carried deftly en-
broidered little bags into company,
which held ga whole arsenal of cut
lery and fancy articles, such as
boxes Of different shapes filled with
lozenges, bonbons, snuff and scent"
At another period the fashion of
the day was to. cut out drawings
from books and pamphlets and to
paste them on screens. lamp shades,
boxes and vases. The skill in this
was to so arrange the drawings or
parts of different drawings as to
produce a curious or amusing ef-
feet. Then there came a season
when all the rage was for charades
and riddles, which gave a peculiarly
good opportunity to exercise the
light and rapid wit so conspicuous
in the French. Every evening the
drawing rooms were converted into
impromptu charades. Some lady
would suggest a word or phrase, and
forthwith it would be converted into
the subject Of a sprightly little play.
Many of the word games now cur
rent with rs in America had their
origin in the necessity the French
salons were under in the last CEN
tury to divert themselves. In some
of the salons the fashion of keep
ing a daily chronicle of news. which
was too often a mere chronicle of
scandal, was adopted. Nine. Dou-
blet de Persan issued bulletins
which she called "nouvelles a la
main." In her apartments two reg
listers were kept. one of the authen-
tic news received here and there by
her guests, the other of floating ru-
mors and on dts, and from these
the budget of her chronicle was
made up and circulated throughout
France.-~Appleton's Magazine.
The Florida star., 1909-04-16

Kodol is made at the laboratories
Of Z. G. Dewitt & Co., Chicago.
The Florida star., 1909-04-16
only an omeIet.

only an omelet.
THAT those acquaintances who have
since become enemies usually refer to
him as good, bad or rotten. with diff
ferent infections, according as they
desire to be ironical or brutaIly
frank."-New York World.
The Florida star., 1909-04-16
1elegrapher's Cramp.

An interesting feature Of teleg-
rapher's cramp is that certain let
tiers are nearly always the stumbling
block. The most frequent are G
and Y-that is, the code signals
used for these letters. When a
sender begins to be conscious"
about so common letter as G his
case soon becomes hopeless. Anoth-
er form of cramp attacks the re-
ceiver of the message. 1t takes the
form of inability to write fast
enough to take down a message
quickly transmitted. This is easily
understood when it is remembered
that a receiver often has to write
continuously TO code dictation, so to
speak, for hours at a time. The
strain involved is enormous and
leads fairly commonly to what is
practically form of nervous break
down. Advertiser.
The Florida star., 1909-04-16
Eminent Authorities Saw

that outdoor exercise is needed by the Amer
lean people, That's all very well, but how
can people with rheumatism follow that ad-
vice? The answer isvery simple-use BaI-
lards Snow Liniment and the rheumatism
wlil go; leaving you as spry as a colt. Gives
neuralgia. lame back and all pains. Sold by
all druggists.
The Florida star., 1909-04-16
A Baby Show in Titusville

would have many contestants, but it's safe to
say that the healthiest baby would win the
prize. No baby can be healthy who suffers
from worms and most babies do unless they
are Kept free from them with Whites Cream
Nermliuge. Acts quickly, yet mildly--is its
own purgative. Mothers don't attempt TO
raise children without Whites Cream Vermi-
fuge. Price25 cents. Sold by all druggists.
The Florida star., 1909-04-16
Young Girls are Victims

of headaches as well as older women. but all
get quick relief and prompt cure from DIR.
Kings New Life Pills. the worlds best rem
edy for sick and nervous headaches. They
make pure blood and strong nerves and build
DruR Store
The Florida star., 1909-04-16
Our Guarantee

Go to your druggist today, and
purchase dollar bottle, and II you
can honestly say, that you did not
receive any benefits from 1t, after
using the entire bottle, the drug
gist will refund your money to you
without question or delay.
We viii pay the druggist the price
Of the bottle purchased by you.
This offer applies to the large
bottle only and to but one In .
family.
We could not afford to make such
an offer, unless we positively knew
what Kodol will do for you.
1t would bankrupt US.
The dollar bottle contains % times
as much as the fifty cent bottle.
Kodol is made at the laboratories
Of Z. G. Dewitt 81 Co., Chicago.
The Florida star., 1909-04-16
Eat What
You want of the food you need
Kodol will digest it.

You need q sufficient amount Of
good wholesome food and more than
this you need to fully digest it.
Else you can't gain strength, nor
can you strengthen your stomach II
It is weak.
You must eat in order to live and
maintain strength.
You must not diet, because the
body requires that you eat a sufic-
tent amount of food regularly.
But this food must be digested,
and it must be digested thoroughly.
When the stomach can't do it,
you must take something that will
help the stomach.
The proper way to do is to eat
what you want, and let Kodol di-
gest the food.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-01-01
"Mi.sry Loves Company

SCI beg your pardon, said the
stranger on the bicycle, riding slowly
up to the sidewalk and steadying him
self by putting his foot on the curb.
sbut / am looking for 4 restaurant
where I can get a good meal. Can you
direct me to one?"
The man whom he addressed was
standing in front of store trying to
rub a grain of sand out of his eye
with one hand and holding his hat on
with the other, for it was a windy
day. and at first he made no response.
But presently he spoke.
SEQ to the next block" he said, "and
turn to the right. Four doors down
you will find restaurant"
The stranger thanked him and rode
on. About an hour later they acct
dentally met again. The stranger was
on his way out of town. He stopped
and spoke.
my friend" he said, II followed
your directions. / went to the restau-
rant you directed me to. and | got the
worst meal ever had in my life."
ST thought you would" answered
the other. IF you had waited till |
got that grain of sand out of my eye
/ should have sent you to a good res
taurant, but you didn't just had to
divide my misery with somebody. and
you happened to be handy" Youths
Companion
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-01-01

AN EXHIBIT of prosperity such as has
not been seen before is found in the an
nual report of Secretary Of Agriculture
Wilson 1t is remarkable in its show
ing of things accomplished and rich in
promise of greater to come. Though
the year opened with what seemed SER
ious financial arrangement, the produc-
tive forces connected with the soil have
brought about results that, on the
whole, are unexampled. The secretary
places the value of farm products in the
United States in 1908 at ST, IT'S, 900, 600.
This years corn crop alone is valued at
ST, 615, 900, 900, vast increase over the
figures of few years ago, and the
more significant because decline to
the old prices is improbable. Corn en-
tiers so largely into the general affairs
of the Mississippi valley that the, addi-
ton of a billion dollars to its annual
value is an event that contributes some
thing to the well-being of every indi-
vidual and widens the opportunities
and general encouragement of every
tiller of the soil. New uses have been
found for corn and its by-products, as
for the cotton plant. In fact, the whole
industrial world has learned that what
has been called waste is good material
for some purpose, and has been thrown
away only because misunderstood.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-01-01

BY THE discovery of the value of the
coal fields in Bull Mountain the ST. Paul
road has assured itself of an annual
fuel saving of more than $780, 900 in
the operation of the Pacific coast ex-
tension. This statement was verified
by President j. A. Earring. The new
coal fields cover at least fifteen town
ships in Yellowstone county, Montana,
and are almost directly north of Bill
ings. 1t appears that their existence
has been known for long time, but it
was supposed that the coal was of a
Ignite variety, which is practically
worthless, The management of the st.
Paul began an investigation, which re-
suited in the discovery that the coal
contains as many heat units as the coal
in LaSalle county, Illinois. The ST.
Paul thereupon purchased between
5000 and 5000 acres andN secured OPP
lions on more acreage. The vein is
about six and one-fourth feet thick and
will produce 5000 tons to the acre. 1t
is stated that the company has secured
a sufficient acreage to maintain the OPP
Grafton of the road from the Missouri
river to the coast for at least fifty
wears,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-01-01
Pity the Poor.

How can poor farmer have Happy
New Year when he has nothing to live
in but big house, nothing to shelter
his horses but warm barn, nothing to
eat except everything that grows out
of the ground or can be bought at the
store, no way to get his mail except
having it brought to him every day by
a smiling mail carrier who will soon be
wearing Uncle Sans uniform with
shining brass buttons, no way to get to
town but with rubber tired buggy OF
an auto, no way to make money but to
sell 50-cent corn, 30-cent butter, 5-dol-
lar hogs, 27-cent eggs, 10-cent tobacco,
and have his farm double in price once
in while. While you are enjoying
your own New Year dinner don't fai
to drop tear for the poor down-trod-
den farmer man.-Ex.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-01-01

SILVER is being produced in'excess of
the demand. The price is lower than
it has been at any time for the past
five years. The United States govern
ment bought silver at 81 an ounce un-
der the Bland and Sherman act. When
it reentered the market to buy more
silver in 1907, the price was 70 cents,
and it tumbled along down to 81 cents
at the end of November, 1907. The
latter price followed the break caused
by the panic in October. Last May the
price of silver was about 81 cents an
ounce and now it is from 501 to 5Oa
cents an ounce. The trouble with sill
yer is that the supply is always in ex-
cess of the demand