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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-03-29
s. F. PARKS.

I hereby announce myself for re.
election to the Office of County Clerk
of Craig county. subject to the result
of the democratic primary R. F. NIX.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-03-29

Herewith beg to announce myself
as candidate for the once OF Regis.
ter Of Deeds of Craig County, okla.
homa. Subject to the action of the
Democratic Primary to be held
August 1910. e. N. WILLIAMSON.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-03-29

solicit the support of the demo-
craoy of Craig County for the nomina-
tion to the Office of County Judge in
the August Primary stand for low
taxes and law enforcement.
S. F. PARKS.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14
Bob" Davis Candidacy Urged.

Editor PALATKA News
Your reference to Col. Bob" Davis
as being possible candidate for senator,
under the conditions, is good reading 10
Col. Davis friends here in Tampa. He
is easily the most popular man in our
city and as lawyer he truly has the
marked confidence of the courts. This
was exemplified by Judge Wall recently
when he was selected as special assistant
to State Attorney Phillips, who has been
questionably criticised in the Plat muir
der case, TO represent the court and state
before the Grand Jury. Col. Davis has
one fault, that is that of being poor, but
if South Florida wants TO be truly and
faithfully represented, the people
should get together and ask Col. Davis
if he would accept nomination.
l further believe that his lack of for
tune would not operate against him, for
he has enough friends to finance his
canvass through popular subscription.
| had occasion to compliment Col.
Davis through the St. Petersburg Times
heretofore as TO his deSirability and
hope that you will give the subject mat
ter all the prominence that you conSis
tently can. Respectfully,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14

Gradually do the base and corrupting
features OF politics creep in and get hold
upon the people of Putnam county.
The sordid thirst for public office is
gradually causing otherwise good men
TO resort TO the bribery OF voters in or
der to accomplish their end. Only last
week candidate for mayor in one of
the small towns of the county was
deliberately charged with an effort 10
pack the town nominating convention
with negroes who would do his will,
and that he offered each one of them a
quart OF peanuts in the event of his sue
cess. Oh Peanuts! How much more
ugly art thou than thy looks, and what
crimes are to be committed in thy
name! Heretofore thy uses have been
confined 10 the circus and other limo
cent forms of popular amusement, but
the politician, ever alert for new de-
vices for satiating his thirst for power,
has dragged thee from thy pedestal and
offers thee as an inexpensive sacrifice TO
his ambition. And this is the twentieth
century OF the Christian Era!
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14
CARAVAN BREAD MAKING.
Afohans Use cobblestones, While Tur-
comans Like Sand.

comanS Like Sdnd.
The bread Of the Afghan caravan
was cooked by heating small round
cobblestones in the fire and then polk
ing them out and wrapping dough ~
inch thick about them. The balls thus
formed were again thrown into the
fire, to be poked out again when cook
ed The bread tasted well there In the
desert, although in civilized communi-
ties the grit and ashes would have
seemed uncomfortable.
After good fellowship had been es-
tablished the Afghans actually sold us
some flour, says a writer in the Ma
tional Geographical Magazine. The
camp where We used it little later
happened to be beside the sandy bed
of a trickling salt stream, which was
drinkable in winter but absolutely un-
disable IN summer, when evaporation
is at its height and the salt is concen-
trated.
'See," said one Of our Turcomans
as we dismounted; here is some sand.
Tonight we can have some good
bread"
When some dry twigs had been gath.
cred he proceeded to smooth OF a bit
of the cleanest sand and built upon 1t
hot fire. When the sand was thor
oughly hot he raked of most Of the
Goals and smoothed the sand very neat
ly. Meanwhile one Of the other men
had made two large sheets Of dough
about three-quarters Of an inch thick
and eighteen inches in diameter. Be
tween these. he placed layer Of Jumps
Of sleeps tail fat, making a. huge
round sandwich. This was now spread
on the hot sand, Goals mixed with sand
were placed completely over 1t, and 1t
was left to bake. Now and then an
edge was uncovered, and Turcoman
smelled 1t appreciatively and raped
on 1t to see If 1t was yet cooked.
When the top was thoroughly baked
the bread was turned over and covered
up again. 1t tasted even better than
the Afghan bread after it was cooled
little and the sand and ashes had
been whisked of with a girdle. The
Turcomans are SO accustomed to life
in the sandy desert that they think It
impossible to make the best kind Of
bread without sand, while the AZ
ghans, who live In the stony noun
tains, think that cobblestones are a
requisite.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14
THE SKIPPER'S WHITE LIE.
What Happened at Night and What
the Passenger Was Told.

"HaI ElGPECHtH al lNlSuS ai'G tPheA
the Passenger Was Told.
1t was a dirty night. to use II sailors
phrase. and the talk III one corner OF
the smoking room drifted to events at
sea and the childike faith that passen.
gers repose in navigators.
Said the scientist who had been col
lecting specimens on coral reef:
1--WE often heard men and women
say they felt go safe with Captain So
and-So, and I've wondered. too, wheth-
er their sense Of security would still
be retained II these favored travellers
knew exactly what happened on ship
board during voyage. For my own
part, have more confidence than ever
in u captain Of my acquaintance since
| learned that he could tell II white lie
when IT was necessary TO calm the
fears Of a nervous traveller. 1t so hap
pened that one foggy night was
awakened by the sudden stoppage and
reversal Of the engines jumped out
Of my bunk went on deck and was
told by the second officer that we had
had narrow squeeze. 1t appeared
that we had nearly run down d schoon
er as she silently crossed our bows and
disappeared into the haze.
Next morning woman passenger
who sat at the captains table asked
him whether the engines had been
stopped and reversed, and he replied
Yes; We sometimes do this to test the
engineers watch and see II our ma
chinery is in proper order We do 1t
at night so as to create no excitement
Then he got the woman to describe
what she had heard and asked her.
Did you find much time between the
stopping and reversing?
mo she replied.
Then said the skipper, that show
ed how well everything was working
did 1t notT
when got the shippers ear told
him confldentially that | didn't think
the schooner's engines had worked as
well as ours. and he remarked that 1t
might have been worse. Whether he
meant the lie or the incident | didn't
inquire, but | suspect it wasn't the
lie."-New York Post.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14
INTERLAcHEN ITEMS.

|. H. Corthe1l and wife of Bristol,
R. l., arrived last week having visited
sons in New York and Ohio on the
way.
E. w. Rivers OF High Springs, and A.
P. Pike and NJ. L. Fox of Jacksonville,
Vermont, were guests at the Jenkins
House. The gentlemen from Vermont
were on their way to the colony at st.
Cloud.
A. A. Culbreth, wife and interesting
family of five children are temporarily
occupying the Gano house; Mr.. Cul-
breth comes as an employee of the new
owner of the turpentine plant here.
w. L. Powell who sold out his inter-
est here in the turpentine industry, has
joined his wife in Savannah,
G. E. Gellett has been quite seriously
i'll for the past week. DR.. Warren of
Palatka is in attendance.
n. T. Rowland and Warren B. Clark
OF Hanson, Mass, were registered at the
Lake View Mr.. Clark is a cousin of
Mrs. D. M. Corthell of this place.
The Brantly we'll drivers are now
working on the Leonard place. Sue
cess in fine flow was met for Col
Barrett, but none for Mr.. Lothrop.
Now, we natives are very much interest
ed and are guessing as to the outcome of
this one.
w. c. T. U. on Wednesday with its
usual membership of enthusiastic mem
berS.
The town caucus at the hall on Mon
day night, was we'll attended. The fol-
lowing nominations were made: Mayor,
]. |. Wimberly; Aldermen, Chas. Fran
els, T. B. Hoffman, Jos. Stock, and l..
F. Notes; assessor, o. H. Ewing; treas
urer, D. M. Corthell; collector, G. E.
Gillett; clerk, G. G. Berkelman; mar
shall, H. L. Smith. Hon. ]. P Porter
was an opposition candidate for mayor
before the caucus, but Judge Wimberly
was nominated by safe majority.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14
THE ZANZlBARIS.
Dense Stupidity and Amusing Blunders
of the Natives.


In the Autobiography Of Sir Henry
NJ. Stanley" the author says of the
colored natives of central Africa:
Good as the majority Of Zanzibaris
were, some of them were indescriba-
bly, and for me most unfortunately
dense. One man who from his personal
appearance might have been Judged
to be among the most intelligent was
after thirty months experience with
his musket unable to understand how
it was to be loaded. He never could
remember whether he ought to drop
the powder or the bullet into the mus
ket first. Another time he was sent
with a man to transport company Of
men over a river to camp. After wait
ing an hour l strobe to the bank of
the river and found them padding in
opposite directions, each blaming the
other for his stupidity and, being in a
passion of excitement. unable to hear
the advice of men across the river,
who were bawling out to them how to
manage their canoe.
Another man was so ludicrously
stupid that he generally was saved
from punishment because his mistakes
were so absurd. We were one day
floating down the Kongo, and, it being
near camping time, l babe him, as he
happened to be bowman on the occa-
sion, to stand by and seize the grass
on the bank TO arrest the boat when l
should call out. In a little while we
came to a fit place, and | cried, Hold
hard, Kirangov Please God, MASTER
he replied and forthwith sprang on
the shore and seized the grass with
both hands, while we, Of course, were
rapidly swept down river, leaving him
alone and solitary on the bank. The
boats crew roared at the ridiculous
sight. but nevertheless his stupidity
cost the tired men a hard pull to as
cend again, for not every place was
available for camp.
HE it was also who on an occasion
when we required the branch Of q spe-
cies Of arbutus which overriding the
river to be cut away to allow the ca
noes to be brought nearer to the bank
for safety actually went astride Of the
branch and chopped away until he fell
into the water with the branch and
lost our al. He had seated himself on
the outer end Of the branch"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14
Gexterous EATING.

In the island of Jamaica, the land of
hurricanes and earthquakes, the native
women do almost all the work, even
to blowing in the fields and working
on the government roads, and this
keeps them more or less busy. They
also have II peculiar custom when eat
ing In order not TO waste valuable
time these dark members of the gen.
tier sex have adopted an ingenious
method. They place a plate containing
their food, be 1t hot boiled rice or rab.
bit stew, on their heads, and. thus bal.
ancinG the dish, they walk about the
yards Of their homes, reaching up a
hand when they wish to take food
from the plate and going about their
regular work. Yet they never spill
anything
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14
Growing Down.

Everybody has noticed that in ex.
IRENE old age people grow rapidly
shorter. so that person formerly of
average height grows down" into
quite a diminutive man or woman. A
German contemporary points out that
this decrease of height begins as early
as the age Of thirty-five years, At
thirty, we are told, the human body
has reached its full height. which is
retained for few years, after which
the growing down" process begins.
AT hrst and for many years the process
IS SO slow as to be almost impercepti.
Die but at the age Of about sixty il
begins to be noticeable. and after sew
enty' even though veteran does not
stoop at all, the fact that he is grow
ing down" becomes apparent, to all.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14
Luminous Mushrooms.

A traveller in Australia found a very
arge mushroom weighing five pounds,
he took It to the house in which he
was for the time being residing and
hung 1t up to dry in the sitting room.
Entering after dark. he was amazed to
see a beautiful soft light emanating
from the fungus. 1t continued to give
out light for many nights, gradually
decreasing until it was wholly dry.
Many kinds of fungi have this peculi-
arity. Humboldt describes some he
saw in the mines. The glow in rotten
wood is caused by its containing the
threads Of light giving fungi.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14
Tampa, Ian. 10, 1910.
What Will the End Be?

The withdrawal OF Judge GroSscup
from the republican party is significant
of a profound revolt against the men
who have assumed leadership in the
party, the AldricheS and the CannonS.
Every man of either party, interested in
his party as an instrument 10 make every
member of il a partaker of the economic
gains of the common industry, asks what
progress is my party making towards a
more equitable distribution of the gains
OF industrial and corporate life. He
wants to know how his party has full
filled promises for beuerment of eco
nomic conditions. Take the republi-
can party for instance. In answer to
popular demand the party and admins
tration have promised relief from bur
denS laid on every mans back by the
tariff. The tariff in the past had been
the instrument by which privileged
classes have been enabled to fill their
own purses from the purses of the peo-
pie. There has been outcry against this
injustice. And party leaders have
promised relief. In accordance with
this promise new tariff has been made
into law-with what result? The reviS-
ion was TO make the products OF indus
try taste less OF silver on the tables oil
wage earnerS and those living on small
salaries. The real result is mus de-
Scribed by one critic. IN everything
that men, women ana children put on
their backs for clothing, the revised
tariff leaves US 10 choose, either TO wear
poorer garments or 10 pay more for
them. The fact is said 10 be that where
a man pays seven dollars more ior
clothes because OF the tariff, SIX dollars
go into the pockets OF Inc iaTlII-1eo
manufacturers. Hence ARISE the pam
pered privileged classes whose hold on
the purses OF wage earnerS is not les
Sened. A republican, looking on the
matter in this light, is constrained 10
consider whether his party is able to
shake off the hold OF the AldrlcheS and
the CannonS and revise the tariff IN the
interests OF the common people: Inc
recent work OF the Joint Committee OF
ttouSe and Senate seems 10 take away
hope OF aid from the republican party.
The corporation like the tariff is com
ing into criticism, not on account OF IN
herent evil, but because oil It's working
ike The tariff TO build up a privileged
class. In the completely OF modern in,
dustrial life, the corporation is found
necessary for the transaction OF business.
The corporation gets lis capital by the
contribution of the corporatorS, or by
borrowing, the latter probably being the
common way. 1t goes TO the bank.
This money is not owned by the bank.
1t is the property OF depoSltorS, and the
corporation uses this borrowed capital
TO do business with.
AT this point something more than
economies appears, in the question. Is
equity enough considered II we say the
gains of the corporation belong TO the
corporatorS and to nobody elseE Inc
corporatoTS do the business, the depoSl-
tors furnish the capital. Should not the
rewards be somehow divided! The
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14
A Bunch of Kicks.

"Pm in hard luck" sighed the steel
rail.
Look at me! get nothing from
morning till night but hot air." groan-
ed the pumping engine.
"I'm always In hot water" sighed
the boiler.
Consider my plight" cried the mac
adam road, Invariably walked over
and trodden under foot"
I'm used to it, for I'm always up
against It," philosophically remarked
the wall paper.
You're none of you as badly OF as
/ am" said the furnace, "for, no mat
ter where ! 60, I'm generally fred
Baltimore American.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14

The Palatka News, like the Manitee
Record, has Topped. Editor Russell of
the News has always been an ardent
supporter of Senator Taliaferro, but this
year he appears TO be free lance, +"
while Editor Walpole, of the Manitee
Record, who has always fought Taliaferro
and everything that he stood for, has
come out flat-footed for Taliaferro'S re-
election. Ii will be strange spectacle:
That of Russell fighting Taliaferro and
Walpole tearing his shirt for him. The
DeLand News is still keeping its shirt
on. 1t is just possible that the winner. in
the senatorial race has not been men
toned yet.-DeLand News
Mistake. Editor Russell was never an
ardent supporter OF Senator Taliaferro.
He is the pledged supporter OF the nomi
nee of the Democratic primary Until
the holding of that function" he pleads
guilty TO purpose TO be free lance"
or free man, or any other old thing that
seems appropriate. II he can say any
thing good for candidate he'll say il,
and he'll hesitate TO speak the evil, hay
ing ever before him the successful pre-
cept of the three monkeys now brousing
at Tallahassee. He doesn't know whcth-
er TO be glad or sorry that his DeLand
contemporary is "still keeping his shirt
o." II all depends on the reason. If
it's because of lack of second garment
and a desire to secure its price in ex-
change for senatorial support, then he's
sorry; but il the DeLaud editor is speak
ing figuratively, as we believe he is, and
means that he is conscientiously weigh
ing the claims OF all the candidates and
will support the one he honestly believes
will best serve the people OF Florida,
why-then he's glad. But, even an edi-
tor is sometimes justified in changing
his shirt.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14

The holy rollers have secured foot
hold in Ocala. Later on the foot will
get restless and begin to swing. Against
that time the rollers should beware, or
they will roll out of Ocala with pain in
their subsequent end. The constitution
al guarantee of freedom in matters of re-
ligion can not be stretched to the point
OF including holy roller cranks, and the
people OF Ocala, though long suffering
and wondrous patient, are probably
aware of the TACT.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14
wm. A. RUSSELL. Editor

Attorney General Park Trammel says
he "sees no necessity for the calling of a
state convention for the purpose of pro-
mitigating democratic party platform. "
But Mr.. Trammel fails 10 tell us whether
he was looking through his legal eyes,
or his political spectacleS.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14
500 Reward 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased u
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work The proprieioIs have so much faith in its
curative powers that they otfer One Hundred
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for list of testimonials
F. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo, o
Tsks Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14

According TO state papers received
from all parts of Florida, the late cold
really did no damage to the orange crop.
Instead ii seems to have really strength
ened most of the oranges by rendering
them immune to future damage from
similar assaults,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14
The Editor Won.

A London paper described chill
dren's excursion as long white
scream OF Joy" and was called to ac-
count by a correspondent. who said
that a scream could be long. but not
white, whereupon the editor justified
himself by urging that "a hue lie often
associated with cry"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14

You cannot pursue happiness any faster
in an automobile than you can with
horse or on foot, but there's lot Of peo-
pie here in Palatka who will still think
that the machine adds zest to the pur-
Suit
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14

The manufacturing interests of the
country do not like the saloon, even a
little bit, and here in Palatka love for
that institutional leech doesn't amount
even to that much. The voice of the
manufacturer is worthy of heed. The
manufacturers OF a town are its greatest
wealth distributors. When they are
prosperous the towns in which they OPP
crate are sharers. 1t is through their
weekly distribution of wages that homes
are made possible TO operatives, and that
merchants receive the bulk of their pat
ronage. All public and private enter
prise feels the influence of this pay roll,
and Its curtailment, or temporary stop
page, acts as dampener.to all invest
ments. The saloon is destroyer Of
wealth; II takes from, but gives nothing
valuable in return. The drinking man
is not and cannot be a fully trusted en-
ploye. He is not always dependable
The great railroads and most of the other
corporations have placed him on the
black list and are refusing to employ him
in any capacity. The manufacturers are
soming to the same view. These men
ere not sentimentalists; they are practi-
Cal men OF the affairs OF NOW. Ii has
bean represented in all parts of Putnam
cous ty that the business interests of Pa
latka were urging the return of the sa.
loon TO. Palatka Through such repre-
sentation quite a number of men in the
country precincts have been induced to
sign the petition now before the county
commissioners calling for a wet or dry
election. That such representation was
without warrant is demonstrated in the
local columns OF this issue of the News
by the signed statement OF the leading
manufacturers of Palatka and its envir-
rons, in which they urge all their en-
ployes and friends TO withdraw their
signatures from said petition on the
ground that "a return of the saloons here
would iniure our business" The manu-
facturerS represented in this appeal en-
ploy a total OF $50 men and represent
weekly pay roll of SIS, $4,000, none of
which, under our present system, is held
up for lag" purposes. The men who
make this appeal have demonstrated
their worthiness OF respectful hearing.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14
Giants Nearly Twenty Feet Tall.

The giant Ferragus, who was slain
by Orlando, the nephew Of Charlie
magne, was, 1t is alleged, eighteen feet
high. He always accompanied the
army on foot, there being no horse tall
and strong enough to carry him. Pls-
terus in his published writings tells Of
a giant whom he examined at Lucerne
whose body measured nineteen feet
four inches and three lines.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-14

Every heart contains perfection's
germ.-shelley.