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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-03
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part in these crimes freely. she evaded
every effort of the authorities to learn
the other members of the fanatical
band who asslstd her in some Of the
crimes.
She declared that she killed the four
members Of the Randell family. who
met death here last November, four
members OF the Abdrus family, who
were killed here a year ago last Feb
ruary, a family OF 1--WE negroes at
Rayne and negroes at Crowley. One
OF the other victims at Lake Charles
and in Texas who were killed since
her arrest were slain in exactly tho
same manner. and the authorities are
sure that they were the victims OF un-
named members OF a band Of fanatics
that aided her in part OF her bloody
work.
Through the succession OF murders
the theory OF the authorities has been
that all of the thirty five negroes have
been killed were the victims OF ia
natics Of the Church OF Sacrifice" a
mysterious negro sect that is said 20
have engaged In the sa-inoe Of hu-
man lives as a manner OF securing
Immortality. This part is borne out
by the confession OF the woman
Before engaging in any of these
''hoodoo" which she got from a
preacher and which she and other
members OF her band were assured
would protect them from the law.
While the exact reason for the muir
ders is not explained TO the Satisfac-
tion OF the authorities, IL Is believed
that she and her companions were
degenerates and that their weakened
brains were easily affected by the ex-
hortations they had heard in the
Church OF Sacrifice"
A peculiar feature OF the case ls
that Raymond Rarnabet, her father
was convicted Of the murder Of the
Andrus family, she being the chief
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-03
RECORDER HANDLED
THIRTY-FOUR CASES

Thirty four cases were on the docket
at yesterday mornings session of the
police court and Recorder Welsh dis
posed of them in the following man.
ner: Ten youthful offenders were
turned over to the probation officer,
six defendants were discharged, seven
cases were nolle pressed, two were
turned over to the county, one case
was continued and one defendant was
given a jail sentence of ten days, while
the others were fined. The amount
of the fines assessed aggregate $50.
The small boys who broke into
Phillips's candy store were turned
over TO the probation officer, who has
not as yet disposed of their cases.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-03
HAPPY WOMEN
| Plenty of Them in Pensacola and Good
Reason For II.

Wouldn't any woman be happy,
After years of backache suffering,
Days of misery, nights Of unrest,
The distress of urinary troubles,
She finds relief and cure?
No reason why any Pensacola reader
should suffer in the face OF evidence
like this.
Mrs. Lizzie Fillingfm, sos n. Devil
lier ST., Pensacola, Fla, Says II suf-
fered from severe pain in my back and
hip and nothing seemed to relieve me-
Ifcould hardly stoop and often the at
tacks were so bad that l was forced to
cry aloud also had headaches, and
did not rest we'll. Seeing Doan's Kid
ney Pills advertised, procured a sup
ply from the Crystal Pharmacy and af-
ter had taken few doses, felt bet
ter.s The pains soon ceased and my
health improved. Doans Kidney Pills
are deserving of my highest endorse
ment.' (Statement given April 20,
190S.)
A Lasting Effect.
On March "a, 1911, Mrs. Filiingim
said: The benefit / received from
oDan's Kidney Pills three years ago
has been permanent. l am constantly
recommending this remedy to other
kidney sufferers
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo.
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-ani
take no other.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-03
Peculiar After Effects
of Grip This Year
Leaves Kidneys In Weakened Condition

Doctors in all parts of the country
haVe been kept busy with the cpl
eemic of grip which has visited so
many homes. The symptoms of grip
this year are very distressing ana
leave the system in run down condi-
ton, particularly the kidneys which
seem to suffer most, as every victim
complains of lame back and urinary
troubles which should not be neglect
ed. as these danger signals often lead
to more serious sickness, such as
dreaded Bright's disease Local drug
gists report a large sale on DIR. Kill
merS Swamp-Root which so many
people say soon heals and strengthens
the kidneys after an attack of grip.
swamp Root is a great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy. and, being an
herbal compound, has a gentle healing
effect on the kidneys, which is almost
Immediately noticed by those who try
IT. DIR. KtlIner & Co.. Binghamton, y.
Y, offer to send a sample bottle of
Swamp Root, free by mail to every
sufferer who requests it. A trial will
convince any one who may be in need
OF 1t. Regular size bottles so cts. and
$1.0O. For sale at all druggists. Be
sure to mention this PAPER.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-03
COMMISSION TO CONVEY
BRONZE BUST COMPLETED
ev AssocIated pr.ss

Paris, April 2.-The French commits
sion which is to convey to America the
bronze bust of La France" by Auguste
Rodin for presentation to. the United
States and to be placed at the base of
the monument to be dedicated next
June to Samuel De Champlain, the
French navigator and exploder, has
been completed.
The delegation, under the leadership
of Gabriel Hanotaux, the historian and
former foreign minister, will sail on
board La France, of the French trans
Atlantic line, on her maiden voyage on
April 20 for New York. Leading friend
ly newspapers are sending special rep
resentatives with the delegation, for
which numerous receptions are being
ARRANGED in the United States and
Canada.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-03
CONGRESS APPRoPRIATEs
$s5o.0o0 FOR RELIEF WORK
b. Associates Press

Washington. April 2.--President Taft
&c gay sent message to congress ask
ing that half a million dollars be ap-
prop-iateo for strengthening the
levees and building new dykes in the
flood districts along the Mississippi,
Missouri and Ohio rivers, and within
fifteen minutes after II was read in
the house that body passed a bill
making ss5o,ooo available for the pur-
pose. The bill was rushed to the
senate, where 1t also passed. IL was
then sent to President Taft for his
signature.
After conferences with Secretary OF
War Stimson and General William Il
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-03

Besides, approximately seventy per
cent of the work of the Legislature
grows out of charter changes and
municipal bills. This time might be
given to larger affairs with very good
results to the people in two ways"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-03
81 CO. d.

New York, March 3c.--Dr. Talcott
Williams, associate editor Of the Phila-
the director of the School OF Journal
ism founded at Columbia UNI yersity by
the late Joseph Pulitzer with an en-
dowment of $4,000 900. Professor John
w. Cunlife, Lift D.. head of the En-.
glish literature department at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, is to be associate
director. Because the $4,000 building
now under construction at Broadway
and One Hundred and Sixteenth street
will not be completed until the sum
mer of 1912, instruction will begin On
Sept IL in temporary quarters.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-03

witness against him. Raymond was
sentenced TO hang, but sne mas Deen
Granted a new trial. She now declares
that her father Is entirely innocent "
the crime and that she IS one who
killed the members Of her family.
The grand jury, now In session, IL
expected TO Immediately return yer
dIct charging the woman with the
crimes 20 which she has confessed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-03
May be just the thing you
need, G. & w. Livertonic. a
substitute for calomel. All
druggists.

80 you're going 10 make a lawyer %
your boy JoshT'
81 don't think he'll make a lawyer.
replied aFrmer Corntossei But 7 want
him to study law 10 that he'll see how
Il works ana Tnebe have sense enough
20 keep CUT lawsuits Washington
Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19
Of Bernard Stewart, London
Lawyer, in Germany.

Kansas City. Mo.-A new game has
caught the fancy Of Europe. 1t ID
played in the dark with dangerous
weapons. Sometimes the reward ia
money, sometimes 1t is honor. more
often 1t Is Imprisonment and occasion
ally it is death. It is the game of
espionage.
In times of war spies are numerous.
Any soldier knows that. They are Sc
lected for their GOODNESS in times of
danger. histrionic ability and loyalty.
A spy plays his game alone. II he
wins, he aids his country: II he loses,
it Is death.
But in times Of peace. and all Eu-
rope is at peace except Italy and Tur-
key, espionage has not been consider
ed good form. OF course all govern.
ments have had their secret agents.
They were men trained in that bust.
ness. They were detectives. But OF
late army officers. naval officers, noble
men and persons Of high repute have
entered the espionage game and ap.
parently just for the zest of the mis-.
sion
Even national feeling toward the
spy seems to have undergone a decid.
ed change. Take the case Of Captain
Lux Of the French army. He had been
imprisoned at Graetz. Prussia, serving
a four years sentence. One night he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19
COSTS MONEY TO BE MAYOR
English Officials Have to Be Satisfied
With Glory and Honor-liverpool
Executive Well Paid.

London.--The mayors Of London
ind their executive dignity much
more expensive than the provincial
mayors. In most of the cities and
towns Of the United Kingdom an
amount ~ voted by the council sum-
cient to cover the ordinary expenses
of the mayor. But in London 1t Is Diff
ferent
The lord mayor. Of course. 10 in a
class by himself. He gets an allow
ance of $4,000 for his year of office,
and the average amount he has to add
to that out Of his own pocket is an
other $4,000. Outside the city Of Lon
don proper, which Is the lord mayors
district, London Is divided into %
metropolitan boroughs
OF the provincial cities Liverpool is
the mos generous to its mayor, giving
fixed salary Of $4,000. which is add
ed to when extraordinary expenses are
incurred. The Liverpool council also
pays about $4,000 year for horses
and Carriages. Birmingham, now the
second largest city in the United King
dom, made a grant for tho mayor last
year for the frst time. fixing the sum
st $4,000. Manchester. Sheffield. Leeds
aud Leicester, all places where the
position of mayor necessarily entails
very considerable expense, make
no grant
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19
Tied Bridegroom to Chair

house quickly to start on their honey
moon. Some Of his friends were
eagerly watching for the attempt to
escape. Mr.. Macguire made several
struggles to stand up. but sank back,
pale.
William tried to lift the chair to ole
side to get closer and discovered that
the bridegroom's coattatls were ted
securely to the chair legs In suca a
way that it was impossible for HIN to
attain his feet
Somebody remembered thai Mr..
Brian g. Hughes. OF 1894 Madison
avenue. was a guest at tho wedding.
He WAS found In another room. far
removed from the scene o: Fir. Mac.
CURES discontinue. He soiemnly
declared his innocence. However, he
was under guard for the rest OF the
evening.
me faGdonal feeling arose when
many women present declared It .
shame for anyone TO accuse such Z
benevolent looking gentlsman q %
ING any such pean /. $ 4. S. + Is. &
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19
65 YEARS MAKES AN OLD MAID
This 10 Opinion Of Woman Who Dill
agrees With Judges
Opinion.

st. Louis, Mo.--At what age does a
woman drift into old maidship?
Asked this question. more than a
score Of women ranging in age from
II to 40. and then some, became
peevish.
The younger set refused reply.
undoubtedly in silent defense of older
sisters, and the older lost its tenn
per somewhat, for obvious reasons
But one was brave enough to speak.
Miss Caroline Thummel. attorney and
school teacher, declared woman was
not an old maid until she has passed
IS years. She also added woman
can make herself an old maid at al
most any age.
Justice J. F. Boyer of Chicago. ILL.,,
sets the age Of entry into the old
maid class at Is years.
HE, is off In his judgment" said
Miss Thummel. why, no woman
should marry until she Is more thar
Is years old and Is sure she has
sense. 1t takes a woman Of expe:i-
ence to pick a tolerably satisfactory
man nowadays. and few women have
practical experience until they are
much beyond Is years DID,"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19
Mountclair, N. J., Turns Out En-
MaSSe to Hear Reasons.
But They Wore Masks, Even Voices
Waro Chanoed-Rumor Says Story
Teliers Arc All Married
Or Engaged.

Montclair. N. J.-There is a lot OF
unaatisfied curiosity In Montclair,
but It has been demonstrated how to
fill q church.
The other night was the time set
for the appearance Of the Never WEEDS.
Don't know 'em, do you? Well. Meth.
er does any one in Montclair. but
there is lot Of guessing on.
The never WEEDS were seven spin.
sters and seven bachelors who were
to come right out in public, like they
were Saying a piece in school, and
tell Why they had never married. They
were to reveal the awful secret to a
waiting world in the First Methodist
church, and for the first time on rec
ord in Montclair, an s. R. o. sign was
necessary at a church.
Tho crowds piled in, expecting to
meet the unwedded ones face to face.
They did. but the faces of the un-
welded were covered. In other words.
the seven couples were disguised.
Their own mothers wouldn't have
known them.
We'll know 'em when we hear their
voices" complacently declared the Gu
rious ones in the audience. But they
didn't. In addition to masks, wigs,
false boards and fantastic costumes,
the spinsters and "old bachs" used
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19
Government Spies in All Lands

escaped and after a weeks dangerous
travel reached France. He was re-
ceived as a hero. People went wild
at the mention of his name. A purse
Of gold was subscribed. Officially
France frowned and ordered Captain
Lux back to duty, but it cannot be dis
puted that he was the man Of the
moment.
Russia and Germany have almost
placed spies Of peace on the basis OF
prisoners OF war. A few weeks ago
these two governments made a for
NAL exchange Of spies. Just as prison.
ers would be exchanged in war.
Now England is In the midst OF =
popular demonstration against Ger
many. 1t results from a four and =
half years sentence a German court
gave Bertrand Stewart, a London law.
yer and officer In a territorial regi-
ment British newspapers are assail-
ing Germany bitterly. Demonstrations
are being held and probably the Brit
ish foreign office will recognize the at
fair and make formal request that
Stewart be set free.
In England a half dozen or more
Germans and Russians have been tried
on spying charges. But a few davs
ago Heinrich Crosse, an officer OF tho
German merchant marine, was tried
at Winchester and sentenced to three
years.
And so it goes In most all the ma
tons of Europe The game apparent
ly appeals to the officers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19
One Leg on the Ground Always.

Ono Leg on the Ground Always.
In 1872 Gov. Leland Stanford OF
California had an argument, which
ended in a bet, with friend, wheth-
er. horse ever has four legs of the
ground at the same moment while
running.
Eudweard Maybridge, an English
man and a photographer, had become
Interested and put up twenty-four
cameras on the race track, 80 ar
ranged that the horse would have to
break the strings: The individual
pictures we're all of even size. He
pasted these together, then used the
toy known as "zeotrope," and it was
found that all four feet never leave
the ground except in jumpinE.-By
the Narrator
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19
The Dizziness Of Genius.

In my last I mentioped my having
spent an evening with society OF
authors who seemed to be jealous and
afraid of one another. My uncle was
not at all surprised to hear me SAY
that I was disappointed in their con.
versation. "A man may be very en-.
tertaining and instructive on paper"
said he, "and exceedingly dull in com.
mon discourse. I have observed that
those who shine most in private com.
pany are but secondary stars in the
constellation of genius. A small stock
Of ideas is more easily managed and
sooner displayed than a great quantity
crowded together. There is very sci.
dom anything extraordinary in the ap.
pearance and address of a good writ.
er; whereas dull author generally
distinguishes himself by some oddly
Of extravagance. For this reason I
fancy that an assembly of grubs must
be very diverting."-By Tobias Smol.
lett to Sir Watkin Phillips Of Jesus
college, Oxon.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19
Their Preference.

Nov, boys" said the teacher, II
need not tell you anything further Of
the duty of cultivating a kindly dis
position. but will tell you a little
story Of two dogs. George had a nice
little dog that was as gentle az "a
lamb: He would sit by Georges side
quietly for an hour at a time. He
would not bark at passers-by, nor at
strange" dogs. and would never bite
anybody or anything. Thomas dog,
on the contrary. was always fighting
other dogs, and would sometimes tear
them cruelty. He would also fly at the
hens and cats In the neighborhood,
and on several occasions had been
known to seize a COW by the nostrils
and throw her. He barked at all the
strange men that came along, and
would bite them unless somebody in.
terfered. Now, boys. which is the dog
you would like to own, Georges or
Thomas's" instantly came the an
swer in one eager shout: "Thomas's."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19
WONDERFUL SAVING OF LIFE

have been under former measures and
methods.
Does not that make the work ap-
pear worth while?
Nothing is palmer than that educa-
ton of the people, combined with a
willingness on their part to do the
best they know how. III the various
ways Of taking better care of them
selves. is the main source of this
splendid result. The greatest saving
of life has been among those diseases
most affected by sanitary administra-
ton and control.
A still better story is to be told If
the people will do as the Health De-
partment teaches there will be still
greater saving daring the next ten
years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19
The Past az a Lesson.

The past, even our past, is nothing,
except as we. Quickened by its ex-
amples, >instructed by it's experience.
warned by its voices. assisted by it's
accumulated fundamentally. shall re-
produce it in the life of today. Is once
busy existence, various sensations,
fiery trials. dear bought triumphs; its
dynasty Of heroes, all it's pulses Of Joy
and anguish, and hope and fear, and
love and praise, are with the years be-
yond the flood. 'The sleeping and the
dead are but rs pictures" Yet, gazing
on these, long and intently and often.
we may pass into the likeness of the
departed may emulate their labors,
and partake Of their immortality.-Ru-
fus Choate.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19
Brian 6. Hughes Was At Wedding in
Harlem and Is Under
Suspicion.

New York.-Some wag with a pro-
pensity for playing practical jokes at
unwonted times is the subject for Gen.
sure In a sedate circle of Harlem's
usually unrufned precincts. The con-
troversy nearly caused row and did
result In some feeling when the men
friends of tho bridegroom. Edward A.
Macxaire. set out to discover the man
who tied his dress suit coattails to
the chair at the wedding supper few
days ago at tie home Of the brides
father, John J. O'Keeffe, Is e. One
Hundred and TWenty.ninth street.
Mr.. Mac8uire. who belongs to the
Seventh regiment, WAS In the COM
pany Of his bride, Miss May Arsenia
O'KoaHe. surrounded BY his reG1men-
tai friends, and had replied to nu.
morous toast. Ken h1s bride gave
him - signal that they had bettes
aoavo the table and alp out e IL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19
the Death Rate Of Chicago Almost
in Half, Statistics Show.

Modern sanitary measures and pre-
ventive medicine (Which means no
medicine at alD are chiefly res, ,onsi-
BILE for nearly doubling the average
length Of human life in Chicago, and
that within only one generation.
This statement is clearly borne out
by statistics published by the Chicago
Health Department, and is only slight
ly less true of some other localities
But the bald statement does not sufl-
GENTLY convey the whole truth. Look
at the figures: An average death
rate in Chicago during the whole for
ty years previous to the last decade
of 21.9 per thousand Of population.
During the past ten years the average
has been only lat. This means a
saving OF l24,421 lives. for the ten
years. or 12.442 per year. That IN.
there were Just that many less deaths
e1on all oauses than tharo would
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19
PHRASES on HEEL AND TOE
Two Words Seem 10 Have Lent Thosss.
& selves to lnnumerable Coined
: ~ ~ :. ..#2 Expressions. s '

The fact that heels and tees are tho
only words which signify both partssof
the body and parts gifts clothin9sts
doubtless responsible for the innumer-
able phrases in which both words play
an important part. In these unquestton-
ably the heel is the more frequent fac
tor-generally in its corporal as dis
tinguished from its sartorial sfgnid-
canoe. 1t IL amusing, for instance, to
recall the time when the "mashers" Of
the period wore red heels: to their
shoes, thereby, it will be remembered,
subjecting themselves to the hagel]ar
ton from the pen Of the spectator.
Not that red heels were q novelty in
Addison's time. for they were In EVIL
dence in the reign Of Elizabeth. In
France the height and color Of the
heel were fashion set by the grand
monarque.
Present day votaries Of the dance
might not inconceivably laugh the sug-
gestion to scorn. but, in other respects
and with due notifications, the de-
scription does not seem unrecogniz-
ably archaic. "Out at heels" has long
been proverbial phrase; Faistan. who
nowadays would possibly have de-
clared he was "stoney BROKE" tells
Pistol he is almost "out at heels"
We have-to take to ones heels. to
kick ones heels to show a pair Of
heels, to turn on ones heels, to grind
under heel, to cool ones heels. heels
over head. the iron heel. And that
we are most lofty runaways-a kin
dred expression to our showing a
clean pair Of heels" and taking to
ones heels" And quotations might
be multiplied. Nor must the familiar
two for his heels" be forgotten, the
vulgarity Of which alienated the gen.
teel mind of immortal Mrs. Battle
from cribbage.