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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-12
To Drive Out Malaria

To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up the Svster,
Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. You
know what you are taking. The
formula is plainly printed on every
bottle, showing ii is simply Quinine
and Iron in a tasteless form, and the
most effectual form. For grown peo-
pie and children. soc advertisement
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-12

Then you won't marry me7'
mo; a thousand times no."
You don't need to say no a thou
sand times" retorted the rejected suit
or resentfully. Il only asked you
once"-Washington Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-12
Notice.!

DR. NJ e. Qtina has returned to the
city and will be In his Offices daily
during regular Office hours.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-12
Dress Shoes
that are perfectly
comfortable.
Come in and see them

You will need a pair
of these perfect-htting
Red Cross models to
wear with your new
Winter outfit.
They are wonderfully
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made flexible by the
Special Red Cross Tan
ming Process, bends
with every movement of
your foot-enab1es you
to walk with perfect
ease and freedom with
out any of the burning
and snarting of stiff
sole shoes.
One SldnCe at these
shoes will convince you
of their style; one step
in them of their wonder
full comfort; one months
wear that the Red Cross
Shoe is just what you
have been looking for.
Come in and see these
new models in all the
leading feathers and
fabrics for Fall and
Winter.
High Shoes, 81, $3.50
and SIS. Oxfords, $3.50
and 81.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-12

Sick headache Is caused by q dis
ordered stomach. Take Chamberlain
T blets and correct that and the head
aches win disappear. For sale by all
dealers. (Advert1sement.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-12
FLOATING THE
RANKIN WHICH
IS NOW ASHORE
TUG SIMPSON WENT BACK LAST
NIGHT AND Is EXPECTED TO
FLOAT THE SCHOONER WITHIN
A FEW DAYS.

The tug Simpson, which has been
engaged in floating the schooner Fred
die Hankin, but which was compelled
to stop work for few days to do
some towing, left port last night for
the point where the schooner is ashore
and will renew the work.
The Hanl0in grounded west of Cape
San Bias about month ago, and
after assisting IN floating a steamer
which also went ashore then the
Simpson started on the Hankin. II
Is expected that with favorable wealth
er the schooner will be floated with
in the next few days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-09
New York world.)

During the first nine months of 1864
all the anti-administration republicans
il the United States were sure that
Abraham Lincoln could not be re-
elected president.
The opposition to Lincoln's renomi-
nation was as strong and as well or
ganiZed as the opposition to Taft's
denomination.
His own cabinet was disloyal. Sal
mon P. Chase, his secretary of the
treasury, was intriguing for the pres
idency. The western radicals wanted
Fremont, precisely as the western
radicals are screaming today for
Roosevelt. Thad Stevens, who was
the republican leader of the house,
was strongly opposed to Lincoln,
Greeley, Wade and Davis were against
him because they believed he would
be defeated and that the election of a
democratic president would mean ma
tional disaster. Wendell Phillips want
ed "a statesman and patriot" in place
of Lincoln.
The New York Herald had suggest
ed Grants nomination and there was
strong sentiment in favor of the
hero of Vicksburg. A mass meeting
OF the Fremont faction of Lincoln's
opponents was held in Cleveland the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-09
A New Terror.

And now comes The report that the
Germans have designed an internal
combustion engine that means the end
OF smoke and smokestacks.
This will not only be a great thing
for vessels engaged in commerce. bu;
II will startle the world, especially so
in the matter OF warships.
When Admiral Dewey slipped into
Manila bay. his whole excursion came
near being a failure because the SCOT
in one OF the smokestacks OF his shin
caught on fire and thus gave prema
ture notice 20 the enemy that he was
in the vicinity. He won in spite OF
this. The smoke from a war vessel
can be seen long distance and some
times gives the enemy ample time &c
meet an approaching antagonist vic
toriously.
There is no certainty that this new
engine will be a success II it is, II
will add 10 the horror OF war. With
smokeless dreadnaughts, submarine
destroyers and with airships to droI
nitroglycerine. there will be awful
havoc in war.
The only hope is that the horror.
OF war will become so great that ma
tons will not only prefer but demand
peace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-09
The Field of Literature

Real improvements on an already
bright and entertaining periodical are
shown in the February number OF
Cartoons" the second issued, which
was published on the 5th. AS in the
first number, there are more than 200
reproductions OF the cleverest and
timeliest cartoons Of current Ameri-
can and foreign publications, but to
these have been added eight pages Of
fine half tone reproductions. A fear
ture is the cover design by John T.
McCutcheon of the Chicago Tribune,
and the full page portrait of this
world famed cartoonist with a typical
example Of his style and a sketch OF
his achievements. In the February
number all difficulty Of reading the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-09
LINCOLN AND TAFT

week before the Baltimore convention
It's attitude toward Lincoln was
similar to the attitude of the Roose-
welt progressive" republicans toward
Taft.
Even after Lincoln was renominated
his campaign managers regarded de-
feat as probable. Lincoln himself
shared their fears. AS late as August
%, 1864, he gave a sealed memoran-
dunn to Secretary Welles, which read
as follows:
This morning, as for some time
past, it seems exceedingly probable
that this administration will not be re-
elected. Then it will be my duty to
cooperate with the president-elect so
as to save the union between the cleo
ton and the Inauguration, as he will
have secured his election on such
grounds that he cannot possibly save
it afterward."
Yet in spite of all this dependency
Lincoln polled 2,216,O67 votes to Nc
Clellan's 1,S0s,725 and had 212 cleo
toral votes to McClellan's 81.
William H. Taft is not another
Abraham Lincoln and 1912 is. not
1864, but it is easily possible that the
anti-Taft politicians of this generation
may be no better prophets than the
anti-Lncoln politicians of preceding
generation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-09

my father had had some words about
the matter and that they knew more
than l did about Alice Clarke is evil
dent from the fact that they conversed
on the subject of heredity, the disgrace
attached to unknown parentage, and
especially the stigma of being born
out of wedlock.
| confess l was much shocked. l
would have been crushed to learn
these things about myself and felt
deal of pity for the poor girl who was
obliged to bear them. And that was
the most dangerous feature of the
whole affair She became an object
of compassion.
If had been of a combative nature
I should have made the acquaintance
of Alice Clarke and quarreled with my
father and mother AS it was, l fell
into the channel marked out for per-
sons of amiable disposition. / met
Alice without letting them know any
thing about it-that is, met her when
they were away from home. The beds
in the garden had been dug up for her,
and one morning when the sun was
shining warm l saw Alice go out with
seed packages to plant ] took occa-
sion to 20 out TO the barn for some
thing l didn't want. There was a
low hedge between the two places;
therefore no obstruction interviewed
between her and me. / did not screw
up my courage to speak to her till
returned from the barn; then l said:
aren't you putting In your crop
rather early?"
She was bending over the work, and
when I spoke rose and faced me. II
| seemed that she looked right through
/ me.
why. no." was her reply 81 don't
/ think Wen have another frost. Dc
you?"
"You can't be sure. but If we do and
/ your plants have come up they can D.
| covered to keep them from being nip
| ped"
| chatted with .her about what sb
was putting in and on various subjects
but did not cross the hedge-not theI
/ was not hurrying ON TO forbidde
ground I was drifting there.
A month passed. during which Il
one in my home knew that / had an
acquaintance with the founding Whe
4 the secret came out 1t was in this wise
On frosty morning the plants mex
door were seen TO have been covere
for their protection from the cold.
knew by the demeanOr Of my fathe
and mother at the breakfast table ths
something was wrong. When my fl
ther finished his breakfast and ha
scanned his paper he went out, leayin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-09

The only word that was spelled cor
rectly by the entire 112 was measure.
There is surely something wrong about
this II is by no means limited to
Kansas. The same poor spelI' will
be found in every school in the land.
1t would seem as if one of the impor-
tant needs Of the hour is a reorgani-
cation Of the spelling classes in schools
and a general revival of interest by
the public in the principles of correct
spelling.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-09
Fail to Endorse Roosevelt.

Belleville, Feb. 9.-An attempt to
endorse Theodore Roosevelt for presi-
dent failed yesterday at the closing
session Of the Illinois Retail Mer-
chants association. Sol Westerfield
of Chicago introduced a resolution
commencing President Taft for ap-
pointing a commission to investigate
the high cost Of living. This was
adopted Jonas Johnson of Chicago
urged the use of the big stick" on all
trusts and moved that the convention
endorse the Originator of the big
stick, Theodore Roosevelt" President
Killing refused to entertain the motion.
Alton was chosen as the next meeting
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-09
Feb. 9 in American
History

17I3-General William Henry Harri-
son, ninth president of the United
States, born; died 1871.
1S14-Samuel Jones Tilden, statesman,
presidential candidate in 1876,
born; died 1886.
1s26-General John Alexander Logan.
soldier and statesman, born; died
1886.
1S61-Jefferson Davis of Mississippi,
former United States senator, elect
ed provisional president of the Con
federate states.
1SS6-Generai Winfield Scott Hancock,
distinguished soldier, presidential
candidate in 1880, died; born 1924.
1e04-The United States addressed an
Identical note to the powers sug-
gesting that the neutrality ana In
tegrity of China be maintained
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-09

had been brought up in the dread
Of making a mesalliance. Mother had
lectured me time and again on the sub
3ect, and had thoroughly appreciated
the undesirable results Of marrying
out Of and especially beneath my class.
Mother did not insist on my marrying
a rich girl, but she deprecated my mar
rying one whose station in life was
different from mine. My father agreed
with her.
A day or two after the Clarkes NOV.
ed into the place next ours from my
window 1 saw Alice in the garden In
the rear. Whether she would have at
tracted others or not on sight I don't
know. She certainly. produced a pro-
found effect on me. She was fourteen
years old, but had completed her
growth-tall and willowy and graceful
in her pastures and movements. Her
eyes were her main feature, bespeak-
ing something impressive, though one
who looked upon her for the first time
would not know what it was.
1t was early spring, and the girl had
evidently gone out into the yard to To-
cate a flower garden for the coming
season. She inspected what beds
there were and looked about with a
view to locate more, laying out one by
putting two sticks in the ground with
a string between them.
How l should have liked to Join her,
take a spade and dig for her! But
knew my mother would see me, and
this would cause commotion. l new
er liked duplicity, but 1 never liked
painful interviews either. ! restrain
ed myself for the time, but 1 knew
that l would not be able to keep away
from the girl next door. Had known
then that she was founding 1t would
have increased my alarm at having
her so near me, but it would have
made no other difference. 1 should
have been engulfed all the same.
1t was evident the same evening that
my mother had caught sight of the
danger in the garden. That she and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-09
1sAIRS uM|
Our
OO(1EMlR,M
@E.A1BgElRS

buy his meals in elegant restaurants
with orchestral accompaniment, with
out being married to the COOK and
hearing the baby cry. He doesn't
care a hang about perpetuating the
family name. And he can fiirt Win
dozen girls without being asked his
intentions by a stern papa.
I'VE say women don't have to mar
ry for home any more. Well, neither
do men have to marry for home and
the comforts and necessaries of life
as their ancestors did. Therefore
women are more and more forced TO
look out for themselves. And l Tor
one don't see why woman, II she's
fit, shouldn't fill a public office with
the full approval Of everybody, the
same as a man"
Il don't believe in bachelors in pub
lie office either" quoth the woman in
the almost-seal. 'If l could vote l be-
lieve would go onto the platform my
self and conduct a campaign to keep
bachelors out of public offices. When
the people pay taxes to pay the sal
aries of public officials they ought to
know that their taxes are helping to
support the officials family and not
paying his club bills"
81 can't see it." returned the other.
Again it seems to me that the Office
should be given to the fittest, whether
man or woman, married or single.
Besides, it may not be the mans fault
that he isn't married. More than one
man is true to lost love. And then
, maybe the girl or girls he wanted
wouldn't have him, and he doesn't
want the kind that run after him"
well, l wouldn't want to vote if
couldn't feel the vote gave women
power to work out some of the things
women want" commented the first
| speaker.
| Il want the right to vote,'' said the
other, simply as matter of justice
II women had that right they'd use
it just about as men do. l don't think
it will change women to vote. We
have the masculine woman and the
feminine wire puller with us now. II
won't be the franchise that will hard
en- women and cause them to lose
their femininity. 1t is the struggle tt
keep their heads above the industrial
sea into which they have been thrus
that's taking away their femininity.
Men are really the losers" she
sighed. They are losing the com
partnership of beings who showed
them the lighter side of life, and thu
sweeter, softer sentiments. The earn
est man needs such companionship
He needs the relaxation of a home
coming to such a woman. But he i
pushing it away from him with boil
hands, because he thinks he ha
found something better. He's mad
woman wake up, but he doesn't know
enough to pet and persuade and low
her into being his co-worker instea
of his competitor"
Say" said the woman in the a
most-seal coat, have you notice
they're trying to get a corner on a
the milk now? We've stopped eatin
eggs and butter l wonder if We
! have to stop milk, too"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-09

duty on raw sugar is 1.6s5c a pound,
and this duty c. A. Spreckels, presi-
dent of the Independent Federal Sugar
Refining company, testified before the
Hardwick committee, increased the
price OF refined sugar about two cents
a pound. In 1911 the consumption Of
sugar was 7,4S9, 195,s40 pounds, and
a tax Of two cents per pound on this
quality would be $149,7s3,916.so. Mr..
Spreckels says the duty is not need
ed and that this $14e, 7s3, 1850 repre-
sents the tribute unjustly exacted
from the American consumer under
shelter Of the tariff.
Confirmation of Mr.. Spreckels' state
ment OF the effect Of the tax is found
In the fact that the American Sugar
Refining company has been selling
sugar for shipment to England at
3.65c, f. o. b. New York, cash less two
per cent. The drawback" or refund
Of the duty paid, which the government
allows when this sugar is exported is
about 1.soc a pound. The duty on
raw sugar, basis e6 degrees, is 1.6S5c,
on refined sugar 1.9Oc, but on raw
sugar for every degree over 90 de.
gree test the government taxes .035c
| advance. Refined sugar tests practi.
cally 100 degrees, or four degrees over
SO degree test. Adding the increased
duty for the increased test, Ia points
are added to 1.6s5c. or 1.S25c. so that
under the present rates. refiners' pro
lection is about 1-16c per pound.
The loss in revenue to the govern
ment from the tariff changes proposed
by the democrats is put at $40, 1000, 0OC
a year. It is proposed, however, tc
make this UP by putting a duty Of
per cent on raw rubber and cutting
the duty on manufactures Of rubber
from 35 per cent to Is or 20 per cent
Besides making rubber goods cheaper
revenue duties will be increased b!
$4,000, 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-09
The UnknowabIe Future.

think as little kitty plays
So peaceful on the mat
That it will make pretty mum
When 1t grows big and fat
1t comes and plays about my knee
That I its sides may pet.
The kitty cannot read my thoughts
And so it doesn't fret.
Yon little porker III the pen
That gobbles up the swill,
A pretty penny it will bring
When 1t is fit to kill.
My fell design 1t doesn't guess,
For porkers are not bright,
And so it grunts and grunts and grow:
From morning until night.
The rooster with the gaudy plume
That comes to pick up corn
AS 1t Is scattered for the chicks
Don't know why he was born.
He thinks that he was made to strut,
A naughty barnyard lord,
Whereas from first he was designed
To grace the festive board.
And are the simple birds and beasts
Alone, o man. in this?
Are they the only ones to think
Will last their present bliss?
Not by a jugful, Man himself
Is lulled by that same within,
And never once does he suspect
The jolts ahead for him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-09
Saving on Sugar.

Democrats OF the house ways and
means committee have agreed In the
provisions Of a bill revising the sugar
schedules Of the Payne-Aldrich tariff
law and have assurances from the in
surgents In the senate that they will
vote for the bill when IT reaches
them. A reduction Of almost 80 per
cent is made in the duty on sugar,
the bill does away with the differen-
tial in favor Of refined sugar. abol-
ishes the No. 16 Dutch standard of
color and levies a straight duty of one
cent a pound on the sugar content Of
all imports, measured by the polar
iscope test, The present tariff on re-
fined sugar is 10 cents a pound.
The removal OF the differential and
the Dutch standard also would open
the door to the light grades Of sugar.
not refined, which used TO be the
sugar OF the common people OF the
United States before the trust got con.
troll OF the American market through
the Dingley tariff.
Sugar was costing more last Sep
TENDER than at any period in eighteen
years, reflners' quotations having ad.
Vanced from 4.6Oc in January to /. Use
the quotation for prompt delivery in
September. The effect of the tariff
on the price OF sugar was the same
when the quotation was highest as
when lowest for the year, as the tariff
rate is a specific one, and II has not
been changed In many years.
Importations now are practically
confined TO raw sugar. which Is re
Jfiued in local refneries. The full
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-09
We Are All Poor Spoilers.

The average American cannot spell
worth a continental Men of business
ability and acumen, brainy and
bright, who can carry mammoth in
terests on their shoulders, are I'M
able to write an ordinary business
letter and spell half Of the words cor
rectly. That is where the blond ste
nographer fills long-felt want. She
Is not always much Of a speller her
self, but she can beat the boss, and
If there is a mistake in the typewrit-
ten letter it is a relief to lay it on to
blunder of my stenographer."
Ever so often we have powerful
proof presented that our schools do
not give the attention to the ordinary
study Of spelling that they should. In
stances are innumerable where tests
show the ignorance of the spelling of
most ordinary words.
Prof. Beall Of the Kansas State Ag.
ricultural college got the idea in his
head that ordinary photography was
not receiving the attention that it de-
served in the high schools and col
leges. He therefore prepared a list of
simple words, such as are used every
day in common writing and converse
ton and had them given out to the
students. The result was sad. There
were liz high school and college stu.
dents with education practically fin
ished, ready to go out in the world
In the list there were no catch words,
or stickers, such as are used at
spelling bees to floor the unwary-
just common. ordinary, everyday
words. Here is the list and number
of misses opposite each word:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-09
Humor and
: Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
~ DUNCAN ~. SMITH

TT is easy to feel that we are all right.
The difficulty lies in conveying this
impression to others.
A bird in the bush looks ten times as
alluring as bird in the hand.
Trouble has a sly way Of slipping up
on you when you aren't looking for II.
1t is hard to forget the favors we ex-
pect our friends to do US.
There is material difference be-
tween a check to expenses and a check
for expenses.
We never know how provincial we
are until we discover how provincial
the fellow from the other place is.
With some men the affinity problem
seems to stretch into infinity.
A girl really does hate to give up the
privilege Of managing half a dozen
men for the doubtful task of breaking
in one.
A man may have a lot of sand with
out ever letting you suspect it, but the
fellow with nerve always lets you
know he has it.