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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-20

L hC 1uuIdu OOUdIO lTGu TWICE.
eff that niger Sebato don't quit
shootin' I'll let loose on all O. ye"
called Skeene, shaking his rifle above
the wing-dam edge. cit back to
your dreen, Josh Hale, tell you"
Hale started to push his canoe
among the rocks where he could hold
it and fire under cover. Skeene slid
suddenly to the corner of the wing
dam and fired three shots through
the canoe, cutting a swale lengthwise
at the waters edge. 1t settled in two
feet of water.
''Now'n you let me be?" called
Skeene. 81 hain't done nothin' to
you. If that there moose-warden
wants me let him come and get me.
| tell We I'll shoot to kill at the next
man that fires!"
you dasn't," shouted the sheriff
from behind his rock; you amt half
a man, Jim Skeenew
81 be-" said Skeene calmly, ''but l
don't want no fuss. You keep off'n
this river, and you keep off'n this
here wing-dam. And you stop sneak
in along the woods there, Billy Sc
bato! Git back there! Git back, or
I'll shoot to kill. Tell that niger
Indian to get back! Tell him quick!
| see him."
Sebato's rifle cracked, and the shot
was repeated by Hale, wading out on
the shoal. Then forked flame flash
ed from the wing-dam, there came
crash and crackle of dry twigs,
and the Indian pitched heavily over
the bank into the swirling river.
Skeene's pale face appeared above
the dam, but nobody shot at him.
you drove me to it, said Skeene.
He spoke huskily.
Come down off'n that wing-dam,"
commanded Hale.
mot for you, Josh Hale" replied
Skeene, nor for any man O. ye! An
1 won't be took, neither. I'm goin'
away to live quiet if they let me-
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22
jim sLuDso.

Wall, no, can't tell whar he lives,
Because he don't live. you see;
Leastways, he's got out of the habit
OF livin' like you and me.
Whar have you been for the last thre:
year
That you haven't heard folks tell
How Jimmy Bludso passed In hi:
checks
The night Of the Prairie Belle?
He weren't no saint. them engineers
Is all pretty much alike
One wife in Natchez- under the-h hill
And another one here. in Pike.
keerIess man In his talk was Jim,
And an awkward man in a row,
Because he never f1unked, and he
never lied;
reckon he never knowed how.
And this was all the religion he had
To treat his engine well;
Never be passed on the river;
To mind the pilots bell;
And II ever the Prairie Belle took fire
A thousand times he swore,
He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank
TIL the last soul got ashore.
All boats has their day on the Missis-
sip,
And her day come at last -
The Movastar was a better boat.
But the Belle, she wouldn't be
passed.
So she came tearin' along that night
The oldest craft on the line
With a niger squat on her safety
valve,
And her furnace crammed, rosin and
pine.
The first bust out as she cleared the
bar,
And burnt a hole in the night:
And quick as a fash she turned and
made
For the wiIIer-bank on the right.
There was runin' an cussin,' but Jim
yelled out
Over all the internal roar; -
''Pll hold her nozzle again the bank
It'll the last galoot's ashore!"
Through the hot. black breath Of the
burnin' boat
lin Bludsoss voice was heard,
And they all had trust in his cussed-
ness,
And knowed he would keep his word.
And, stre's you born. they all got on
Afore the smokestack fell
And Bludso's ghost went up alone
In the smoke Of the Prairie Belle.
He wern't no saint-hut at jedment
I'd run my chance with Jim,
Longside of some pious gentlemen
That wouldn't shake hands with
him.
He seen his duty, a dead-sure thing
And went for it thar and then;
And Christ amt a-going to be too
hard
On a man that died for men.
John Hay.
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eral to succeed Mrs. Matthew r.
Scott, whose term of office is about to
expire, Is exciting widespread interest
for very obvious reasons.
There are three candidates already
announced for this elevated position,
two of whom, Mrs. Story and Mrs
Horton, of New York. have been SO
much written about that their tHSi-
vidual characteristics and accomplish
ments are very generally understood
and appreciated. But 1t is only of
comparatively recent date that a
southern candidate has aroused pub
lie attention and consideration.
This candidate, Mrs. Charles B.
Bryan, Of Memphis, has within a few
weeks time become a formidable as
pirant for the Office of president gem
eral Of the D. A. RS, and her cause
has been warmly and enthusiastically
espoused by the daughters throughout
the South.
waged by the friends of Mrs. Horton
and Mrs. Story viii naturally prove
helpful to Mrs. Bryan, If the rules
governing politics hold good with
women as with men. The Jackson
Bryan's candidacy:
The Daughters of the American
Revolution are in the depths of one of
the most animated campaigns which
their society has known. The action
Of Mrs. Charles Bryan, of Memphis
Tenn, in announcing her candidacy
has resulted in utter confusion. Mrs.
Bryan is the daughter of the hero Of
Hampton Roads, Commodore Raphael
Semmes. and sister to Mrs. Luke
Wright, wife of Roosevelts secretary
Of war, and has held every post Of
honor except the supreme one since
the daughters organized. Her candi-
dacy is less than a month old and was
announced in proper form by the state
regent. Miss Mary Murfree. who, as
under the nom de plume of Charles
Egbert Craddock, won national fame
as a story teller.
There is no member of the organ
ization more prominent than is Mrs.
Bryan. Her acquaintance is extensive.
In the South she needs no introduction
since she is known in every state as
the brilliant daughter of one of the
greatest of the southland's heroes, Ad-
miral Raphael Semmes.
"That Mississippi Daughters of the
American Revolution win support
Tennessee in this aspiration it is
learned from Mrs. Andrew Fuller Fox,
herself power in the society whose
worth is everywhere recognized, is
evidenced by the fact that Is of the
20 chapters have already enthusiastic-
ally endorsed Mrs. Bryan and at the
state conference her en-
dorsement will assuredly be unani-
nous.
Mrs. Bryan has, been connected
with the society since it's organization,
and has filled many high Offices and
is thoroughly equipped for the duties
of the one to which she now aspires."
Mrs. Bryan is an aunt Of Mr.. Oliver
]. Semmes, of this city.
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22

Army of Tennessee Department of the
Veterans at the last reunion at Ma
con. She personally gathered relics
on the Georgia, battlefelds and hawked
them on the streets of her native town
to help defray the expenses of enter
tanning the veterans when the state
division met at Marietta last year.
Miss Rambo is known throughout
the south as a skillful and daring au-
tomobile pilot. She has participated
in several of the Glidden tours and
come through with good scores. She
is an athlete of considerable ability
and an enthusiastic sportswoman.
Wealthy in her own right, she has
probably done more than any other
girl in the state for the welfare of the
old followers Of Lee and Jackson and
Longstreet.
Confederate Veterans throughout the
south are watching the condition Of
Miss Rambo with interest. Georgia
people particularly are anxious as to
the outcome, Miss Rambo being one
CT the most prominent young women
socially in Atlanta as she is in her
home town. She is a special favorite
with Governor Brown, whose home is
also at Marietta She will remain a
guest at the executive mansion until
all danger is past.
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22

Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 2o.-Miss Regina
Rambo, of Marietta, a member of the
Georgia winter colony at Rockledge,
Fla, is in Atlanta for Pasteur treat
ment as a result of a mad dog scare
at the East Coast resort. Miss Rambo
was bitten by a terrier which Jack
sonvi!le experts, after exapni nation,
declared was infected with rabies.
Within the past two or three weeks
score of Rockledge residents and
tourists have been bitten by various
dogs said to have been infected with
hydrophobia The mayor of the little
town has issued orders that all dogs
caught within the confines of the viii
lage shall be killed. There is consider
able excitement in that section of Flor
ida, aad dogs are being sacrificed 10Y
the hundred.
Miss Rambo is with Governor and
Mrs. Joseph NJ. Brown at the execu-
tive mansion. She is taking the mat
ter cool,y, and, save for daily trips to
the offices of the state board of health
for treatment, has not changed her
manner of living.
Miss Rambo is one Of the most
prominent young women in Georgia.
She is the consistent friend and toast
of the Confederate Veterans and Sons
of Veterans. She was sponsor for the
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22

and I rule them solely by love. have
never whipped one of my children, nor
nave I laid an angry hand one one OF
them, yet I doubt if there are any
children who are more loving or tract
able, and 1 am sure there are no chill
dren who are happier. If / admitted
that I had to whip to enforce rules
then 1 would also admit that my ply
sical strength is all the strength pos
sess; that l am weak in mind and
without will power.
THAT is practically the confession
made by every teacher who demands
the restoration of the ROD in the pub
lie schools; he or she depends solely
upon physical strength, and that, in
the control and guidance of children,
is the weakest of all weapons, and the
one they learn soonest to despite. One
must have a strong WILL and be firm
and just and always tender and mer-
ciful.
1.-THE trouble with the public school
system is that il deals with children
Just as a farmer deals with young
cabbage plants. He put all on the
same plot of ground, where the distri-
button of sunshine and rain is equal
He never differentiates in his treat
ment, because cabbage plants bear NJ
sign of individuality.
"But children are not like cabbage
plants. Two plants are alike, and will
mature under the same treatment, but
there never were two children who
were alike, yet the public school sys-
tern classifes them so. The children
in school today are given the same
treatment as that given the children
of generations past. Your child must
be like mine, the public school system
decides, and that is not all, for it must
be like the child of a century ago.
"The teacher with forty or fifty
restless children in her care is not IL
blame for this classification. She does
the best she can under such condi-
tions, but the result is not credit to
the intelligence of the people.
"But, as said in the beginning. all
this theorizing by men will not re
store corporal punishment. Why, I will
wager that If Professor McMurray has
a wife she has told him since he made
his opinions public that no teacher
shall ever whip her children. And that
is what all true mothers say. If our
children are to be whipped, let us do
the whipping! And too much empha-
sis cannot be laid on this statement;
no mother, who is fit TO have the care
of children. win ever whip them.
'eThe world owes great homage to
the man behind the gun. but there is
greater debt due the woman behind
the man.
And that is the welfar and happi-
mss of childhood
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22
MARTHA WASHINGTON TEA
At HOME OF MRS. JENNINGS.


The ladies OF the First Methodist
church entertained yesterday with q
Martha Washington tea at the home
of Mrs. T. A. Jennings. the occasion
proving not only delightful socially,
but adding quite sum to the, church
treasury.
The beautifully appointed home
had been appropriately decorated for
the occasion and Mrs. Jennings was
assisted by number OF ladies and
young girls OF the church in making
the afternoon one of much pleasure.
At the front door the guests were
crested by Little Miss Mary Jennings,
as Martha Washington. in dainty CO.
lonial gown and powdered hair. and
Master Charles Hartsfield, as the
Father OF His County-the very fac
sirnile OF George Washington.
The hall was decorated in crimson
and green, bright red hatehets and
red carnations. with ferns and other
pot plants being effectively used.
The parlor was decorated in GRIM
son carnations and ferns, and receiv-
ing here with Mrs. Jennings were Mrs.
]. F. Dusenbury. Mrs. NJ. H. Holt,
Mrs. Dan Sheppard, Mrs. ]. II. Col
Inns and Mrs. J. A. Avant.
The library was bright with the
spring-like blooms of golden jonquils.
In the dining room the red and
green were also used with artistic ef-
feet. the carnations and Fright red
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22
THE WOMAN BEHIND
THE MAN.

The following interview by Francis
L. Garside with a prominent ST. Louis
educator. will be read with interest by
all who have the welfare Of the child
at heart. It Is taken from an ex-
change:
Il honor them all; but I honor, too,
The Infinite Wisdom's plan
Of putting a man behind the gun,
And woman behind the man"
When asked what she thought of
the plan proposed by Professor Frank
H. McMurray, director OF elementary
education of corporal punishment in
public schools, Mrs. Robert G. Weber,
living at No. 4e0 Riverside Drive,
quoted the above little poem and then
laughed softly.
81 think" she said. that If il were
not for the women there would be no
schools and that as the women pro-
duce the children that fill them 1t
should be their privilege to say how
the schools should be conducted. The
men have their theories. That is all
right. 1t does them good to express
themselves occasionally, but have you
ever noticed that while the men may
talk and theorize it is always the
woman who decides?'
Mrs. Weber is an ideal mother, and
no one is better fitted to judge of what
is the best help in the training Of the
children than she. Born of one of the
best families in ST. Louis, and an ex-
tensive traveller all her life, she has
had the environment and the oppor-
tunity for observation that make opin-
ions invaluable. Always a thinker on
such subjects, a devoted lover of chill
dren and absorbed to the exclusions
of undue social activity in the train
ing Of her three little oaes, she speaks
from an experience that knows none
of the narrow limitations that domi-
nate the average woman's life.
''In every city of any size in the
world" she said, there are societies
that have for their aim the protection
Of dumb animals. They are the out
come of the knowledge that a dumb
brute can be controlled without the
use OF the lash. The controlling power
is love: that is the thought that IS
pounded into the head Of the man too
ignorant to absorb IT, He is taught
that his horse will obey quicker
through love than through fear.
Isn't child as intelligent as q
horse? To say that a horse shall not
be beaten on the streets, and a child
may be beaten in schools. is to ascribe
to the horse greater intelligence, a
greater receptiveness than to the child
"The idea is both slanderous and RI
diculous. If based on truth, then no
one may claim that the human race
has progressed. have three children
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22
WOULD CRY
FOR HOURS
Her Troubles Were Too
Numerous to Mention.
They Date Back
Twenty Years.

Joneshoro, Ark.,-Mrs. Alphie Nc
Gil, of No. 12s Miller Street, this city,
says: "About 20 years ago, suffered
complete breakdown in health. I
was very weak, and could not do any
work. For years. it was hired help
and treatments that got all my money.
None of these medicines did me any
good.
Someone told me to take Cardui.
had seen it advertised, but thought
il would be like every thing else. and
would do Lac no good. One day got
a bottle. and one bottle did me so
much good, was surprised and took
scme more. 1t cured me.
Before / took Cardui, I had head
ache and backache. and sometimes I
would cry for hours. Now I am over
all that, and can do all kinds Of House
WOTh' tnlnh II ID the greatest uieul-
cine on earth"
You may be sure, when Cardui will
relieve and cure such a serious case
as Mrs. McGiIIs, that it will, much
more quickly and certainly. help those
women who have no serious symp-
toms, but are just weak and aiiing.
Cardui may be the very medicine
your system has long been needing.
Try IL and see.
n. B.-write to: Chattanooga Medicine
Co., Ladies Advisory Dept, Chattanooga,
Tenn. for Special Instructions on your
case and 64-page book, Home Treatment
for Women" sent in plain wrapper.
(Adv.)
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22
"JUsT DO YOUR BEST"
BY James whitcomb Riley.

BY James Whitcomb Riley.
The signs are bad when folks COM
mence
A-findin' fault with Providence.
And balkin' cause the earth done
shake
At every prancin' step they take.
No man is great until he can see
How less than little he would be,
If stripped to self. and stark and bare,
He hung his sign out anywhere.
My doctern is to lay aside
Contentious and be satisfied;
Jest do your best. and the praise or
blame
That follers. that counts jest the same.
Pve allus noticed that success
Is mixed with trouble more or less,
And it's the man that does the best
That gets more kicks than all the rest.
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22
MRS. BRYAN FORMIDABLE
GAN NDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
GENERAL,

The Daughters OF the American
Revolution in every part of the coun-
try are looking forward with more
than ordinary interest to the ap-
preaching annual congress of the ma
tional organization. which will be held
in April, at Washington, D. C. Dele
gates are being elected to represent
the chapters at the congress and the
press contains frequent illusions to
the matters of vital concern. which
will - brought before this body of
representative patriotic women.
The election of the president gen.
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22

hatchets accentuating the crimson
color tones, and the table with its at
tractiye appointments being especial
ly appropriate.
The table was centered with a gay
cherry tree, and bright red hatchets
We're scattered over the covered
cloth.
A quartette of young girls served in
quaint colonial dress, Misses Louise
Mellen, Pattie Carter, Ethel Twitty
and Lucille Lurton.
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22
ORGAN RECITAL AT
CHRIST CHURCH.

There is promised another highly in
teresting recital on Sunday evening at
Christ church, as the following list
will show:
The Third Organ Sonata OF Men
delssohn.
Marche Solennelle-Lemaigre.
30 Lord Most Holy"-Abt.
Duet, Evening''-Vincent.
The vocal selections will be render
ed by the Misses Mabel Green, Adele
Chaffee and Willie Wood. the organ
pieces by Mr.. William Packham, Mus.
Bac.
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22
ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF
LADIES' CONFEDERATE
MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION,

The Ladies' Confederate Memorial
Association, which met yesterday af-
ternoon at the residence of the presi-
dent, Mrs. Horace Simpson, elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year: Mrs. Horace Simpson. reelected
by acclamation; Mrs. O. ]. Semmes,
secretary; Miss Cora Louise Simpson,
treasurer; Mrs. John Brosnaham, first
vice. president; Mrs. S. A. Moreno,
End vice-president.
Tentative plans were formed for the
observance Of Memorial Day, April
26th.
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22
MRS. EMMA r. JETER
UNDERGOES OPERATION.

The friends of Mrs. Emma r. Jeter,
who was operated on yesterday. will
be glad to learn that the operation
was successful, and that she is rest
ing comfortably, and the physicians
believe that her recovery will be rapid.
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22
SHE REMEMBERS.

Always it is a woman who remembers
OF two who might forget a certain
day,
Whether it be of Loves bygone No
vembers,
Or, happily. out Of the heart of May,
Always a woman sits at Life's cold
embers,
Seeking the gem where once it shin
ing lay;
Always it is a woman who remembers
While needless goes a man upon his
way.
&C. H. T. in Harper's Bazaar.
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22

condition? Eat nourishing foods, drink
lots of milk and pure water, exercise
outdoors-not violently. but enough to
feel comfortable glow all over you
and to breathe deep. Sleep with your
windows open and plenty Of warm COW
vers. Massage your face with a good
skin food, or good rich milk.
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22
MRS. SIDNEY KAHN
IN MONTGOMERY

Mrs. Sidney Kahn left on Thursday
for Montgomery, to be with her father
Mr.. NJ. Hirscher, who recently met
with street car accident in that city.
She was accompanied by her little
daughter. Bertha, and will probably
remain for several weeks.
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22
MISS HIRScHER TO VISIT
I'M NEW ORLEANS,

Miss Celestine Hirscher will leave
on Sunday for New Orleans. where she
win spend a fortnight or more as the
guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr.. ami
Mrs. A. Hartman. Miss Hirscher has
a bright and winning personality and
will no doubt be the recipient of many
social attentions in the Crescent City.
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22
TEXAS VISITORS GUESTS
OF DR.. YATES

Mrs. H. d. Miller and Miss Pauline
Thompson of Sherman. Texas. are the
guests of Mrs. Miller's brother, DR.. T.
G. Yates, 1922 East Strong street.
They arrived Wednesday and will
spend some time in Pensacola, where
they are being most cordially re-
ceiVed.
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22
City Tax Collectors Per.
sonal Tax Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the Tax
Assessment books Of the City of PEN
sacola are now open IN my off1ce for the
payment of taxes for the year 1912, and
that all taxes on personal property re-
naming unpaid, So days after the date
Of this notice, will be enforced by levy
and sale as provided by law.
Dated this 17th day OF January, A. D..
1918.
J. c. WHITING,
Tax Collector, City of Pensacola.
17ian2mo
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22
HEART AND
HOME PROBLEMS
ey Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: u)-I am a
girl of 81 and have the habit of bein8
proud. Do you think a girl can be
proud and at the same time have a
sweet disposition and be liked by her
friends? (2)-I am going with a gen.
tleman Of 27. We get along we'll to-
gether. Don't you think he is too old
for me? FLOSSIB.
DIFF you are proud of the right
kind of things, you may also be very
sweet and lovable. (2)-No.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I'm a girl of
20. I went with fellow three years.
Just lately he has turned me down
and is going with another girl I'm
quite sure he doesn't care as much for
the other girl as he did for me. What
should / do to win him back? He is
one year younger than /. Would that
make any difference in marriage?
BROKEN HEARTED.
My dear, I wish you had some Of the
pride that I hope is possessed by
"Flossie," who writes the letter ap-
pearing above yours II you had you
would not call yourself broken-heart
ed over the vacillating calf-love Of a
boy who isn't yet OF legal age to mar
ry. Let him go and manage to fall N
love with a real man.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: How can fill
out my sunken cheeks and take away
the dark spots in the corners of my
eyes next to my nose?
A. B. C..
1 should judge that what you need
is "fattening up" unless you are Ill
Have you asked a doctor about your
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22
COUNTRY CLUB TO KEEP
OPEN HOUSE THIS AFTERNOON.

house this afternoon, committee oi
ladies serving tea from four to six and
tennis and game of ball furnishing
amusement.
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22
PERSONAL MENTION

Mr.. H. B. White, Of the firm of A
Henry White & Bro, left last night
for Atlanta and Washington on busi-
ness.
Mr.. T. e. Conlin, after two weeks
stay in the city on business returned
to New Orleans yesterday.
Mrs. Emma L. Perry, who has been
the guest Of her daughter. Mrs. C. s.
Bonacker, for some time, is entertain
ing her sister, Mrs. C. Dacot Law, OF
Darlington, S. c., at her daughters
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. T. Faulkner left on
the 1o:3o train last night for Mont
gomery and to visit the formers par
ents in southeast Alabama. They will
be away about ten days.
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22
INFORMAL DINNER IN
HONOR OF HON, EMMETT Will

Col. and Mrs. Frank L. Mayes en-
tertained small party of gentlemen
friends at an informal dinner last
evening in honor of Congressman elect
Emmett Wilson, who will leave next
week for Washington.
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22

Dear Mrs. Thompson: How can i'll
out my sunken cheeks and take away
the dark spots in the corners of my
eyes next to my nose?
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22

1 should judge that what you need
is "fattening up" unless you are Ill
Have you asked a doctor about your
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22

Co., Ladies' Advisory Dept, Chattanooga,
Tenn. for Special Instructions on your
case and 64-page book, Home Treatment
for Women" sent in plain wrapper.
(Adv.)