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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
ELEVATORS IN EUROPE.
Except In First Class Hotels They Are
Crude Affairs.


Crude Affairs.
The use of passenger elevators is not
nearly so general in Europe as it is in
the United States. In Germany and
France most hotels of the very highest
class, catering to wealthy foreign tray
elers, are equipped with elevators
much like the American type, and in
tended to be freely used both up and
down The cheapest hotels and many
very good ones mt moderate prices,
though four or five stories high, are
not provided with elevators.
The almost universal type for me-
dunn priced hotels has a wooden cage
3 by 5 feet. intended for five per-
sons. 1t is driven by four horse
power electric motor and controlled by
series of push buttons on the outside
ut the bottom. A person desiring to go
to the third floor enters the car, and
the attendant Tor, rather, any servant,
for there is no elevator boyJ pushes
button No. 3, the car stops at the
third floor, and the passenger steps out
and calls down the shaft that the car
is free.
Sometimes the button control is in
side. in which case the attendant ac-
companies the passenger. Sometimes
there is an annunciator, but not often,
because the car is not supposed to be
called to an upper floor to carry pas
sengers down. Stairs are for that pur-
pose. AS the French have 1t, this III
stitution is an "aScenSeur' and not by
any chance a "deScenseur." In any
case, it is a privilege TO use it.
A few office buildings are equipped
with the same type elevator; but, as
rule, none except the most preten-
tious offices have Notwithstanding
oils News.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
They Make You Feel Good

The pleasant purgative effect pro-
duced by Chamberlain's Tablets and
the healthy condition of body and
mind which they create make one
feel joyful. For sale by all dealers.
You can't dodge the Malaria germ
while your liver is torpid. 1t makes
you an easy mark for the disease.
SIMMONS RED 2 LIVER REGULA-
TOR is the best protection. 1t puts
the liver in sound, healthy condition
and purifies the stomach and bowels.
Price, large packages, $1.O0; small
size 25c. Sold by all druggists.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
Gave Him a Hint.

Miss Carter had not been successful
In bringing young Dodge to her feet
and in consequence felt little spite
full toward him. One evening they
were having quite serious talk in the
library.
DO YOU think" asked the young
man. that men progress after deathT'
"Well. Sc" responded the girl. 'if they
don't it would aim iSt seem useless for
some of them to die"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03

In the South KensingtOn museum
are several wheel lock muskets with
ritled barrels made during the reign of
Charles l.. If not earlier. Such barrels
were then usually called screwed"
Zachary Grey in a note on "Hudibras, ="
part |, canto 3, line 533, says that
Prince Rupert. showed his skill as a
marksman by hitting twice in success
sion the vane on st. Mary's Stafford
at sixty yards with screwed" pistol.
-LondOn-Notes and Queries.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03

All who have torpid liver, weak
digestion or constipated bowels look
out for chills. The season is here
and the air full of the disease germs.
The best thing to do is to get your
liver in good condition and purify
the stomach and bowels. HERBINE
is the right remedy, it answers the
purpose completely. Price SOC. Sold
by Ackerman-Stewart Drug Co. and
]. H. Haughton.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
A Very Mad Doc.

A little girl came running to tell
about mad dog she had seen. We
saw mad dogT" she gasped. but the
words seemed too tame to do justice
to the situation. ''oh. he was mad,
madw she added. frowning and pump
ing her fists. He was furiousP'-
Harper's Weekly.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
Careless,

"Have you made special study of
the subject on which you are going to
Lecturer
mo" replied the gifted speaker. 81
tried that once, and got SO interested
in the subject that didn't have time
to write the lecture" - Washington
Star
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
Mans Love For Woman.

''If IA man loves woman for her
looks he will love her for five years
If he loves her mind he will love her
for ten years. If he loves her ways
he will love her forever" And every
woman believes when she marries that
her lover loves her s.-Exchange.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
StatesmanIa Trials.

you must remember not to forget
the folks back home" advised the vet
eran statesman.
"There is small chance OF my having
chance to forget them so long as
there are Jobs to till." replied the new
representative-Bunf Express.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
He Wanted to Know.

The Employer (coldly)-Why are you
so late? The Suburbanite (guiltily)-
There were two wrecks on the track
this morning, and The Employer
(estiIyl-Who was the other one?
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03

FOR SALE-Forty-two (42l acres, all
fenced, hog proof, twenty-five C25l
acres cleared, three years, and has all
produced fine potatoes. Will sell, or
exchange for city property in Palatka.
Hart Gibson Agent, Clifton, Sta, Va.
One hali-mile from East Palatka.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03

sour first baby is
strong and healthy and
we attribute this re-
suit to the timely use
of your Compound. -.
Mrs. FRED YoHANN,
Kent, Oregon.
81 owe my life and
my baby's good health
to your Compound. -
Mrs. W. o. SPENCER,
II. +. D., No. 2, Troy,
Alabama.
az have three chill
dren and took your
Compound each time"
Mrs. JOHN HOWARD,
Wilmington, Vermont.
II have a lovely
baby boy and you can
tell every one that he
is a 'Pinkham' baby"
-Mrs.LoUIs FISCHER,
80 Munroe St., Carl
stadt, N. j.
ave are at last
blessed with a sweet
little babygirl. Mrs.
G. A. LAPERoUsE,
Montegut, La.
az have one of the
finest baby girls you
ever saw. Mrs. G. E.
GOODWIN, 1912 s. 9Th
St., Wilmington, NC.
"My husband is the
happiest man alive to-
day," Mrs, CLARA
DARBRAKE, 397 Maril-
la St., Buffalo, NY.
"Now 1 have a nice
baby girl, the joy OF
our home. Mrs. Do
SYLVIA Core, No. lit
So. Gate St., Worces-
! ter, Mass.
al have a fine strong
baby daughter now. "
- Mrs. A. A. GILES,
| Dewittville, N. Y,
Route a.
:" I have a big, fat,
healthy boy .''-Mrs.A.
A. BALESeKR, R.F d,
l MOL RaltiInnra Ohio
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-03
CHILDLESS
WOMEN

These women once childless, now happy and
physically well with healthy childrenwill tell how
Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made
all Chis possible. Here are the names and correct
for yourself. They are only few out of many
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15
PUNIsHING MOTHERHOOD.

The Board Of Education Of the city
of New York has decided, by vote of
27 TO D, to discharge Mrs Bridget G.
Peixotto from her position "a teacher
In the New York public schools. She
is married woman, and her offense is,
in being the mother Of child Ncces-
sarily this motherhood removed her for
time from her teaching activities,
and the Board meanly and with APP
parent aDimosity discharged her on the
ground that she has been "abscpt from
her duty This absence is necessarily
admitted, and so the Board has it all
its own way
But as there are many women teach
ers in the New York schools who
are married, this action of the Board
means simply that although woman
teacher in the New YorI: schools may
marry and still retain her position, if
she has the hardhood to have q child
she will be discharged 1t would seem
as though n proposition of that kind
would be sufficient to put the School
Board into the harshest public con-
demnation. It is certainly q scandal
Gus thing for the Board to do.
There would be some plausibility in
proposition not to employ married
women teachers at all, on the theory
that it is the duty of their husbands to
support them; but to employ women
who are married and to say that there
is no objection to their employment
though they are married, but that they
must not have children, is cruelty
and shame beyond all excnse,
There is also in this case an element
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

of sheer robbery. Mrs. Poixotto has
been teacher in the New York public
schools for eighteen years. She is, ac
cording to all accounts, faithful, eff.
clcnt, and personally acceptable. I'm.
der the laws Of New York she would
be entitled IN two years moro TO retire
from school work on q pension. The nc
tion Of the Board, therefore, in her
case, robs her Of the reward of eighteen
years of good and faithful teaching
and deprives her of the pension which
she would have fully earned with two
years more Of teaching. And so, be-
sides being inhumau and viudictive,
the Board puts itself, in her case, in
the position Of sheer robbcr II robs
her of the benefits OF her well earned
efforts, and cuts off from her her rights
under the law, which have been nine
tenths earned by faithful work, VIC do
not believe that the public opinion of
any city of the Union, unless it be New
York, could refrain from burning such
Board OF Education in efIigy.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15
WHAT THE TREATY is,

With respect to the per cent re.
bate on imported goods brought into
this country in American ships, as pro,
posed in the new tariff revision bill,
a treaty between this country and
Great Britain signed in 1915 is quoted
by Solicitor Folk Of the State Depart
ment as what governs in this matter,
and as not giving Great Britain equal
rights to her shipping with the rights
of American vessels with regard TO
imports. But, as pointed out by the
Philadelphia Record, the treaty that
of 1894, which provides in article 3,
in dealing with the commerce on the
Great Lakes and between the United
States, Canada and the maritime prov
Inces of Great Britain, that all mer.
chandise whose importation into the
United States is not wholly prohibited
may be brought from British terri
tory in British vessels "and shall be
subject to no higher OF other duties
than would be payable on the impor.
ldUlOD OIL Inc bdHe III american yes
sells into the Atlantic ports Of the
United States.''
Imports from Canada, therefore. and
from all the British maritime posses
sions, would clearly be entitled to the
per cent rebate, the same as accord
ed ir this tariff bill to American ships,
But as imports from Canada, the Bcr-
mudas and other British maritime pos
sessions would be entitled to this re-
bate, it is the same thing as granting
it to British vessels from British ports :;
because the British goods could be
shipped first to the Bermudas, or TO
Canada, and then brought in on the
3 per cent discount basis. Further
tGan this. Great Britain could be made
the agent Of all the world in making
these shipments. even from countries
with which we have no such favored
clause in any treaty,
The view Of the Treasury Depart
meut, first announced. is evidently the
correct one; that all imported goods
would practically have 10 suffer this
rebate of ) per cent. President viii
son, therefore, was quite justified in
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15
HOW SULLIVAN DID IT.

The dispatches have told from time
to time how the Wilson administration
has interviewed in the case Of the re-
volt in Santo Domingo. The par
ticulars Of it, however, have not been
carried IN the dispatches, nor has the
public been Informed Just how it was
that Minister Sullivan, "the former
sporting gentleman from Connecticut, -
did the trick. Mr.. Sullivan was sent
to Santo Domingo as American Min
lister some months ago. He is evident
ly accustomed to direct methods, with
out any shilly- -shallying or hanging
back. When he has duty to perform
he goes right at it, and performs that
duty.
In this case there was revolt
against the established government in
Santo Domingo, Minister Sullivan, evil
IDENTIFY backed by our State Depart
ment, promptly informed the insurgent
leaders that they would not be recog.
uized, even if they won, nor would
they receive one cent from the public
revenues from customs which are col
lected by an American in the capacity
of agent Of this country and for the
European creditors of that so-called
Republic.
The insurgents were not quite salts
fed; they erumbled around little,
and were disposed to keep on, anyhow.
Then Minister Sullivan sent for them,
drew up a paper of resignation and
quittance, and when they came he
simply pointed out the lines for sigma
lures under that paper, and told them
"sign there What they signed
was treaty of remuneration and Of
peace. He then announced to them
plainly that any new revolution would
be stamped out as criminal uprising,
and that the United States would ac~
lively help to put it down.
That was enough. And now the dis
patches announce that the insurgents
have quit. The dispatch which an
nounced the settled peace, states that
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15
sOFTENING BY EXPRESSION.

Our English speech was formerly dis
tinguishcd by its ruggedness, its UNI
compromising directness and force, and
its refusal TO lend itself to softenlDg
expressions where any guilt or de-
linquencies were concerned. But of late
years our speech has absorbed many
expressions that tone down the former
rigor and uncompromising bluntness of
expression. A progressive instance of
this may be noted i'll the matter Of
irregularity in marital relations. Orig
inally tho term for the woman who
interfered between husband and wife
was so uncompromisingl harsh that
modern ears would be offended by it.
Afterwards tho term was softened to
paramount This term was unsatis-
factory to those who held to the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

original rigidity in the moralltles, but
still was not quite agreeable to those
who wanted softness Of expression and
lcnity Of judgment. There was then
introduced in divorce proceedings the
less harsh term correspondent. - This
served for a time. and the more rigid
had to accept it whether they wished
30 or not. At least il expressed the
idea. Then comes affinity" with its
impudence. But those who were still
working for more freedom and less
harshness in terms and in judgment
we're discontented until the term "soul
mate was invented. but is used by
tho rigid with good deal of scorn
and contempt. 1T seems to meet the
views Of the more lenient, and still con
vey sufficiently the idea Of the irrcgu
larity which IL suggests
We do not desire to deliver any
homily on morals, but only point out
the progressive softening of terms in
the description of an evil perfectly
known to our ancestors and taken no
tice Of in our language. The question
is whether this progressive softenipg
Of terms has been by reason Of the
necessary development Of the language
or by reason Of greater looseness in
moral fiber in this generation than our
progenitors possessed Undoubtedly it
has been to considerable extent due
to an expansion Of the language, and,
on the other hand, it has been
prompted by looseness of thought on
the moralities, which is not to be COM
mended, but rather to be deplored. At
any rate, the language has been en-
riched, but at a sad loss in the moral
stamina Of those who fostered that
enrichment
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

this new American policy has been
accepted ioyously by all parties. We
should think it would be. 1T is the sort
Of diplomacy that counts, and is the
only thing that will count with such
reckless. irresponsible people as the in
habitants OF Santo Domingo. 1t is n
piece of good, strong work, for which
it appears that Minister Sullivan is en-
titled to moro credit than is either
President Wilson or. Secretary Bryan,
although il is fair to say that they
support him to tho full.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15
REPUBLICAN PROSPECTS.

| There appears to be some uncertainty
with regard TO the meeting of the Re-
| publican National Committee on De,
cember 10th. The committee is to
meet upon that day, and the under
standing is that il will take some steps
in furtherance of the declaration OF
the New York Republican State Con
yention for the reform Of the basis of
representation in Republican National
nominating conventions. As it has
been in the past, these conventions
are made up of two delegates from each
Congressional Representative district,
and four from the State at large, this
without any regard whatever to the
Republican strength of the districts or
States. The result has been that large
delegations have appeared from the
Southern States in such conventions,
without the slightest hope of getting
even one electoral vote from the South
for the Republican ticket; but these
delegates have as much to say in the
convention, and as much voting
strength; man for man, as the dele
gates that represent Republican States
and districts. The consequence has
been that great dissatisfaction arises
from time to time by reason Of nomi-
nations made and by reason Of the
thwarting of the will of the Republican
party in some of the past Presidential
campaigns,
A number of efforts have been made
to change the basis Of representation
so as to give the Republican party
strength the full control Of its party
convention, as 1t ought to have. II is
no more than right that the Republican
masses should control the action of
their party, and it is discouraging to
them to have the Republican dclega
tions overridden by delegates who have
not the slightest electoral strength to
add to the party's political prospects
Some of the Eastern newspapers COM
ment upon the meeting Of tho National
Committee on December 10Th in the
vein that this committee would be au-
thorized to change the basis Of rep
resentation for the next Republican
National nominating convention. We
consider that this is mistake; the
committee is not authorized to make
that change. The committee is au-
thorized, however, in its discretion, to
call preliminary National party con
vention next year, as has been sug-
gested, with the view of changing the
rules of the National convention with
respect to representation, as on other
matters that require attention. And
this preliminary convention would have
full authority to make all needed
changes.
We are glad to see that the Repub-
lican National committee is alive to the
Importance Of reform in this matter,
and that there is a prospect that the
changes may be made, as indicated by
the Republicans of New York in their
State convention. The interest in this
movement is Nation wide Nothing
more important could possibly come up
from a political standpoint than this.
It is to be hoped that the activity to-
ward this reform may not slack, but !
that the committee will proceed in ac-
cordance with the evident desire of the |
party to push for the changes that are
essential to party vitality, party en-
ergy, and party success.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

The favor with which the proposed
magnificent elevated drive along the
hills is received officially must be very
gratifying to all lovers Of the beauti-
full and Of progress, 1t will be mag
nifcent feature.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

NJ, oishi, leader of the japanese Pro
gressives, is reported as saying that
only by war can Japan obtain a
fundamental solution Of the California
land question. Which seems to be a
surrender Of Japan's claims entirely
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

his announcement that the tariff law
ought to be amended in this respect
by repeating the clause which under.
takes to. but really. does not, give this
favor to American ships.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

The suffrage agitation is very much
alive in Tennessee; and the people there
are even talking of woman legisla.
ture, probably in hope of relief from
the imbecility and cowardice of their
man legislators.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

Beef prices are going up in Canada,
because so much beef is being shipped
across the line to the United States.
And beef prices are going up in the
United States because all the countries
IN the world can't ship it in fast
enough to keep prices down.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

Mexico is said to resent the latest
American note. No wonder, for it was
sheer lmpertinence. We fear that
our diplomacy in Mexico is having pre-
cisely the opposite effect, from its child
ish inbecility, from what was intended
and hoped for.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

''Tammany is really much misun-
derstood by its enemies" the friends
OF that conspiracy against political de.
ceney protest. Just SO: and that is
Just the sort Of whine that Utah s Tam
manyites, the Federal bunch, set I'D,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

A French dramatist. defending some
OF the recent indecent dances. saws
that ''any dance can be made vulgar"
Which is true; but the trouble with
the new indecenees is that they can t
be made anything else.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

The President s denial that he said
any Democrat who refuses to follow
his lead is a rebel shows how close the
alleged saying fits; so close that moth.
ing but categorical denial from him
would meet the case.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

That is a dreadful mining disaster
which is reported from Wales. We all
know here, from the cruel experience
of Scofcld, how such An accident can
appall, aud how absolutely helpless hu-
man effort is to heal, after the ex-
plosion. May the Lord pity the poor
victims and their families and friends.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

That is shocking charge which is
made ip the case of the burned liner
Voiturno, by her owners, that the ship
was destroyed by owners of opposition
lines Such an atrocity as that, it
1T coufd be proved on such opposition
owners. ought TO consign them speedily
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

A baseball final differs from a prize
fight in that when the game is ended,
the contest is over, whereas in the
prize-fght, that is when the iawing
lust begins.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

The salaries of Government officials
(including Congressman, Of course) are
exempt from the income tax. But the
language Of the constitutional amend.
ment that permits this tax on incomes
from whatever source derived, -
should have been followed.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

The currency reform question hinges
chiefly upon the question whether ex-
pert bankers or ignorant blatherskites
shall do our banking
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

And so they have to begin changing
"the most perfect tariff law" almost
as soon as it is passed. Great work,
that
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

Under Republican administration,
the Government two-per-cent bonds
were maintained at premium; now
they are 5 per cent below par.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-15

Memphis Commercial-Appeal: "The
Progressive party has gone to South
America, where he will hunt something
more substantial than he found at
Armapeddon.'