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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28
Study English First

Lakeland telegram: To Learn
stenography and typewriting before
acquiring necessary knowledge OF
spelling, grammar, etc, is a part OF
our modern get-education-qu quick sys-
TEN, and very exasperating part it
is, doing harm, in more ways than
one. 1t is a strong aid to lifelong
lnetficiency in everything its victims
undertake, and the miserable system
can't be roasted too severely nor too
often. The editor of the Punta Cor
da Herald got mad the other day
while thinking of his wrongs in this
regard and delivered himself accur-
ately and eloquently in these words:
"a great injustice to employers is
being done by the business colleges,
which give certificates of competency
as stenographers and typewriters to
young men and women who are ig-
norant of the simplest principles of
grammar and rhetoric and do not
know even how to spell or punctuate
correctly. Nine out of ten of those
graduates in stenography ought TO
be in the public schools learning how
to spell words and to write and
punctuate English correctly. AS it
is, they are great nuisances to peo-
pie who need the services of compe-
tent letIer-writerS."
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

AS all the world knows, the inimit-
able Samuel Pepys wrote his diary in
shorthand and by the same means
took down in 1850 Charles lis own
account Of the battle of Worcester
Previous to this the debates in the
House of Commons at the time Of the
arrest of the five members by Charles
|. were said to have been taken down
yerbatioG by one John Rushworth.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

The president has notified the
American group Of bankers interested
in a Chinese loan that the United
States declines to guarantee the loan
or to act as collector. 1t was the first
big surprise of the new administra-
ton and gave some people to under
stand that President Wilson holds
some ideas Of his own concerning the
purpose of government. The press
of Great Britain seem to be pleased
at the firm stand of the Washington
government.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

The Palatka potato section is about
to come into its own for another year
with bumper crop, the digging and
shipping of which began last week.
The rains of the early part of last
week, while severe, did not cause the
damage anticipated, and the farmers
with maturing crops will soon be
strictly in it. Federal Point was the
first to make shipments this veal,
and as this is one of the best drained
of all the potato sections, little if any
damage has been noticed.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

If you have Indigestion, heartburn,
belching or sick stomach take ten
drops of DARBY'S PROPHYLAC.
TIC FLUID in little water. It
checks the misery instantly. If YOU
have a cut, sore or wound anywhere
on the body, apply a little of DAP
B1'S FLUID. The flesh mends at
once. Use it in the sick room to
destroy. germs or odors, put it in
damp closets to purify the air. 1t IS
the greatest combination of internal.
external and antiseptic medicines
known to medical science. Price 80
cents per bottle. Sold by all drug
gists.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

The Florida Press Association meet
ing for the present year is to b,
held in Tampa on Thursday, FRIDAY
and Saturday, June Goth, 27th and
2Sth. W. B. Powell, secretary of tha
Tampa Board Of Trade, himself a
member of the association, is taking
charge of local arrangements for en-
tertainment and has able assistance
from the Glenn Reagin advertising
agency and members of the Tampa
press. 1t is promised that the 1913
meeting will be the best attended
and most enjoyable gathering of the
association ever held. The Panama
Canal trip has been abandoned for the
reason that it was found impossible
to charter a ship.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

Mariana Times Courier: Cover
nor Trammell's suggestion that the
office of county treasurer be discon-
tinued is meeting with popular favor
from almost every quarter. 1t APP
pears that the business of the several
counties could be conducted just as
well without this office, and as the
people are clamoring for a reduction
in the cost of governmental expenses,
it is quite likely that the next legis-
lature will provide for the suggested
change.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

lhrfe II NOR ca arm In this seCtlOn OF tn
country than all other diseases mn tnreIber
ana unill the last few ars was supposed to he
lh'urihle. For a great many years doctors
pronounce TIA local disease and presC. bed
local rrmedi. :, and by constantly fal Ing to
cure with local treatment, prom, unccd II Incur
hble lrhce has proven CatarTh To be "a con-
sIltuflunal disease and therefore requires con-
5tlutlohH treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured by F. J. Cheney x Co. Toledo,
ohio Is the Uniy cons itutiUnal cure on the
markeJ, 1t isttken internally IN doses from 10
df"Es u teasIoonful. IL acts direct y on The
blood and mucous surfaces Of the sys,em
Ihey ouer one hundred dollars for any case iT
fails 10 cure. Send for circulars and teStimo-
ulas
Address F. J. CHENEY co; Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills constitution
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28
Freaks of the Wind.

or the many freaks played by the
wind, that of yesterday, which lifted
the nest of setting hen and deposit
ed it, hen and thirteen eggs, on the
top of rural mail delivery box, a
quarter of a mile away, was the
strangest. The hen is the property of
Mrs. Ida Erickson, living three miles
east of here, and the owner saw the
wind take the nest from the ground,
lift 1t thirty feet in the air and finally
leave ii on the mail box unisturhed.
The hen has settled down to her new
location and will be LETT 10 hatch
Denver Republican.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

The citizens of Arcadia at a mass
meeting held recently, decided to cali
primary to decide on who is, the
popular choice for office of postmas-
ter. 1t is to be hoped the lucky man
will not be obliged to run the gaunt-
let of the civil service examinations
afterwards; if he does there is no
certainty where he will land
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28
Carrying L to Extremes

Your husband, l understand is n
clever after-dinner speaker" 81 I'M
derstand So" Does it keep him away
from home much?" Nearly every
night. Would you believe it, when he
does stay home it's got SO he doesn't
ENJOY a meal unless | get up after the
dessert and introduce him to the chill.
dren and call upon him to make a few
remaTks?"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

DR.. Chas. W. Elliott, presiden
emeritus Of Harvard, has declined
the ambassadorship to the Court OF
st. James. There will, however. be
no general regret. President Elliott
is stuffed with erudition as you'd
stuff a leather cushion, but he's not
progressive. The place should be
filled with progressive who is
something of funky, with money
to spend. Now there's Vincent Asto.,
trinstance; he could keep up the
pace.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28
Wasn't She a Woman2

Dat man ober dar say dat women
needs to be helped into kerridges
and lifted ober bitches. Nobody ebber
helps me ober bitches nur into ker.
ridges. And amt l oman? I have
ploughed and planted and gcthered
INTO barns. and no man could head me-
ana amt oman? l could work as
much and eat as much-whingt I could
Ell lt-as man, and bear de lash as
well. And amt 'oman?"-Sojourn-
er Truth.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

KisGimmee Gazette: Van C. Swear
lngen, a clean young fellow, has been
selected mayor of Jacksonville over
Mayor Jordan. This is step for
ward for Jacksonville, morally at
least. Swearingen has promised to
remove from office one Captain Roach
of the police force. He should go
further and give the entire police
force Of Jacksonville a cleaning out;
it has needed this for many years,
from the chief down.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

The Florida legislature for 1918
will begin its sixty day session on
Tuesday, April Sth. Gov. Trammell
has already brought enough impor-
tant questions to the attention of the
legislature to keep that body busy 4
good share of its time.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

Ex-President Taft addressed the
congregation of Tabernacle Baptist
church (colored) of Augusta, Ga, last
Sunday afternoon. The ex-president
is not orthodox, but he probably didn't
tell the brethren.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

President Wilson rolled Easter
eggs with the children on the White
House lawn last Sunday. For a man
accustomed to political log rolling it
must have been easy.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

Wind storms, tornadoeS and hur-
ricanes have been common in all parts
of the United States except Florida
during the past week. Florida has
Frank Clark.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28
What State Editors are
Saying.
Reflects on Fair Name of State

NSheets vi rdlT name OF State
DeSoto County News: The $4,000
compromise of the Wales claim
against the State of Florida is an
outrage and a most positive. refiec-
ton on the fair name of Florida. 1t
may be that the State does not owe
Col. Wales the full amount of his
claim against it, but from what we
can ascertain it does owe him every
cent he claimed, at any rate we are
certain that the State does owe him
much more than the amount of the
compromise, and it should not 60
down in history as repudiating an
honest debt. The very first thing the
legislature of Florida should do after
becoming organized is to either pay
Col. Wales the full amount of his
claim against the State or pass a bill
permitting him to bring suit against
it. The latter plan would be the bet
ter as it would afford the relief sought
and would establish the fairness and
justice of the claim.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28
loo Much.

Il understand your star has a great
deal of temperament" "A great deal!
Great Scott, man, you can't put a
thermometer near her without its
dancing ragtime between boiling point
to zero. "-Exchange
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28
Made Heavy Weights Stagger-

Pensacola Journal: Claude LEN
gle is not the strongest man, physi
cally, in the Florida delegation, rbut
he has made one or more suggestion,
that have already staggered severa
Of the heavy weights.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28
Outside of the Ordinary

A smart Philadelphia woman has
studied law successfully, to avoid legal
expenses. But most people who have
legal expenses are too busy doing the
things that cause them to study such
law.-TOpeka Journal.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

President Wilson has promoted
Capt. John R. Slattery in charge of
the U. S. Army engineering office at
Jacksonville, to be a major.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28
Extra! SpeciaII!

Ambrose Crosslots says: "Pellcrs
are funny. Some OF them go around
with their hands in their pockets. aud
others wear diamond rings. "-Judge,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

HERBlNE cures constipation and
re-establishes regular bowel move
ments. Price soc. Sold by Acker-
manStewart Drug Co.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

addtonyy you contemplate building repairing or making
Gu oO o TO your Dwelling Barns etc If SO allow us to
factIrers and Upn UNDER requirements. We are manu-
and finish op bond @ etc stock of flooring ceiling siding
' 'S |" rough or dressed dimension and framing '
f NO ORDER too small or too large for 10 An ,ootion
thar wa ana Dressed Stock Sheds will convince Won
Pine Lumber III 'nlS territory for Yellow
MELION LUMBER COMPANY,
Palatka, Fla
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

Save your Safety Razor Blades; %
and 30 cents per dozen will make
them shave better than new. E. T.
Lancaster.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

The Tallahassee True Democrat has
arranged to publish daily during the
session Of the legislature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-16
Fighting Fire Fighters.

4 reminder OF the good old days when
tires were fought by volunteers is at
forded b. an incident just reported from
Burlington, y. j.. phicl boasts Il paid
department Tie other day "a fire oe-
CURED and while the department was
ut work on IL the chief gave an order TO
one of the men, who refused 10 obey
him. but took his orders from a subor-
dinate who was recently deposed from
the chiefship. Thereupon the head Of the
department knocked the nsurgent fire.
man off a ladder and he and his parti-
sans including the former chief, struck
and left the scene Of the fire. The re-
ished up their work and then the chief
vas arrested on charge Of assault. The
row was the result of a political con-
troyersy I'm which the department has
recently been involved.
In former times there wss the kcencst
rivalry Between different fire companies
composed of volunteers and many u good
house has burned to the ground while
the firemen were settling their differences
The apparatus was drawn through the
streets by men and boys and worked by
hand, and there was keen competition
to be first on the scene. When two COM
panies took the same route to the fire
there was much testlins In the streets
for right OF way, and sometimes the APP
paratus was damaged In resulting COLI
sions. The contests over the right to use
the hydrant nearest the blaze were otter
brisk and bloody. These volunteer COM
ranies were chiefly political in character
and tho dvslsies had their origins Ia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-16
Blaming the Trainmcn.

~ his findings in the New Haven wreck
case Coroner Mix OF New Haven city.
holding criminally responsible for the ac-
cident the engineer of the coiliding train
and the conductor and brakeman of the
stalled train, exonerateS the railroad COM
pauy from blame for violations of the
rules on the part OF operatives He re-
ports that from January I, 1911. to Sep
tember !. 1913. 1OI cases of improper
Tagging by brakemen have been reported
u the company. and i'll these cases IS
employees have been discharged and "a
disciplined. In the same period 1JS cases
were reported OF engineers running BY
signals. and of these .: lnen have been
discharged and lit disciplined. He fur
fher notes that IL Is impossible for either
tho company or himself TO lind the exac,
number OF cases of improper tagging OF
failure TO stop at signals that have not
been reported.
There is precious little reinsurance fol
tho travelling public In such report IL
indicating n determination by the rail-.
road company to enforce its own rules
for the protection of life 1t appears
that in only n little over 20 per cent OF
the known eases of improper faggins
have dismissals resulted. What consti
tutes '',lisciplining'' is to be left to tho
Imagination That the punishments meted
ont have not been sufiieisnt to stop the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-16
Swindlers.

The arrest of three men who are &C.
cused of comprising 4 gang of swindIers
operating in this city is creditable piece
or work by tho Washington police and
may be the means of breaking I'D a prac-
ffce that has cost visitors to the capital
dearly in the past. The particular game
these men have worked if the police
have indeed caught the right ones has
been the familiar one of matching pennies
with unsuspecting strangers. From time
10 time numerous cases have been re-
ported TO the police. but in all likelihood
for every sucn instance there have been a
score or more OF practices undisclosed
TIE victim Of such "A swindle seldom
wishes the imposition 10 become known
only where the loss has been particularly
heavy or has left the victim in straits
have the police been notified Washing
ION has apparently attracted these conf
d@nce men and sharpers because of the
large numbers OF tourists who visit it.
and II is TO be hoped that the police have
now got hold OF the right men and that
they viii be So severely punished as to
give notice that Washington is an un-
wholesome place for such operations Re-
Gently another form of swindle has been
piactlced, OF an even meaner kind, for IL
has had as its victims, in the latest in
stances. poor women who could i'll afford
70 lose anything. This has been the old
found pocketbook' game. and Las been
pTacticed by squad of colored men. This
IS 50 transparent a fraud that IL is work
able only against the ignorant or unusu-
ally crcdulous If now the police can
catch these "pocketbook finders they
WIN have gone far toward Kidding the city
81 extremely undesirable characters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-16
Walking for Pleasure.
From the Baltimore Sun.

Welcome to anything that will bring
walking back into fashion. Cheaper than
golf or tennis, any one can afford it, and
il is more wholesome than riding in
automobiles or trolley cars. The sug-
Sestion that there be established here a
''wanderlust' society like that in Phila-
delphia. to make long tramps through in
teresting regions near the city, has met
with immediate response Baltimore it
self abounds i'll spots of historic interest,
and as for the country round about visit
ors admit that no other large city has
suburbs that surDass ours in natural
beauty or variety. Perhaps it would be
well to limit the membership of each
mixers club to "A hundred If more
tlian that the countryside might b.
alarmed under the impression that an i'll
vading army was coming. The move
ment only waits for some one to start 1t
All the paraphcrnalia needed is walking
stick and a map. But there Is no need OF
waiting for society to be organized
Just as much pleasure will be found in i.
half dozen or Il score of friends walking
together over the hills and through the
forests and fields to some of the many
points of natural or historic interest. or
you can start il yourself without waiting
for any one else setting off like David
Grayson in search of adventure along
country roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-16
The Progressives.

The progressive party, undfSmayed by
the election in Maine, declares that the
report Of its aeath is very much exag-
gerated; that not only is 1t not dead, but
that 1t is very much alive and preparing
to do a lot of vigorous kicking next year.
Notice is served that in every district In
the country progressive candidate fol
a seat In the Sixty-fourth House will be
nominated.
There is no law against this. The
matter Is wholly within the province OF
the progressive leaders. If they can
find men to make the races, well and
good.
But a mere nomination for Congress is
nothing 1t must be supported by an
organisation, and organizing a congress
sional district costs money. From what
sources will this money come? Who will
put UP for paying the legitimate ex-
penses of four hundred odd congress
sional campaigns?
The "angels" sw-,o contrib uted so gen.
erously last year have scattered Some
have flown east and some west, and
there is no likelihood that they will form
a flock again Angel X. has folded his
wings and will fly no more. Angel Y.
Is willing to fly again. but this time
wants to fly with the republicans. From
that flock he came, and unto that flock
he wishes to return. Angel Us wings
have been clipped, and his flying days
are over. He is no longer next" to
the great trusts.
In the third Maine district the progress
siye candidate was a good man and reg
ularly nominated. But as II was plain
the race was between the republican
candidate and the democratic candidate
the issue being the tariff, which had long
divided voters-a great many men who
last year had voted against the republican
candidates because of other issues re.
turned to their old allegiance. Hence
the republican vote OF two to one as
against the progressive vote. and the
election Of the republican -ndidate.
AS matters are now shaping. the con-
test next year-unless a war with Mexico
should take place-will be over the Un-
derwood tariff revision and the currency
revision now in course of preparation
and the republican party will be the
leading challenger of the democratic
party. Many men, therefore. in every
district of the Union who last year voted
for the progressive party will next year
vote for the republican party. Protee.
tionists will see no other way of for
warding the principle for which they
stand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-16

practice is evident from the fact that tn
the face of repeated collisions due to In
adequate tagging precautions another
rear-end collision has just occurred at
tributable in part TO This cause. And
runs past signals it appears that of the
known cases in twenty-one months less
than II per cent of the disobedient en-
gineers have been dismissed from the
service, while the others have been in
the same vague manner "dtsciplmsd by
the company. Again 1t may be noted that
this measure OF protection has not In
fact protected the public at all
It passes understanding how the coro-
ner can absolve from blame in such
case the corporation that persists IN
maintaining a system OF signals and sup
posedly precautionary practices that has
been violated in thirty two months no
less than 2J9 times to the company
knowledge and undoubtedly great many
more times without its knowledge. The
fault lies not with the operatives. WHO
are virtually permitted to disregard sig
mails and disobey orders through the ran
ure of their superiors to enforce the rules.
Why should not an engineer VINO en-
dangers life by running past signal De
dismissed? Because no accident results
Surely the company does not wait for
disaster to force 1t, through the pressure
of public opinion, to insist upon strict
obedience under penalty of loss OF posi-
ton. The explanation probably lies In
the fact that the company Is trying 10
maintain a speed schedule that cannot
be observed without an almost regular
violation of the precautionary rules. The
other day the engineers OF the New
Haven road entered complaint on TINS
very point, alleging that they We're eA-
pected to operate their trains faster than
safety warranted.
The only remedy for this state OF things
lies In the adoption of some such measure
as the Esch bill. introduced since the
New Haven collision, compelling the rail-
roads to establish automatic stopping Sig
nal systems. When such i measure is
passed by Congress and enforced 1t VIII
be impossible for trainn1en to break the
rules and for railroad companies to ex-
pect them to hold them to speed per-
formances which involve danger Of dis
aster