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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-01
PROTEST AGAINST
SUNDAY CLOSING
Most VoIunrinous Petition Ever Re-
ceived by Postoffice Department
Weighed More than 20 Pounds.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, April 30.-The most
voluminous petition ever received by
the postoffce department was admit
ted today. protesting against Sunday
closing of postoftices ito the transient
population of the United States"
The petition weighed 81 Ia pounds.
Signatures of tens of thousands of
people in all walks of life were af-
fixed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-01

to kindergarten together. Corinne is
very fond of drawing and declares she
is going to be an artist. Some of her
drawings are remarkable for their
originality and clearness.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-01
l'ERSELY TOLD.
$500 REWARD

The Journal viii pay $500 reward for
evidence SUFFICIENT to convict any boy or
Eerson found stealing suhscf3b ers' papers
after delivery OF same by carrier.
Oscar Hendrickson, superintendent
of Rosasco's ship yard at Pinewood.
spent Wednesday in the city on busi-
ness.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-01
House Votes to Abolish
Convict Lease System

Continued From First Page.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-01

Sore Feet, Tender Feet and Swollen
Feet Cured Every Time by TIZ.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-19

100000 bootjacks in the country in 1880
when they began to fall rapidly in desue-
tude. What has became of them?
There was a time when the bootiack
held a prominet and honored place in
every American household 1t was even
more necessary to the equipment of the
well regulated home than the hat rack
more necessary than the closet hook, be-
cause while the male members OF the
family could throw their hats and outer
coats off anywhere, the removal of a pair
of boots by hand was a proceeding from
which the great majority of brothers.
husbands and fathers instinctiyely
shranlS, while attempts to work off tight
and damp boots on the rounds of chairs
and tables. or between the door and the
jam, was discouraged by all good house
keepers. That the bootjaclS might be
more attractive to the men they were
frequently covered with Brussels carpet
to match the floor, or adorned with the
initials of the user in brass-headed taclxs.
and now and then when they took the
form of bridal presents they We're hand
painted.
But where are they? What has be-
come of the 1o000,0 600? You search for
them in vain through the museums. DC.
casionally you come across one in the
antique shops, but it does not look real
Apparently the millions OF bootjacks like
the millions of 1ong-legged boots that I'D
noble service for the men of the country
through three-fourths of the last century,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-19
BOotiacks DisappearinU

In 1880 there were at least 100000 boot
jacks in the country. BY 1910 the num-
Der had increased to 100000. In 1860 IL
had grown to 100000. Taking into ac-
count that 100000 boot wearers had left
their homes in the meantime to lead a
life in which one boot was usually worked
off by application of the toe of the other,
thus diminishing the bootjack demand.
1t is quite probable that the ratio of in
crease was not maintained through the
decade ending In 1870. But If we as
sumo 100000 families to have settled
back to a normal state OF existence by
this time, and allow one bootjack to the
family, it Will be seen that little more
than 40 years ago there must have been
something like 100000 bootjacks in the
United States, says the Christian Science
Monitor.
The bootjack had then reached its high
water mark. 1t was the beginning of the
period of the making of the west, when
women and girls as we'll as boys and
men, wore boots occasionally or exclu-
sively, over large area of the national
territory. Yet a change had begun to
set in. Little by little the bootleg be-
gan to shorten, and as it shortened the
-bootjack became less dispensable Yet
making every allowance. there must have
been an accumulation of not less than
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-19


Paint comes in all colors. It is used to
paint boards. towns and girls 1t is also
mixed up great deal with the signs of
the times.
Paint Is generally used to cover up de-
fects, but not always. When, for ex-
ample, your wife has her war paint on
you both see and feel many hidden
things which before you had not even
suspected.
Paint is always made out Of the beet
white lead, except that kind which is
by accomplished hypocrites who paint
your house, which Is generally combi-
nation of chalk water and near-turpen-
tine, says Life.
Red paint is used occasionally on autos.
country school houses and European la
bells, and invariably on soubrettes and So
ciety queens. 1t is also suspected on the
new neighbor who has moved into the
next block.
Paint Is also used in its highly enam-
eled FORM on bathtubs. When syonr
cheerful and energetic wife, having Wis
tied department store the day pre-
vious unknown to you, lays on your fav-
orite bathtub with loving hands a COM
plete coat of enamel paint and you slip
in just before dinner to Turkish up. Ii
gives you renewed sense of the work.
ngs of an all-ruling Providence that you
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-19
What the Cold Has Accomplished
Since Admitted to the University
by j. J.. DOSTER
Tor Faculty, University OF AIaban,a)


cent period it has been asserted from
time 1mmemorials by able thinkers, men,
or course, that woman's mind was in
ferior to the mind of man, that she was
incapable from her very nature of fol-
lowing the higher intellectual pursuits
which man had considered as altogether
his own. AS usual and as might have
been expected she has demonstrated the
contrary. She yet may prove the as
sertion of Goethe to be true: There Is
no doubt that In all civilized nations
women are equal to men, for where the
two sexes exert q corresponding influ-
ence over each other, man becomes eff
Terminate and that Is disadvantage, but
when woman acquires any masculine
virtues she Is the gamer, for IL she can
improve her own peculiar qualities she
becomes almost a perfect being"
While l have not examined the rec
ords closely 1 do not think that I am
exaggerating when | say that a high
percentage of the best grades in the uni
yersity Is made by the women. OF course
the men can readily explain on grounds
other than intellectual why they make
these high grades, but the fact remains
that the professors think them very de-
sirable and satisfactory Students.
Curriculum Adapted to Needs
The curriculum of 'the university is
as broad as that of the average state
siva +ban az a,,.,,,a,,,,,.s, i1 oi en-
best OF the higher colleges for women
or.s II mlcluoes tne staple intellectual
supJects.Enelsh, foreign languages, his
tory political science, mathematics, sci
ence, philosophy. and the technical stud
les-education, engineering, law and medi-
cine. This curriculum is the direct out
growth of the needs of men and much
VI i. can NC prohtapiy ana successfully
pursued ny women put II does not al
.osetner meet the iatters needs. Since
sne sphere Oh women ufiers IN many
iespects from that OF man l am hrnly
ol the OPINION that hef framing should
oe somewhat aiiierent' though iuiiy as
., ana tnorough. In ADDITION to
' .ne purely ihtelfctuai supJeets she should
nave inc opportunity OF studying music
paiiiliils' sculpture anu the less snowy
pue never .neiess inuispehsapie arts OF
nolie-inahins ana nome-keeping' Ac-
o ,.1s 10 F.esioeRt u. STANLEY Hail the
Rousseau OF american education, there
~ no coiiese at present whose curriculum
satisnes III every way tne demands OF a
woman nature. me whole question oil
WIFI women shouio study Is an open one
anu one OF vast consequence TO the fu-
lure OF the race.
IL is ourspufpose at the University of
Aiapaiha TO introduce courses OF spe-
ciai- interest to women as rapidly as
FUNDS VIII permit.
Thar J;v;ro Co,d;.;o.
or a.. lit. -, rs,
- ..,,5o4aI soii.lons VI .he woha-
s,n.,.s4 80 san epeah rIanhiy' "A.
-. - ~ y, S"eisiaStois, ou'
, ~. iney aIe tie pes1
~ can iuilsh uiloer
a., esa .,t, me distance Oh
tin ~ sr.s, lioin .lie resiuentlai sec.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-19
An Exclamation

Josh Devore pulled one on McGraw res
Gently which amused the little Napoleon
greatly. The fact that it was uncon-
scious humor on the part of Josh adds
greatly to the story. When the Giants
We're in Cincinnati recently the outfielder
called on his old commander, says the
New York sun.
81 see that they haven't been playing
you lately, Josh. Why is it, inquired
McGraw.
well" replied Devore, II played your
kind of baseball and Tinker wouldn't
stand for it."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-19

o. Grant Esterbrook is the new pres
ident of the Board of Aldermen in New
York city, succeeding Ardolph Kline
who became Mayor by the death
Mayor Gaynor. Mr.. Esterbrook is al
able official and promises to give q
good account of himself in his new DO
sition.
tributions from great sonled individuals
who wish their money transformed into
agencies that will uplfft the young men
and young women of this great state.
1T is to be regretted that our people
have never acquired the habit of giving.
as they do elsewhere, large sums of money
to educational institutions Almost every
day one may read in the daily papers of
requests and gifts, large and small, made
by people in all walks of life, to some
college OF university in the north east
or west. Whatever superiority northern
or western institutions may have over
those of the south Us due chiefly to the
fact that they are more generously sup
ported by the people, A certain man as
he gave a large sum of money to a col
lege said. This Is not gift I am MAX
ing, but an investment which will yield
a generous income in future years in
men and women well equipped for the
battles OF life
The three things 1 have in mind which
would materially contribute to the social
physical, intellectual and moral welfare
of the young women of the University
of Alabama are: "a The addition of de-
partments of household and fine arts. (2)
The establishment of department of
physical training, especially adapted to
women's needs. 90 The erection of a
dormitory, conveniently located and ade-
orately equipped, large enough to accom-
modate 100 or more girls. Such build
ing would cost from $4,000 to 100000
or the three things I have mentioned
the need for the dormitory is the most
pressing. May the noble hearted, patriotic
women of Alabama never cease their ac-
tvties until suitable living accommoda-
tons are provided for their daughters on
the beautiful campus OF the University
of Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-19
.cruys Er.,,s,,

THE HOME OF THE LATE COL.
LEWELyN JOHNS ON WEST END.
NEAR BEVERLY STATION WILL BE
OPEN, FROM TODAY ON, FOR DIN
NER PARTIES. MRS. c. MANFREDO
WILL BE IN CHARGE AND SERVE
HER FAMOUS SPAGHETTI DINNERS.
PHONE WEST END 40 AND ORDERS
WILL BE PROPERLY TAKEN CARE
OF.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-19

have been minded few days before to
take out an accident policy in a perfectly
reliable insurance company.
Also when you begin to select your
vocabulary, for the great occasion, you
realize more than ever that cleanliness
Is right next to godlessness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-19
Paint

have gone to join the wigs, knee trousers
and buckled shoes of an earlier time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-19
Creme Il l. Creme
mhi'skeY

Afeld or at home, you'll hunt in vain, for
better whiskey than Creme ae la Creme
and you'll rarely find its equal. 1t costs
more than ordinary whiskics 1t is intended
for people who don't want ordinary whiskies
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-19

for whiskey that's just little b
finer, little bit smoother, than any
you've ever tasted, you'll realize that
you've found it the moment you taste
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-19

THE TRACER COMPANY, Dstilers, Cincinnati
At all fscas cafes and maorder everywhere Four
full quarts full quarts $15OO-express prepaid
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-06

when he met the lady once more
the thought instantly shot into
his mind Husband. Troubl-
about husband" So he adopteda
very sympathetic air and said,
pressing her hand:
"Why, how do you do? And
your poor dear husband, he+"
ooh, he's fine" interrupted the
lady. We've just got back from
our honeymoon"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-06
"A NEW ONE

s. '>a A NEW ONE
II The old gentleman was very
II absent minded. He met lady in
j a car one day and shook her baud
Land said: ~
"How's the dear husband?"
81 "Boo-hoo, he's dead" said the
W lady, bursting into tears. Don't
IL you remember the funeral last
I week" ~
why, yes" said the old gen
ltleman, biting his lip. why, yes,
of course"
: A few days later he met the
Hady again:
"How do you do?" he said.
sAnd how is your husband this
.fhne bracing weather."
"Still dead" said the lady. And
Z the old gentleman blushed.
1T ''I'll make a note of that" he
: muttered to~himself as he hurried
/. iaway. And a short time afterward
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-06

did you see that Jim got ten
years for stealing that hoss?"
Serve him right, too. Why didn't
he buy the boss and not pay for
him, like any other gentleman"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-06
WHEN TIME FLIES


For one. glorious week he had
been ''dashing it" at a seaside
town. Now he had bought her
the last ice, the last Bag of straw
berries and the last box of choco-
late, and was waiting for the
train. On lightning wings the
time for parting had arrived. He
leaned disconsolately from the
window of the car.
"Good-by, dear!' he murmurec
mournfully. "I'll write tomor-
row."
"Good-by, Bertier she return
ed, with brave smiles. Don't
forget, now. Hasn't it all been
splendid"
"The time I've left behind me
will always find a place among
mysweetest memories" he said,
sadly. Then the engine whistleI
and fate bore him away. EYES,"
he sighed, as he surveyed an emp
ty watch chain, II shall always
remember the time I've left be-
hind" - $3.50.
did you see that Jim got ten
years for stealing that boss? 2"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-09-05

VIZ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES new
w animals have Just arrived at the
National Geological park in Washing
ton from Gieza, Egypt, where they
were purchased by w. H. Black
bourne, from Captain Stanley Flower,
director of the Government Geological
park
The shipment includes three Ara
biAA camels, two elephants of the
FORM that occurs in the Sudan region,
three Hamadryas balloons, two chez
tabs, three lemurs, three Cireassian
goats and three Arabian. one Korin
and one dorcas gazelles. Nearly all
are representatives of species not be,
FORE included IL the Washington zoo
and the cheetahs will be the only ami
mails Of tnis sort in the park.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-09-05
Necessary Rewards.

Were 1t not for the prizes of life
there would be little effort. Few are
those who labor for love, and the law
of creations seems to have contained
the necessity for struggle, with a re
ward attached. Sons go out to labor
as a matter of course. but daughters
are sometimes needed at home, where
they will not remain without COM
pensation. To fit all girls for money
getting is the duty of parents but
they need not be driven to use that
knowledge outside of home if parents
are able and willing To make them
independent financially. Half the
wages of housemaid would serve to
keeps a daughter as a valuable home
worker. The benefit to the girl can
not be overestimated.-Ex
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-09-05
Double Trouble.

A story is told by the secretary
of state about one of his doubles re-
lates d certain head waiter OF a Chi
cago hotel Bryan had been stopping
at the hotel and soon after he left a
delegation of college boys from near
by institution came to viist him. The
head waiter, who happened to be COM
ing off duty, was corralled in the lob
by of the hotel, and, amid enthusiastic
cheers, was compelled to make a
speech.
He gave the college boys much kind
ly advice, told them to persevere, and
intimated that some day they might
rise to his position.
The next day the college students
were looking for the speaker, with
clubs, for morning paper had pub
lished this headline over an account
Of the speech:
students Get Advice From Head
Waiter"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-09-05
This Limestone Lion Has a 24-Hour Steady lob

I T is surprising how many animals
1 you may discover If you hunt
them among the cornices and balus-
trades of Washington houses.
A limestone lion snarls at you from
the front OF 1927 street. 1t is a big
three-story and basement house. The
porch entrance and the first story are
of limestone and the higher stories
of red brick, with limestone courses.
On the east side of the front a bay
window starts from the top of the
basement and extends up two stories.
Much of this bay window rests on
the lions back. Perhaps that is why
he appears SO fierce. for the window
is an overload for a lion. more re-
nowned as a beast of heraldry than as
a beast of burden. That bay window
would be more than a load for a
mule, though brick makers and stone
dealers too often show a disposition
TO make a mule haul enough brick and
stone in one load to build such a bay
window The lion rests his front paws
on the stone side Of the. entrance
staircase
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-09-05
Eleven Dogs and a Crow Special Pets of Firemen

VIZ HEN the fire bell sounds and the
W engines and trucks go dashlng
up the street, nearly always there will
be seen, running and barking before
the steeds, a playful and intelligent
dog,
There are II such mascots in the
local fire department, and they are
just about as proud as can be; for in
day or two Tax Collector Rogers will
issue to them, without cost, bright,
new, glittering tags. These dogs are
the most intelligent and best trained
CANNES in the city. They are faith
sul to their masters.
There are Tom and Rags, and Bell,
and Nell, and Jack, and Teddy. and
Bubbles. and Mig, and Biuikin, and
Nell, and Minnie. Among the most
interesting of these is Jack, black
and-white bulldog, belonging to En-.
CINE Company No. Z, In r street North.
west. between Ninth and Tenth
streets And Jack has a companion
black one. and very strange one
boo--a crow. named Jerry
Now, some persons would naturally
conclude that There was not much
peace in place where crow and q
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-09-05
LIGHT BREAKS IN
Thoughtful Farmer Learns About
Coffee.

Many people exist in a more or less
Hazy condition and it often takes years
before they realize that tea and cot
fee are often the cause of the cloudi-
ness, and that there Is simple way
to let the light break in.
A worthy farmer had such an exper-
lence and tells about it, in letter. He
says:
For about forty years, l have had
Indigestion and stomach trouble In
various forms. During the last 20
years would not more than get over
one spell of bilious collie until another
would be upon me.
"The best doctors l could get and
all the medicines l could buy. only
gave me temporary relief.
Change of climate was tried with
out results. l could not sleep nights
had rheumatism and my heart would
palpitate at times so that 1t seemed
| 1t would jump out of my body.
81 came to the conclusion that there
was no relief for me and that l wal
about wound up. when / saw Postum
advertisement. l had always been
coffee drinker. and got an idea from
the ad. that maybe coffee was thu
cause of my trouble.
81 began to use Postum instead o
coffee and in less than three weeks
felt like a new man. The rheumatism
left me, and have never had a spel
OF bilious collie since.
my appetite is good, my digestio
never was better and l can DO NOR
work than before for 40 years.
II haven't tasted coffee since b.
gan with Postum. My wife makes
according to directions and. relish
as we'll as l ever did coffee, and wa
certainly a slave to coffee"
Name given by Postum Co.. Bait
Creek, Mich. Write for copy Of the II
tie book, THE Road to Wellville."
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be we'll boile
instant Postum is soluble powde
A teaspoonful dissolves quickly in
cup of hot water and. with the add
ton of cream and sugar, makes a d
hcious beverage Instantly.
There's q reason" for Postum.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-09-05
axes

A GREEN ribbon of grass edges each
"A side of a double car track up
Capitol hill way. There are big. leafy
trees that make shady spots for chill
dren to play under. and always-near-
ly always-there is breeze.
Every morning a man comes with a
splint rocker and a pipe and props
himself under a tree. He gets there
about the time the birds are awake
and stays until small boy comes and
takes him away. That means break
fast
AS soon as that is done with the
man is back under a tree with a morn
ing paper. And there. in the comfy
GOODNESS of crash trousers and a china
silk shirt with no collar and leather
thong belt to keep himself together,
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-09-05
Takes His Vacation in Rocker on Capitol Hill

he smokes and reads and talks With
whoever happens along, until the
small boy who bosses him shows up
at lunch time and pilots the way to
home across the street. All afternoon.
until dinner, the man reads magazines
and smokes and dozes, and moves his
chair to fresh shade-spot whenever
the sun gets around to him, and, once
in awhile, takes looks at the grass and
white clover and dropped oak leaves
through a magnifylng lens.
In the evening he comes back to the
trees with q coat over his shirt and a
collar and tie. And a cigar. Later
on, his wife and the small boy come
over for visit and the neighbors
drift out with chairs and camp stools,
while odds and ends OF children play
all around.
What about it? oh, nothing, only
The man is taking his two-week va
cation with pay. Before this. he has
always gone to Atlantic City and coma
home broke. and so dead tired from
overstrenuous efforts to enjoy himself
that he couldn't get in working trim
for a month. This year he figured that
what he most wanted was a rest. You
can't get rest at seashore resort.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-09-05
TwentY.one New animals for the Washington Zoo

There is at present only one ele-
plant, a male from India, and as he
is some forty or fifty years old, the
two new members of this family.
which are practically babies, will be
valuable accessions. One OF the ele-
plants is about four years old and
stands five feet, six inches. while the
other, the female, Is six months
younger and is only about four and
one-half feet in height. 1t is esti-
mated that they weigh about 700 and
900 pounds respectively, and yet the
male even will look like pygmy be-
side the sole representative In the
park, which weighs in the heighbor-
hood of 1900 rounds African ele-
plants are usually priced by dealers
at from $3,5e0 to $4,000 each, but
these cost considerably less. having
been bought from the government at
Gieza
The new additions will bring the
total number Of animals or individ
uals in the park to about 1900, q
slight increase over the number al
this time last year. although the total
number varies annually through the
death list Of the inmates.