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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-15

Wednesdays Journal carried a story
about the Christmas ship, which has
already attracted much attention. Be
low Is the letter from the secretary of
the navy, who will provide the Christ
mas ship, and who orders that presents
for the suffering European children.
from the children of America, shall
be carried abroad late in November:
Washington, Oct. 81 take pleas
ure in informing you that I have ar
ranged to send an American warship,
the vessel TO be selected later, to Eu-
ropean waters during the latter part
of November, for the purpose of reliev-
the North Carolina; and have fuI thor
arranged for this ship to carry the
Christmas cargo of useful presents
which the ninety odd newspapers Of
this country, represented by you, have
so thoughtfully collected from the gen
erous people of our own country.
1T is a beautiful spirit which has
prompted this portion of the press Of
the United States and the people who
have responded to their appeal, to
lavish upon the distressed little ones
Of European countries these tokens of
liberality. This unselfsh enterprise.
feel confident, bespeaks our own graf
itude to God for peace which now pre-
walls within our cwn boundaries and
at the same time breathes forth uni
versal prayer from the hearts of our
countrymen that the distress of ma
tions across the waters may soon be
ended.
Again assuring you of my delight
that the navy is able in some meas
ure to further your plans and purposes,
believe me,
Cordially yours,
"JOSEPHUS DANIELS,
Secretary of the Navy"
There, pa, you see what I told you
yesterday about Uncle Sam having
loaned a warship to the children was
correct. There you have his own let
ter telling all about it.
Now listen to this: Miss jimmy
called me across the street yesterday
afternoon and wanted to know whether
she could send a boiled ham on the
children's Christmas ship. I told her
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-15
MISS HILDA GRIFFIN RETURNS
FROM NORTHERN TRIP.

Miss Hilda Griffin has returned from
an enjoyable trip north. Miss Griffin
was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Her
bert c. Hobbs, in Brooklyn, and was
also the guest of friends in New York
city. En- route south she visited her
sister, Mrs. Jackson Brandon, in Biz
mingham, for a few days.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-15
TO HANG
BUT LYNCHED ANYWAY

Angleton, Tex, Oct 14.-Joe Durfee.
a negro convicted of numbering Mrs.
J. NJ. Seitz, Of Post City, Texas, in
the summer of 1913, was taken from
Jail here today and hanged to a tree
just outside of town. He is said to
have confessed. Jail officers We're Sc
curely tied until after the lynching.
Durfee was to have been hanged
legally last week, but was respited for
thirty days.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-15

were in larger number in the western
section.
Many poultry breeders suffered the
loss Of young chickens owing to the
mosquitoes, which attacked the heads
of the young ones, and seven half
grown chickens did not escape. The
bites closed the eyes of the chickens
and what is known as sore head"
usually developed. killing the chicks.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-15

thing in the suffrage work is to en-
list support of those whose convictions
are for the equal franchise, that the
Pensacola Equal Suffrage League
should be a non-d due paying organiza-
ton.
The league will gladly welcome the
names Of any men or women in the
city who wish to join the association,
and their names will be presented at
the next meeting
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-15
AUCTION BRIDGE WITH
MRS. CANT,

Mrs. T L. Cant was the cordial hos
tess to the members Of her Auction
Bridge Club. the guests for the after
noon being Mrs. Marion Caldwell, Miss
Fannie Caldwell and Miss Bell Whit
ing. Mrs H. G. DeSilva made high
score, winning pretty white and gold
plate
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-15
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mr.. and Mrs. Bandrup Olsen have
been spending a part of their honey
moon in ST. Augustine, but are ex-
pected shortly from their wedding
itinerary, and will receive a cordial
welcome on their arrival home.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-15
Opera La Traviata to-
night, Reynald's Music
House.
FIVE HUNDRED POSTPONED
IINTIJ FRIDAY

The Five Hundred at which Miss
Genie Boghich was to have entertained
on Thursday afternoon for the Wo-
mans Home has been postponed I'M
til Friday afternoon at $50. Miss
Boghich will entertain at the home of
Mrs Charles Cottrell.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-15
MR.. AND MRS. j. M. MULDoN
RETuRNED

Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ Muldon and
children, Teddy and Ellie, have re-
turned from a four months visit in the
Adirondacks, spent at the Lake Placid
Club where the family have been
spending their summers for several
seasons past They are at their bay
shore home, having arrived several
days ago.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-15
Check Kidney Trouble at Once.

There is such ready action in Foley
Kidney Pills, you feel their healing
from the very first dose. Backache'
weak, sore kidneys, painful bladder
and irregular action disappear with
their use o. Palmer, Green Bay, Wis,
says My wife is rapidly recovering
her health and strength. due solely to
Foley Kidney pills (AdV.l
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-15
TO ATTEND THE WILLIAMS ORR
WEDDING

Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Warren will leave
Thursday for Birmingham to attend
the Williams wedding. Miss Fan
Warren, who is now in Birmingham,
is to be one of Miss Orr's bridesmaids.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-15

Sheppard's Exterminator
will kill those mosquitoes
Guaranteed. The Crystal
PharrnE--=. Phone 921.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-15

You can obtain DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery in tablet or liquid
form from all dealers in medicines-or
send SO one-cent stamps for a trial box
of the tablets to DR.. Pierce, Invalids'
Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-15


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The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-07
IS A MONEY-MAKER
Big Increase in Coinage Due to
"BuffaIo Nickel"
Change Made In Dies for Popular
Piece-Director Of Mint Sur
prised That Recastlng of Coin
Should Excite Newspapers.

Washington. - The new buffalo
nickel" has been a money-maker for
Uncle Sam.
The credit side of the big ledger
in the treasury department devoted to
the accounts of the coinage of nickels
and pennies in the various mints Of
the country shows an increase of al
most $1,000, 900, and the new nickel
played a prominent part in this in
crease. This is according to the fig
ures of the annual report that Di-
rector of the mint George e. Roberts
is now compiling.
The profit" in the coinage of nick
els and pennies for the past fiscal
year was S3,417.667. and that for the
year preceding was approximately 81
100000. In the fiscal year of 1913 the
output of nickels was $2,S61, 1886
In the year before it was 1892, 18S. 20.
and the increase was due to the coin
age of the new pieces, the first of
which were issued last February
This profit is not really a profit"
said Director Roberts the other day.
The proper term is 'seniorage.' and
1t represents the value of the issue
over the cost of the metal"
A new issue of coins has to be run
for 25 years before any of the admin
istrative officials can make a change.
This is provided by law. Congress
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-07

administration, now there are ITS. 900
Then there was but one good road OF
40 miles; now there are about 1000
miles of good roads. Production OF
sugar has grown from $4,000 tons a
year to 365,000. The foreign com.
merce was about s25 100000 a year;
now 1t is nearly 100000 900. Then
the island bought about $2,5O0,000
worth of American products year;
now nearly s40,O00,000.
According to the report, Hawaii has
been extremely prosperous since 1t
came permanently under the Ameri-
can flag In 1900. The assessed value
of property increased one-half. the
value OF the sugar crop more than
doubled, deposits in banks trebled and
In savings banks quadrupled. Hawaii's
irrigation system is the marvel of the
engineering world, and the quantity
Of sugar produced per acre far ex-
ceeds that of any other spot on the
globe.
The Alaskan islands and main.
land" says the report, cost us $780,.
600. an expenditure that many be
lieved to be quite unjustifiable, yet for
many years the annual value of the
sealskins alone approximated the cost
Of the entire area, while at present
the value of the canned salmon sent
us from Alaska in a single year is
twice as much as the entire posses.
sion cost"
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-07

have frowned, and always poor, he
had been numbered with the greatest
of the earth.
Never in his lifetime regarded as
an orator, he is enrolled among the
most gifted pleaders of all ages.
Never educated, never widely read,
never traveller. he is conceded to
have been one of the wisest Of men.
Never a trained soldier. he COM
any monarch or general.
Never having had more than local
celebrity as a lawyer, he had con-
ceptions of justice that were unknown
to distinguished jurists of his time.
Never assuming to be statesman
or an economist. and never until his
call to the presidency successful
manager of any enterprise, he became
a ruler who will be celebrated for
ever for wisdom, sagacity and firm
ness.
Never the author of verse, he has
given us poetry in prose that is i'm
perishable.
The humblest. the least assertive Of
men, it fell to him in an hour of
crushing responsibility as command
er-in-chief, by the sovereign stroke Of
a pen, to put human slavery in the
way of extinction.
There is no obscurity in the phil
osophy of such life. 1t touches every
human being, high or low, rich or
poor, wise or simple, strong or weak.
1t is the flesh and blood life, the life
of struggle, sorrow and achievement.
Its lessons are for all.
What have Science, Reason and re-
condite Theory to offer in place Of
such a life? Nothing but words, most
of them meaningless!
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-07

or the United States Is actually under
cultivation, ac
Millions of cording to estt
Acres Unused. mates of the de
partment of agri.
cultural, based upon reports of 35 600
correspondents. These reports were
obtained in order to gain information
as to the tillable area of the United
States, the amount of land that cannot
be used for crops that have to be
plowed, but available for pasture or
fruits, and the total number of acres
that never can be used for agricultural
purposes. From the returns. which
were generally very consistent, pre-
liminary estimates have been made
for each state and for the United
States. Further investigation in the
far western states may modify some
what the present estimate for those
states.
The entire United States, excluding
foreign possessions, contains about
900,000,000 acres OF this area about
60 per cent or 1.140000.000 acres is
estimated to be tillable. that is capa-
BILE of being brought under cultivation
by means of the plow. This includes
land already under such cultivation
and that which in the future may be
brought under cultivation by clearing,
drainage, irrigation, etc.
Three hundred and sixty-one mil.
lion acres or 10 per cent. are esti
mated to be nontillable but valuable
for pasture or fruits. Only 21 per
cent. or 39e, 100000 acres, was estt
mated to be of no use for agriculture
present or future.
According to the census of 1909
the land area In crops where acreage
was given was 81, 10000 acres. This
is about 16 per cent. of the total land
area or about 27 per cent of the es
timated potential tillable area of the
United States, excluding foreign pos
sessions.
In other words. for every 100 acres
that are now titled, about 375 acres
may be titled when the country is
fully developed. In the development
of the agriculture of the country the
land which was most easily brought
into a state of cultivation as the great
Mississippi valley. was the first to be
brought into such use. Extension OF
titled area will be at greater expense
for clearing. drainage, irrigation. etc.
The increased production of the fu.
ture will be the result Of increased
yields per acre as well as extension OF
area.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-07

needed. AS proof of a nations CRATE
full appreciation it was wise and gen.
erous.
We hear much these days Of phil
osophy, most of it not understandable.
There are societies that study pro-
foundly and profess to comprehend.
These circles are small and the re-
suits that they gain are uncer-
tain.
But the philosophy of life like
Lincoln's takes hold upon millions; it
abides In the hearts and minds of
men; 1t influences nations; it inspires
whole races. In comparison with it
what other is worth while?
Born in wretched poverty, an ILL
favored child upon whom and whose
parents our learned professors would
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-07

may order a new coin whenever it
der differently the buffalo nickel
will continue to be coined for the next
quarter century.
Mr.. Roberts was surprised at the
prominence that the newspapers of
the country have given recently to the
fact that a change has been made in
the dies of the buffalo nickel"
"The coin is slightly different now
from what it was when it first ap-
peared." said Director Roberts, taking
up two nickels that lay on his desk.
This is the coin of the first issue
that appeared last February. 1t was
made first in New York The die was
made under the supervision of ]. E.
Fraser, the artist who designed the
the outlines of the coin were not as
distinct as they might be. Particular
ly the lettering in the words, five
cents under the buffalo, was a trifle
hazy. and there were certain other
places that were not clear cut.
I'VE were much pleased with the
coin. and felt an indisposition to make
any change, but at the same time we
felt that some changes might be prac,
teal
SO we set the die cutters in the
mint to work making the lettering
little more distinct. You can see the
difference if you look closely" he said,
taking up the second of the coins. "All
of the lettering is more clearly cut
and even some of the lines in the buff
falo and the background were brought
out more distinctly.
But this is not news it's history,
and I'm surprised that the papers
should have taken it up at this time.
The recutting of the dies was done
in April, and the new coins have been
coined ever since as you see them
now"
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-07

That was my first meeting with
Abraham Lincoln.
Mr.. Lincoln went into the basement
where the landlord had a carpenter
shop, and returned with two heavy
timbers across his shoulders. With
them he made slide between the
wagon and the front doorsteps. He
got the piano unloaded, with the as
sistance of Mr.. Linder and Mr.. SWEET,
amid the jokes of the crowd
Before they had screwed the legs
into place, dinner was announced, and
the men hurried to the back porch,
where there were two tin wash ba-
sins, long roller towel and a coarse
comb for the guests.
After dinner Mr.. Lincoln superin-
tended the setting up of the piano.
and even saw to it that it stood square
in the center of the wall space. He
received my thanks with a polite
bow, and asked. do you intend to
follow court and give concerts?" The
immense relief expressed on his coun.
tenance when / assured him that he
would not be called upon to move
Then may we have one tune be.
fore we go?" he asked, and played
Rosin the Bow with variations.
Some one shouted: Come on, boys,
the judge will be waltzing!" After
had assured them that. If they de-
sired it, 1 would give my first and
only concert on this circuit" when
they returned to the hotel in the eve
ming, the crowd dispersed.
That night l played and sang nu.
merous songs, all of which met with
applause. AS a finale l sang He
Doeth All Things Well" after which
Mr.. Lincoln, in a very grave manner,
thanked me for the evenings enter.
tainment, and said: Don't let us spoil
that song by any other music to
night" Many times afterward I sang
that song for Mr.. Lincoln; he was al
ways fond of it.-Mrs. ]. M. Johns
Personal Racollections"
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-07

A vocational guidance bureau WHICH
will assist school children and other
persons to obtain
bureau VIII the employment
best adapted has
been established in Washington.
Experts will analyze the tempera-
ment and capabilities of applicants
and advise them as to the calling in
which they are likely to succeed. An
employment Office, operated in con-
nection with the bureau and supported
by employers throughout the country,
then will find jobs for the applicants
in the callings suggested.
This work, which has been founded
by a local body of philanthropists, is
expected to aid particularly young per-
sons who lack definite aims and pa
rental advice, older persons who are
drifting without getting anywhere"
in callings to which. perhaps. they are
unsuited. and such down and outs"
as desire to start over again.
Gustave Blumenthal has been en-.
gagged as the bureau analyst. He will
"size up" the character and attain
ments of the applicant, who will be re-
quired to furnish minute information
concerning his education, tastes, at
tainments and experience. When the
analyst determines what calling would
afford the best opportunities for the
applicant the case will be referred to
board of counselors who are bust
ness and professional men and
women.
The counselor representing the cali
ing designated by the analyst will
Judge the applicant and his chances OF
making good. If the Judgment is IA
vorable the applicant will be returned
to the bureau with an Endorsement
and the employment office then will
find him job.
When the applicant obtains employ
ment he will become the subject OF
the bureaus follow-up system of re
ports. II he makes good the bureau
will be through with him. If he fails
to progress the bureau will re-examine
him and endeavor to start him along
more successful lines.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-07
LiNCOLN'S LIFE
AN INSPIRATION
Why He Will for All Time Be Num-
bered With the Greatest of
the Earth.

HERE are charac-
ters 80 great that
their memorials
are tributes to
those who read
them. 1t is 80
with Abraham
Lincoln. To pre-
serve a fame that
is undying. the
appropriation by
congress Of $2.-
100000 was not
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-07

Uncle Sam now has under his DOS
session exactly 5000 islands. support
,, ing a population
Uncle Sam Has of 10000, 900 or
1900 Islands. more than the ell
tire United States
century ago. according to a report
Just received by the National Geo
graphic society. 1t tells the story of
the remarkable development of those
Islands since the American flag was
unfurled over them
The report shows their commerce
exceeds $500. 100000, or more than
that of the United States in any year
prior to 1850; American capital invest.
ed In them aggregate approximately
100000, 900; they ship to the United
States s10o.0oo,0o0 of their products
every year, and take in exchange
products Of about equal value.
The feature of the report is the de-
velopment of Porto Rico, Hawaii and
the Alaskan islands. 1t shows when
Porto Rico came under American pos
session Is years ago there was hut
one building In the island erected for
school purposes, while today there are
1900 such buildings. There were 25..
600 pupils enrolled In the public
schools in the first year of American
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-07

low the court from county to county;
but although most Of the lawyers
travelled to only three or four coun-
ties, Judge Davis, Mr.. Lincoln, and
Leonard SWEET went the whole cir
cult; DAVIS because he had to. Lin
coin because he loved it, and SWEET
because he loved their company.
It was in court week that my pf-
ano arrived in Decatur. The wagon
backed up to the steps of the Ma
con house, where was staying, but
the question how to unload it puzzled
the landlord. Just then the court
adjourned and crowd appeared. The
men gathered curiously around the
wagon that blocked the entrance.
There is piano in that box that
this woman here wants some one to
help unload" explained the landlord.
Who will lend a hand?"
A tall gentleman stepped forward.
and throwing off gray Scotch shawl.
said, Come on. SWEET, you are the
mart hisrast man"
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-07
EVER READY TO
DO KINDLY ACT
Concert Singer Tells How Abra-
ham Lincoln Helped to Move
Her Piano.
HEN court was in

HEN court was In
session in Deca-
tur, ILL.,, Judge Da-
v i 8 presided.
Court week was
always looked for
with great inter
est by the people
of the county
seat. 1t was GUS
tomary for the
entire bar Of the
district to fol-
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-07

Only 27 per cent. of the tillable land
of the United States is actually under
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-07

A vocational guidance bureau which
will assist school children and other
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REeALlAs, BADGES, ETC.
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