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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-11-25
Pull Together for the Town

Editor Herald, Sir: A small
town in Santa Clara county, Cal,
sells several million dollars
worth of eggs and poultry every
year; Perry township, Lake coun-
ty, Ohio farmers receive yearly
over half a million dollars for
their onions; and coming to our
own state, we all know how eel
cry has made Sanford famous,
Strawberries Plant City and Pota-
toes Hastings. All these indus
tries started from nothing, hut
the people held out until free al
vertisement caught them up and
made them rich and famous.
Punta Gorda can 10 thu same
with its early truck, and now is
the time to cooperate. Concert
ed action and a pull together
will soon bring to public notice
the fact that Punta Gorda can
produce garden truck Of high
quality, and after season or two
free advertisement will do the
rest, just the same as it did for
the above named towns.--C.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-11-25
Eating

Eating is fine art, mastered
by some-not by all.
What to eat and how to eat it
are the premliminaries and, these
neglected, eating becomes mere
feeding-a process necessary to
sustain life. Hogs feed and Ito
stretch of the imagination can
connect any refnements with the
act.
An invitation to dine is the
highest social favor, the ultimate
act of hospitality which a man
can offer his friend. The ban
quets of the ancient Rome are
famous in history hut in those
times, the guest was most dis
tinguished who could devoW The
most food, and gluttouy contri
buted to the decadence Of the En-
pire. There are lineal descend
ants of these old-time feeders il
these days, who, to the quantities
that they consume have added ;
record-breaking speed with which
the viands before them are mad,
to disappear.
The amateur Sword-swallowers
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-11-25
FLORIDA'S POPULATION AS
SHOWN BY STATE CENSUS

The city of Tampa now has 50,
978. In 1905 it had 22,S23 an in
crease of 1885. In 1910 it hac
81, 1872, an increase in the five
year period of 1896.
Jacksonville now has 66,85O. In
1905 it had 35,3O1, an increase Of
31,549. In 1910 it had 57,699, an
increase for five years of 9,451.
Pensacola now has 23,247. In
1905 it had 21,505, an increase Of
1,742. In 1910 it had 22,9S2, in.
crease in five years being 265.
Tallahassee's present popula-
ton is 5,192. The population in
1905 was 1911, an increase of
1881. The population for 1910
was 5,01S or an increase of ia
for the five-year period.
The total population of Leon
county is 20,135. In 1905 it was
which shows an increase
during the past ten years of 1852.
The population of the county five
years ago was 1927, the increase
being 70S-
The population Of Duval coun-
ty, according to the 1915 census,
is 94,834. In 1910 it was rs, 1853,
an increase of 1851. In 1905
the population was 47,912, show
ing an increase in the past ten
years of 1892, or ninety-seven
and nine-tenths per cent.
Escambia county this year has
41,143. In 1905 there were 3d.
1888 people in that county, an in
crease during the past ten years
Of $3.50. For the five-year per-
iod the increase was STA.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-11-25
Orange Crops Damaged by Split
Fruits

Growers from the southern por-
ton of the state report consider
able damage to the orange crop
from splitting. There is very lit
tie that can be done to prevent
the trouble. According to theory
splitting is caused by unequal
growth of the rind and the inter-
ior. B. F. Floyd, plant physiol-
ogist to the University of Florida
Experiment Station, suggests that
the fruits have been checked in
their growth some time during
the season. The rind seems to
harden or set. When growth is
resumed the interior is capable
of more rapid development than
the rind.
The splitting usually occurs in
some weakened portion of the
rind such as dieback spots or in
crossings. Most often the split
ting is found on the sides or the
blossom end. 1t occurs some
times on healthy fruits.
The Station has not carried out
any experiments to determine
how to prevent the trouble. Some
growers practice root pruning to
a limited extent, which has SEEM
cd to help some. Others sprinkle
9hluestone around the tree. This
practice is of doubtful benefit,
but it is known to reduce the rate
of growth for period and there
is possibility that it may be Ell
fective in lessening the splitting.
Bluestone is a poison, however,
and the grower takes risk in u.s.
ing it. One pound to a large bear.
ing tree and proportionately
smaller amounts for smaller trees
may be applied. 1t is best to use
smaller amounts if one is not sure
that the tree will stand it. To be
effective the bluestone must be
applied about the time the trouble
starts. Old applications will have
noaeffect, Splitting also occurs in
grapefruit to a limited extent,
but it is chiefly confined to
oranges.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-11-25

Tallahassee-The Office of the
department of agriculture has
completed and given to the press
the result of the 1915 census. The
tabulation is known as the prelim-
mary statement and gives only
the largest cities, towns, all the
counties, the grand total and the
increase in each instance over the
census of ten years ago and the
increase during the past five-year
period. The percentage is also
figured in the report which is now
being published for distribution
throughout the state. The small
er towns and their percentage in
creases or decreases will be made
public when the final tabulation.
is completed.
Florida now has, according to
the state 1915 census, 921, 1863 peo-
pie. In 1905 it had GA, 1902, an
increase of 306,667, or forty-nine
and nine-tenths per cent. in ten
years. In 1910 Florida s popula-
lion was 1858, making the in
crease for the five-year period
l6S, $50, or twenty-five and four
,enths per cent.
Hillsborough county has S3,661.
N 1905 it had 51,416, an increase
If 81, 245, and in 1910 it had 49,
ia, an increase Of 5,2S7. Hills
borough was divided in 1911, toI
'reate PineIlas county, but if the
original county mad remained in
act, the increase would have been
"A, 102. This foot note is added |
n the department report in fair
ress to the county of Hillsbor-
ugh.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-11-25

Don t hurry, for after all, eating
is just as essential as sleeping to
let us fill out our allotted space
on this terrestrial ball, and you
don't continuously cut short your
sleeping time without shortening
your stay on earth. Ample time
for eating means elaboration in
masticating your food. Don t
go to the other extreme and be-
come a mathematical eater-one
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-11-25

who shovel food into the appar-
entity bottomless caverns that are
reached through their mouths, as
the fireman passes coal into the
furnace, belong to the feeding
class. They are quite as cultured
at the table and in their daily
lives as the herd that ran head
long into the sea and was drown
ed. They devour soup, coffee and
other liquid foods audibly, and
they know not the use of napkins.
They but dimly appreciate the
purposes Of knives, forks and
spoons and generally mix them.
What to eat? There is no
mystery about it. If you are i'll,
eat what the doctor says you may
have. If you are in normal
health, eat what you want, what
experience has shown you is as
similable and nourishing. Don t
punish yourself by eating what
you don't like because some one
has told you it is good for you.
That's too much like taking med
icine, and medicine is not for the
healthy man. A tasteful choice Of
fruits, meats and vegetables and
cereals usually contains sufficient
amounts of the proteins and cal
orics to keep the balance that
contributes to strength, that
builds up the waste and keeps up
steam.
Above all else take time to eat.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-11-25
w. G. T. U.

The W. c. T. U had a very in
teresting and instructive meeting
Friday, November 10Th. The pres
ident, Mrs. T. R. Woodson, gave
an inspiring talk on Loyalty
Able addresses were delivered by
Mesdames U. S. Whitaker and
s. j. Hewitt, on evils of the
Hour" and "Christian Laws and
Their Enforcement"
The special numbers were
greatly enjoyed. Miss Lillian Cor
bett presided at the organ. Miss
Grace Laubach sang "Jesus and
His Love-" and Miss Ethel Cor
ton gave reading.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-11-25

and who does IERICHN, NURTH
pasts, who has sEDEIITY.
and laughs while \ AND
pared best to do hisVD
ever it may be, for the First !
nurtured body is esseytE. J
highest efficiency, TUrnp 1
physical, and is best, luLhO \
resist disease.-Statel
Health Bulletin.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-11-25

that chewS each mouthful GER
tain number of times If YOU can t
instinctiNely know when your
food is ready to be swallowed, no
counting can infoBm you, for ma
ture is better guide to intelli-
gence than arithmetic, and a good
many can't count beyond ten
without losing track"
Don't eat too mach just be-
cause you have a good cook in
the kitchen and because yen like
it. Don't eat to "save" things.
1t isn't good economy. Adapt
your diet to the season and the
climate. Nature very kindly Civ.
es us certain fruits and vegetab-
les at certain seasons of the year,
which we relish most when they
come fresh from the garden, when
they are best for us, and which
we don't care for at other sea-
sons. Watermelons are good in
summer, but we don t, crave
them-wouldn't enjoy them half
SO much in January. No art of
preserving can save all the relish
of fresh fruits or vegetables, but
this doesn't mean that the can
ner's art is not a very useful and
necessary profession in our mod
ern system of table economics.
Adapt your diet to your work.
The man of sedentary occupation
needs different food and in differ
ent quantities from that demand
ed by the ditch digger. For the
former one heavy meal a day is
sufficient; for the other three are
not too many. Avoid greasy
foods-the climate Of Florida
doesn It call for the fats and oilss
that the Eskimo deems Injuries,
yet the menu on many Florida
tables, particularly in the rural
sections, abounds in things fried
in grease, where every preeau.
ton has been taken to prevent
the loss of a single drop Of the an
imal fats. Broiled meats are pal
atable and healthful, fried meats
are an abomination.
Drink water with your meals
if you want it. The old fable
that it should be used only be-
tween meals, doesn't hold good
any more. But be sure that you
do drink it between meals. 1T is
a good lubricant and cleanser FOR
the urinary tract, and if you
haven't the habit already, by all
means cultivate it.
The man who eats good food,
even if it is plain and inexpensive,
who eats in moderation yet suffi-
eient to meet the necessities of his
physical nature, who is temperate
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oranges
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-11-25
RHEUMATISM AND ALLIED Rrge
AL
PROFESSIONAL CARDS

LAdvertisementl
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-11-25

Best business location in town
large store room equipped with
shelves and counters for dry
goods, for rent-Apply to THE
HERALD.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-04
IF HAIR IS TURNING
GRAY, USE SAGE TEA
Don't Look oIdl Try erandmother's
Recipe to Darken and Beautify
Gray, Faded, Lifeless Hair.

Grandmother kept her hair beauti-
fully darkened, glossy and abundant
with a brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur
Whenever her hair fell out or took on
that duh. faded or streaked appear
ance. this simple mixture was applied
with wonderful effect. By asking at
Lny drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Hair Remedy" you will get a
large bottle of this old-time recipe,
ready to use. for about so cents. This
simple mixture can be depended upon
to restore natural color and beauty
to the hair and is splendid for dan
druH, dry. itchy scalp and falling hair.
A well-known druggist says every.
body uses Wyeths Sage and Sulphur,
because il darkens so naturally and
evenly that nobody can tell II has been
applied-it's so easy to use, too. You
simply dampen comb or soft brush
and draw 1t through your hair, taking
one strand at a time. By morning
the gray hair disappears; after an
other application or two, it is re-
stored to its natural color and looks
glossy soft and abundant. ADV.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-04
eermanx,s Dead Letter Mail

The German post office is to spare
the feelings, so far as possible, of the
families Of soldiers who have fallen
in battle, when mail matter, nondeliv-
cradle for that reason, is returned to
the sender Hitherto II was the GUS
tom to stamp on the letter or package
merely the word fallen" or dead"
and send II back home to shock the
relatives with this harsh brevity. Now
the military authorities have been di-
rected to use the words fallen for the
fatherland," or fallen on the field of
honor"
In still another way the authorities
are trying to soften the blow of death
notices from the front. Hitherto this
was attempted only in country dis
tricts where the returned mail of the
fallen soldiers was handed over to the
local authorities or the clergyman,
who then undertook to break the fatal
news gently to the family. Something
like this is now to be done also in the
towns and cities. The local authorl-
ties will now be asked to select some
person suitable for bearing the mes
sage of death.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-04
Defined as "Hurolary.p

The supreme court of Washington
in State VS.. Corcoran holds that a
clerk in a store who enters with a KEY
furnished by his employer and takes
away goods is guilty of burglary and
larceny, since his act of entering un-
der such circumstances constitutes a
breaking" The court said:
IF the appellant had the right to
enter the store by the use of his key
at any time in the day or night, that
is, had an unrestricted and unlimited
right of entrance, he could not be
guilty of the crime of burglary, even
though he carried away the goods
from the store. In such event the
crime would be larceny, and not
burglary. But If his right to enter
was limited to the usual hours Of em.
ployment, and after hours of employ
ment he used the key for the purpose
of entering the store with intent un-
lawfully to, take articles therefrom,
he was clearly guilty of burglary"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-04
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
California Syrup Of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes. after giving
her children California Syrup Of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love It's pleasant taste
and 1t thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach. liver and bowels with.
out gripping.
When cross. irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad. stomach sour, look at
the tongue. mother! II coated, give
teaspoonful OF this harmless fruit
laxative" and In few hours all the
foul, constipated waste. sour bile and
undIgested food passes out OF the bow
els, and you have a well. playful child
again. When Its little system Is full
Of cold, throat sore. has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good inside cleaning should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions OF mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for a 80.
cent bottle OF California Syrup OF
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children OF all ages and grown-upp
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-04
"INFERNAL REVENUE"

I'VE are told that we must have
the liquor traffic for the revenue it
yields, for the vast sum that flows
annually into the Golfers of the ma
tion through infernal-internal rev.
enue," said Michael Tanning, in a mas
terly address in Salt Lake City. who
pays this revenue? Not the liquor
dealer The average liquor dealer in
the United States last year took in
sS,700 and paid out an average of $500.
the difference being the liquor dealers
toll. This, in the last analysis, is paid
by starving wives, besotted husbands,
helpless orphans, betrayed maiden
hood, blasted careers, wreck, ruin, de-
spair and DEATH"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-04
BROTHERS IN MISERY
coMRADEsHiP OF WOUNDED ON
THE BATTLEFIELD.
Letter Written to His Fianeee by
Dying French Officer Reveals
Triumph OF the Finer Feel.
lngs OF Humanity.

A letter. which is among the most
moving documents written since the
beginning OF the war, has been re-
ceivod by a young American woman In
Paris. 1t was written by her fiance,
a French cavalry officer, as he lay
dying In Flanders, and with the letter
she received the news Of his death.
After narrating how he was wound.
ed In the chest during cavalry
charge and temporarily lost conscious
ness, the writer goes on:
There are two other men lying
near me and do not think there is
much hope for them, either. One is
an officer OF Scottish regiment and
the other a private in the uhlans.
They we're struck down after ME
and when ! came to myself ! found
them bending over me, rendering first
aid The Britisher was pouring water
down my throat from his flask, while
the German was endeavorinC "a
stanch my wound with an antiseptic
preparation served out by their med
zeal corps.
"The Highlander had one OF his legs
shattered and the German had several
pieces OF shrapnel buried in his side
In spite of their own sufferings they
we're trying TO help me, and when
was fully conscious again the German
gave me a morphia injection and took
one himself. His medical corps had
also provided him with the injection
and the needle, together with printed
instructions for its use.
After the injection, feeling wonder
fully at ease, we spoke Of the lives we
had lived before the war. We all
spoke English, and we talked of the
women we had left at home. Both the
German and the Britisher had only
been married year.
II wondered, and suppose the 9th
ers did, why we had fought each other
at all. looked at the Highlander
who was falling to sleep exhausted,
and In spite OF his drawn face and
mud.stained uniform, he looked the
embodiment Of freedom. Then
thought of the tricolor of France and
all that France had done for liberty.
"Then / watched the German, who
had ceased to speak. He had taken a
prayer book from his knapsack and
was trying to read a service for sol
diers wounded in battle"
The letter ends with reference to
the falling light and the roar of guns
1t was found at the dead officers side
by Red Cross file and forwarded to
his fiancee.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-04
JAILs ARE EMPTY.

The Telegram CWheeling, w. Va,
speaking enthusiastically Of the
changed conditions in Wheeling. tells
us that "On the Sth of July the pris-
oners we're so thoroughly cleaned out
Of the workhouse that when the Jail
officials sent for some men to clean
the jail there were not enough men
in prison to do It, and the Jail officials
had to do the work themselves"
One instance is related OF former
leader OF the vets who is in the gro
cery business. A man who had owed
him a grocery bill for four years came
in the first pay day after the saloons
we're closed and gave him $40 on his
account. He explained that now that
he could not spend his money for
booze, he would have II to pay his
honest bills. Similar incidents are re-
lated by the hundreds from all over
the state.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-04
'|eIllIela9lliI1l!9 q .
"a lsS28N
Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)
PEOPLE TO BE TRUSTED.

The reason why governments have
not done and are not doing their duty
toward the suppression Of alcohol Is,
In the last analysis, says Congressman
Hobson, based on the absence Of pub.
lie opinion on the part of the masses
as to the true nature OF alcohol and
the appalling results that come from
Its use" And DR.. T. d. Crothers, the
noted expert on alcoholism, declares
that III the actual effects OF alcohol
we're known by the people, prohibiting
Its use would follow as natural and
reasonable demand" To bring to the
people knowledge concerning the ma
ture of alcohol and its effects upon the
individual, the family, the state, is the
purpose of the organized campaign OF
education now being carried on
throughout the land from remote coun-
tryslde TO halls Of congress. Given
the facts, the intelligent people OF
this nation will soon settle the liquor
question and settle It right. Bring the
truth to the masses!
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-04
Perfect Models.

A seedy-looklng man walked slowly
up to the farmhouse.
Madam" he said to the farmers
wife, may | chop some wood for you?
III do Il for nothing"
THE lady looked at him suspicious.
ly. DO you be needin exercise?' she
inquired
mot exactly. madam. The only thing
/ require is that you let me sit by
the woodpiie and paint for few hours
am an artist OF the old school, and
have been commissioned to do fan
tastic impression of an aeroplane, |
wish to use the woodpile as model"
Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-04
GOTH ARE BENEFITED.

Another big corporation to testify to
the advantages of prohibition as an
efficiency measure is the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company. In a pub
ished statement regarding the coal
mining strike the company said:
"The production at this company's
mines in the southern district of Colo
RADIO for the first is days of April
averaged 5.S5 tons per day for each
miner at work. That was before the
federal troops closed the saloons. For
the first IS days Of June with all sa-
looms closed) each man produced 6.52
tons. which meant an average increase
In wages OF over eleven per cent per
man.
"This has confirmed the view long
held by us, that II saloons and drink
ting could be eliminated from the coal
districts. not only the miners but the
companies would be greatly bene'
lited."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-04
QUIT MEAT IF KIDNEYS
BOTHER AND USE SALTS
Take a Glass Of Salts Before Break.
fast II Your Back Is Hurting or
Bladder Is lrritated.

II you must have your meat every
day, eat 1t, but flush your kidneys with
salts occasionally, says noted author
ity who tells US that meat forms uric
acid which almost paralyzes the kid
neys in their efforts to expel 1t from
the blood They become sluggish and
weaken, then you suffer with duh
misery in the kidney region, sharp
pains in the back or sick headache,
dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue
is coated and when the weather Is bad
you have rheumatic twinges. The
urine gets cloudy, full OF sediment, the
channels often get sore and irritated,
obliging you to seek relief two or
three times during the night.
To neutralize these irritating acids,
to cleanse the kidneys and flush off
the body's urinous waste get four
ounces OF Jad Salts from any phar-
macy here; take a tablespoonful in a
glass of water before breakfast for a
few days and your kidneys will then
act fine This famous salts is made
from the acids Of grapes and lemon
Juice, combined with lithia, and has
been used for generations to flush and
stimulate sluggish kidneys also to
neutralize the acids in urine so it no
longer irritates, thus ending bladder
weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in.
jure, and makes delightful efferves.
cent Whitewater drink-Ady.