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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-25
ZOE couNrY coMMIssIoMER. 80 .

FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. NO. 8.
hereby announce my candidacy ~
county commissioner from District No 3
covering precincts j. 2. 3. 3, a. g. 90,
81: believe that good roads and good
schools go hand IA hand and viii work
70 that end; also will safeguard the tax
appreciate your vote.
THOS. W. HARRIS
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-25
JOHN L. FREEMAN.
FoR couNrY - AssEssoR.

To the Voters OF Escambia County:
I respectfully submit my candidacy
FOR nomination as Tax Assessor In this
coming primary.
! make this announcement with a fuM
appreciation OF the honor 90 be con-
ferred, and the responsibility attached 20
this office, and earnestly solicit your
WILLIE L. MORGAN. JR-
I hereby announce myself a candidate
FOR County Tax Assessor, subject 20 the
action Of the Democratic primaries.
respectfully solicit the support OF al
voters. ...
A. II. D'ALENTBERTB.
I hereby announce myself candidate
for Tax Assessor for Escambia County.
subject TO the action OF the Democratic
primaries. Having been appointed to the
uneNpired term, my time VIII be devoted
TO getting the books IN shape for this
year and I solicit the support OF all
Democrats.
Respectfully
CADE e srIACKELFoRD.
FOR JUDGE 1sT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
To the Democratic voters OF the First
Judicial Circuit Of Florida: wish 60
announce that ] am a candidate 70 sue
coed myself as Judge Of the First judi
cial Circuit OF Florida. The endorse
ment for this position win he made by
the Democratic voters al the primary
election TO be held in June 81 this year
l desire and VIII appreciate the votes
and support OF all the Democratic voters
within the circuit.
Respectfully.
A @. CAMPBELL.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-25

FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, NO. ?.
hereby announce my candidacy for
County Commissioner from District No
z. elected l viii give the business OF
the county strict attention win an
preciate the support Of an
EUGENE p. ROCT
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-25

Weather, barometer readings, wind
direction and wind velocity at Z p. m.
along the gulf coast.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-22
1zMA64193W NWB WZEzW'

would net as if lonesome. Noticing this Doctor
Howe one day asked the reason.
w are not lonely for people, but lonely for am
mails" they answered. In South Africa one of their
principal pastimes had been to trek through the
woods with their dogs. The Horners remained at
Ellis island for several weeks after they had been
admitted to the country then Doctor Howe LOOK
them up to a summer home he has in the woods IN
WestcheSter county.
There they have lived all winter, enjoying life in
the open country, especially when snow was on the
ground and the deer tracks could be followed
through the woods. The two younger girls possess
a knowledge of wOodcraft which Doctor Howe says
is really amazing, and they have no fear of getting
lostSin the woods. They walk for miles in which
ever direction their fancy takes them, always find
ing their way back home by the same sort of in
stinct as that by which an Indian is guided.
The interest shown by Doctor Howe in this par
ticular case was in keeping with his general policy
of so administering the affairs of Ellis island that
those who come to this country from other lands
with the intention of making a new home for them
selves will be treated with as much kindness and
consideration us the enforcement of the exclusion
laws permits.
The enforcement of these laws is bound to cause
many hardships and disappointments, but Ellis is
land is no longer.a place to be dreaded. 1t is clean,
wholesome and comfortable. The walls of the
registry room, where the incoming aliens receive
their first impressions of America, are no longer
bare and forbidding. They have been draped with
American flags and hung with portraits of the pres
idents and pictures of important events in Amer
lean history. Palms and other growing plants have
been placed around the room. Photographs illus
trative Of the natural beauties and resources of
America, procured from the various government de-
partments at Washington, have been placed in the
detention room and around the corridors.
Every Sunday afternoon a concert is given In the
registry room, the music being furnished by some
one of the organizations of foreign-born persons in
and about New York city which have volunteered
to furnish such entertainment. A moving picture
outfit has also been provided by another group Of
interested persons, and receptions are given every
Thursday night. These entertainments have done
much TO brighten the lives of those who have been
detained on the island for months. Last summer to
relieve the situation Fairgrounds were opened on
the island, and mothers and children were per-
mltted TO play on the lawns. The first day they
were released from the station they rolled upon the
earth and wept with Joy from contact with the
green grass.
During the winter months handball and other in
door games have been provided. Glasses In gym
nastics have been organized for the men. The
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-22

ton ward, which he frequently does. there are al
ways many questions to answer and heartaches to
sOothe.
Late one afternoon last October Doctor Howe,
while going around the station on one of these
tours of investigation, noticed n mlddle-aged wom-
hh' OF neat, mOtherly appearance, with two pretty
little girls %cuddling up to her, sitting in the deten-
non room. AS the hour was late ap1 he thought
they were visitors Doctor Howe inquired what they
were waiting for and if he could do anything for
them.
The woman explained that she was British and
with her children had been ordered deported. They
had arrived from Great Britain about a month be-
fore, but had no friends In this country and no
money and, therefore, had not been allowed to
enter.
The healthy appearance of the two children, their
pretty faces and their evident good breeding won
over the commissioners on the spot, and he immedi-
ately interested himself in their case.
The woman's name was Mrs. Rita Horner, and
her story was this: when the war broke out she
was living with her family, which, besides her hus-
band, consisted of two SONS and three daughters,
on a dairy farm some miles out of Capetown, South
Africa. The country about them was rugged and
wild and the girls, despite their young years, were
forced to walk many miles every day TO attend
school. The sons, who were older, helped to work
the farm.
"The husband and the two boys, along with most
of the able-bodied men in that section, enlisted in
the British army soon after war was declared and
were sent to the front. They took part in the
fighting in Belgium and northern France. One son
was killed and the father seriously wounded. All
trace of the other son had been lost. Mrs. Horner
was unable to work the farm by herself, so she
raised what money she could and went to England
with her three daughters-Una, fifteen years Piri,
ten years old, and Rita, nine years old. They
had not been in England long when Mrs. Horner
decided to come to America"
On hearing Mrs. HOrners story Doctor Howe
communicated with the authorities at Washington.
He explained that these people were all strong
and healthy, that the children were beautiful and
that there was no danger of them becoming a pub
lie charge. Furthermore, he announced his willing
ness to be responsible for them, and a few days
after the machinery had been set In motion word
cnme back from Washington that Mrs. Horner and
her children would be released in his custody.
Meantime the family had made friends with near
Iy everybody on the island. The watchman and
guards petted the children and gave them many
little presents. The attendants did all they could
to make them comfortable.
Despite these attentions the children sometimes
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-22
New ENGLAND chestnuts Doomed.

Our native chestnut tree, for all its
long tenure of our hills and pastures,
is officially reported as facing complete
extinction. Cut Mt once and market
quickly" is the state forester's advice.
Unlike moth and borer, the bacterial
blight that is killing the chestnut trees
attacks with an infection as subtle as
the breath of a pestilence. The dis
ease is working across the state from
west to east, us If with the prevailing
winds. 1t has already overrun five
counties and has established centers
through the rest. As one in every
six of our timber trees is a chestnut,
the commercial loss In many areas will
be severe. No more farmers will send
their boys and girls to college, winter
by winter, from the sale of ties and
planks and posts from the rapidly
growing stands of straight chestnuts.
But the sentimental loss will entail
even more regret. The chestnut tree,
like its close cousin, the beech and the
oak, has made its own place in our
rugged New England life. 1t enters
our stories and poems and fireside talk
as olive and palm enter the legends
and songs of the Mediterranean. Its
furrowed bark and open branching nc
cord with our scenery and climate as
the durability and bold figure of Its
wood accord with the old-style virtues
of New ~Englanders themselves.-Bos-
ton Herald.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-22
How They Save.

Every 10 minutes somebody walks
into one of our four large savings
banks and opens a new account.
That has been going on for weeks,
months and years, until now there are
over 401 600 different accounts. The
average amount of money kept in bank
by each depositor is only a little less
than $500.
Our thrifty folk have the saving
habit. Every minute of every day they
lay aside $50 to put in the savings
banks. That may seem a small sum
until you multiply the minutes into
hours, the hours into days, days into
months and months into n year.
Then you have a tidy total of SILL
10000. which is S2,000.O00 more than
it cost to run the whole United States
government the year Washington cap
tured Cornwallis.-Girard, in the Phil
adelphia Ledger.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-22
Gardens in Crowded Cities.

Nothing brings the country more
near TO the city than a garden.
The ~vacant-lot gardens are good ia
congested places.
But there are few who "a have a
vacant-lot garden compared to those
who can have window boxes.
Get ready to put up the widow
boxes in the crowded sections and
thus gladden. thousands.
Gay geraniums and graceful vines
that trail their leaves over the Sides
of the box are the things to plant.
The window-box garden should also
contain saucy geranfums, wide-eyed PEI
tunias and bright verbenas.
The placing of windOw-box gardens
in crowded city streets is one of tho
happiest ways Of easing the lot cf
those who must live and work in tpe
city all summer.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-22
patehouIl Moth Preventive.

For the many who dislike the smell
of moth balls and all the brands of
camphor and tar products used to
keep away moths the fragment dried
roots of the %patchouli appeal as a de-
sirable substitute In Porto Rico the
natives bring the patchoull to town
in small bundles, retailing them at
from two to five cents each. Great
quantities of it grow wild in that coun-
try and a demand for 1t from the
States would afford employment TO
many poor persons in the country. at
n time patchouli was in great favor
as a perfume. coming chiefly from In.
dia and the far East in the shape oil
the essential oil extracted from thu
roots of the Pogostemon p%atchouli.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-22

and receive So a week, with n or two
meals at the home of the employer.
"They are poor cooks, but excellent
houseworkers, clean, neat, quick and
respectful, and mor dependable than
the average in other parts of the u
try. Indeed, barring only certain sec
lions in the South, there is no part of
the United States where as good do
nestle workers may be obtained for
the same wages, or where the girls
themselves are equally contented with
their work. l attribute this to the
system"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-22
FRESH
PAINT"
By Jessie Ethel sherwin
tcoDyright. 1915, by W. G. chapman.)

NppyrlBnt, 1910. Ny w. VI. SiioPih"hJ
II shall wait for Mr.. Leslie" spoke
Grace Rogers to her cousin.
We'll, don't lose your way If you
find he does not come"
THE ideal" flashed out dainty and
petite Grace. She rufled at the thought
of n swain, foresworn or prospec-
tive, daring to place her in such a pre-
dicament, and Paul Leslie was pro-
nouncedly of the former class. They
we're o engaged, but of all the eligi-
BILE young men of the village he had
the most fully attracted her.
Paul had admired her from the first
day he had seer her, and had told her
so. More recently he had insisted that
they we're made for one another, and
that he was gathering up the evidence
to prove it to herl She liked his
bright breezy ways.
Grace was on a two months visit to
her cousin, Norma Ellis. The pre-
scribed period had nearly passed. That
evening there was a party at a villa
two miles away. Paul had promised to
call for her at seven o'clock. She pre-
ferred to go on foot, she had told him.
Now she sat on the porch awaiting the
arrival of her expected escort.
The clock inside the house struck
seven, then the quarter. Grace began
to grow impatient. Half past. A dainty
foot began to tap the porch floor faster
and faster. She darted a look town
ward full of real temper. She sprane
to her feet quite angrily as the cloch
announced that Paul Leslie was forty
five minutes late.
How dare he!" she flared out. "Oh
j could almost scratch him!"
Then she jumped back into her seat
affecting in her pose the utmost indif
ference to everything in the worlt
save the most intense enjoyment o
rest and the soft perfumed evening air
She had seen a white-garbed mascu
line form coming down the road.
AT last, my belated cavalier" sh,
tried to say %viciously. II shall b,
marble-and ice-quite!"
Footsteps crunched on the grave
walk. Her head was turned and sh
gave no token of recognition or intel
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-22

est. The footsteps sounded on the
steps. and then"
my lear Miss Rogers-I I'm indeed
unfortunate!"
A vivid revulsion passed through her
frame. Instantly she recognized the
Paul Leslie. 1t was that of his antithe-
sis. Bryce Willard.
If there vas one among her m
Gus suitors whom Grace despised 1t
was this o~verfastidious. self-conceited
individual. He was a man of wealth
and leisure. 1t had come to her ears
that he had boosted the Miss Rogers
was the nearest to his ideal of a lovely
girl and he had half a mind to settle
down and marry her" But this intelli-
gence was yapid. He had a suit of
clothes for each day in the week-on
the present occasion two, for he wore
an outing garb of immaculate white,
even to the cap, gloves and shoes.
81 was on my lonely way to the func,
ton" he observed, coming nearer. 81
made out someone on the porch. May
] hope that ! will have the company
of a good angel for the rest of my
route?"
"You may" spoke Grace, promptly
and deliberately, thinking to herself
that her frame of mind at the present
moment was very far from being an
gelic. Here was her opportunity to
teach that ~presumptuous Paul Les.
lie" a severe lesson! That he
would arrive later, profuse with
she doubted not. He should
find her gone. with another. and
all that evening Willard should be at
her side. while Paul-she would freeze
him with a look!
you see, | don't know the exact way
to the Walthams." explained willard.
as they started down the steps.
Neither do l." said Grace. and she
quite hurried him for fear that Paul
would put in an appearance before
they got started.
And it's ~deucedly dark. no moon"
proceeded Willard, as If announcing an
individual and particular discovery. 81
know It's two miles. We can hardly
miss it"
He ratified on in his empty-brained
way and Grace tried to keep up the
conversation. Half al hour later they
found they had wandered on from the
regular road and came up against a
barbed wire fence. the road having
faded away into a mere footpath.
II declare. l believe we are lost!'
remarked Willard.
Grace was getting She sug-
'gested that they retrace their steps
They ~regained the road. branched on
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-22

hours. with extra pay for extra time,
is the custom in this part of the coun-
try. Our maids are almost all the
children of the original Mexican set
tiers of this section. Owing to the
Latin-American standards of chaper-
ronage, even the peon families greatly
prefer the daughters are In their own
homes at night. Fully two-thirds of
the Mexican maids live at home. A
very common arrangement is work
from Z a. m. to noon weekdays. 8 to IL
a. m. Sundays, the usual wage $3.50;
or the maid may remain till 2 p. IN.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-22

into another one and halted again at a
crossroads.
IL know that we follow the Hub
bard road" said Willard, but which is
it7 All, there is a telegraph pole with
a sign on IT,"
The same was in clear evidence, but.
standing even only ten feet away from
it, neither could make out the letter.
ing on the sign.
"I1l have to climb up and see II
can make 1t out at closer sight" OBJ
served Willard. I'm something Of a
climber, Miss Rogers, believe me! AT
the field sports last year INwon in the
creased pole climb, so this fifteen or
twenty-foot stunt Is nothing to me.
Pardon, for a moment"
Showily the Wanted athlete ascend.
ed the pole. Grace. waiting below.
watched him reach the sign. A certain
growl OF disgust echoed on the still
air. Mr.. Willard came sliding back to
terra frma.
TT reads Fresh Paint" he an;
nounced. "Ah, you seem amused?"
Grace was, indeed. She leaned
against a convenient tree stump and
laughed. She could not help It. Her
merriment rang put in fr~ee-rushing
volume. Her escort was a sightl
Gloves. garb, face. he was mottled,
daubed, striped and spotted. The black
paint plastered him, stuck to him.
II had better see you safely in
sight of the scene of the function OF
the evening"" announced willard, sol
EMMY, land find my way back home
by sequestered paths"
He INDUCED in 10 further converse
ton. His dignity was offended at "the
%hoydenish merriment" Of his compan
ion. By accident they reached the
road. They came in sight of a lighted
house. The sound of running footstep:
sounded behind them.
you will be safe the rest of the dis
lance" spoke Willard. 81 do not care
to be observed" and vanished IL
among the shrubbery lining the road.
Miss Rogers, Gracel" spoke {
breathless voice, and it was Paul Les
lie. Ran all the way. Hoped to over
take you. Who was the CHASTITY figur,
that just left your"
Grace drew back with hauteur. TIL,
quick-witted Paul noted il.
Angry at me for being late?" h,
questioned in his Jolly ~off-handed way
You won't be. You see. | was at tn
jewelers.. The question was: Shout,
have the inscription read 'P. l.. to G
R. or Paul to Grace"
What are you talking about?" queE
toned Grace, but her tones softenet
for she half suspected the issue a
stake.
Inscription on the engagement
, ring" airily explained Paul. Was q
ing to lead up to it in our walk. Hav
to bulk it all in a minute now. Mus
know my fate tonight, now. Resolve
upon it. Yes and you take the RIM
NO. and / fly abroad-war, battle
grave in the trenches, broken heart.
He held out the tiny circlet. II
was so artless and persuasive!
You odd ~persevering MORTAL" viii
o pered Grace sweetly-Yes!"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-22

Sand-5ox Filter for Cistern. All Wa
ter Entering the cistern Must Pass
Through the Filter. The Sand Can
Easily Be Removed and Replaced
With Clean Sand.
lance. An open drain passing around
the well at a distance of four or five
feet from this curb and leading off to
the drip drain tile will help prevent
the entrance of surface waters that
wash down from a higher point.
In many cases, however, the diff.
Guilty is Of a more serious nature. The
qualification of the clay, gravel and
rocks through which the well is sunk
may be such as to cause percolating
water from a nearby our of infec-
ton to be led directly into the weh.
In other instances the soil surround
ing the well may become so thorough
ly and so constantly saturated with
polluted seepage waters that it win
no longer perform it's function as a
filter, and ~geEm-laden waters are al
lowed to pass into the well. For these
reasons the location Of the well is OF
prime importance.
Considered from the standpoint Of
convenience, the well should be locat
ed as near the kitchen as possible
But whenever such location would in
volve any danger of contamination due
to surface drainage or to an made
quate kitchen sewerage disposal sgs~
TEN, a location IN higher ground anu
above this source of contamination
should be selected. Select a site
where drainage and seepage from
barnyards, stock pens and manure
pits lead away from the well rathes
than toward it.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-22

him were an elderly Italian woman, who talked
with a gesture expressive of the hopelessness with
which she regarded her case; a young French
woman, petite and earnest looking, who, when
asked If she could cook, answered, Tires bien,"
and n young Russian Jew, who during a previous
stay In this country served in Sing Sing and is q
member of the Welfare league.
"They all want to get away said Mr.. Howe.
I'VE are doing everything possible to make 1t more
comfortable and homelike around here. We have re-
moved many restrictions which heretofore existed,
on the theory that the more freedom they have the
more orderly they are inclined to conduct them
selves.
But with all this there is bound to be a feeling
among those who are detained, for one reason or
another, against their will that they are impris-
oned. In later years, however, some of them, | am
sure, whether they are admitted to the country or
are sent back to their native land, will look back
on their stay at Ellis island as an incident in their
lives that was not altogether unpleasant"
Most of the aliens now detained on the island
have been there since the European war broke out.
In all there were some 500 Germans, Hungarians.
Poles' russians and others being detained when
Doctor Howe first took up his duties as commits.
sioner of immigration, the majority of whom had
been ordered depOrted because of the violation of
the immigration statutes.
They were men, women and ldren-peoso SAINTS
for the most part-from small towns and Villages
IF Europe. Before the order of deportation could
e carried out the steamship companies which had
brought most of these people over were forced to
withdraw their vessels from service on account of
NhA WVA,, --I
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-22
liorrors of Love.

Be careful not to fail In 1--we. AcI
cording to an Italian medical journal
researches have been made on the
blood Of people In love, and marked
leucocytosis has been found. If the
disease is not speedily cured. love
may lead to ~neurasthenia and even
insanity. Sometimes 1t ven results
In neutrality-suspicious. Globe.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-22
proper Landsoape cardenIno.

Fashions in yards change nowadays
along with fashions in gowns, hats ahd
husbands. Large aower beds 10 cts-
spicuously central places must be done
away with in favor of landscape gar
dening. preferably in of tho
yard OF where the massing WIN have
its full effect.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-22
HOUSEHOLD WORK IN MEXICO
Women Of the Country Are Poor
Cooks but Excellent Housework- .
era, Says Writer.

In the woman's Home Companion
a writer says;
Miss Tarbells article In the Feb
ruary Companion on The Household
Boycott, Is especially interesting to
New Mexico readers, because the plan
she suggests, 1. e, workers to live at
home and to work certain definite