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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24
THE SCRATCH PAD.
By THOMAS EWING DABNEY.
To the Fair!

To the Fair!
Thursday is Pensacola Day.
General Despair has taken COM
mand of the German forces at YER
dun.
George AIDE is going to vote for
Hughes. George always would have
his little joke.
The chief difference between Knott
and Cats is that Knott's principles
are sound, and Cats are only noise.
Says an eye witness: Roosevelt
and Taft clutched hands, but they did
not SMILE" From which we infer
that they didn't call each other a
name.
"Loss of Bremen Almost Conceded
by the Germans" says a headline.
But the Allies aren't making any
bones about those merchant ships.
No Imogen, peanut is not nut;
and there is no use looking through
the livestock tent for a guinea pig;
and you won't find turtle dove m
the fish department.
The fact that Roosevelt recently
bought burial lot does not mean
that he intends to bury the Bun
Moose, for John M. Parker is strad-
ding the body and waving a chair at
everybody, and it would be very dam
gerous especially for the colonel to
come within range.
Sixty-three thousand laws have been
| enacted by the National Congress and
State Legislatures within the past
five years, or about 10000 more than
the British Parliament has enacted
during the same period. How long,
oh, how long, before we will elect law
repealers instead of lawmakers?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24

The past week has been an active one in
the southern industrial world MANY new
and charging enterprises were announced
including nearly every phase of activity
demanded for the development of the
south's natural resources Coal mines are
being opened, meat-packing plants are
being built electric plants are being con-
structed, foundry and machine plants are
being established, gas and oil properties are
being developed and land Developments are
being undertaken. Other activities re
noted IN mentions of ice and cold storag,
plants lumber manufacturing, mining vari-
Gus kinds of minerals, ql1arrying, miscella-
neous construction, miscellaneous factories,
textile mills, etc.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24

The Theospohical Society, the president
of which is~Mrs. Annie Besant, was formed
in 1875 at New York by Nine. NJ P. Bla-
yatsky and Henry S. Olcott, but four years
later its headquarters were removed to
Adyar, Madras. where they have remained.
Reincarnation is among the basic tenets of
this creed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.

A demesne of 5000 acres in Maine has
been donated to the United States through
the patriotism and generosity of its owners.
and will be used as a public play ground
This tract, Including four lakes and ten
mountains is known as the Sieuvde Mont's
National Monument in commemoration of
a VOYAGE of exploration three centuries ago
when Champ1ain, under de Mont's orders
sailed into the shadow of its great eastern
cliff and beached his boat on the Bar Harbor
shore, at point directly south of Bar Har
Dor. to the west of Schoonerhead Road, and
north of Seal Harbor. The park is sur.
rounded by large summer population, and
as a commercial asset to the region, it ,
value cannot be estimated
Before Our land is all taken up should
we not plan to set aside a pleasure tract
A large game preserve near Pensacola.
fronting on the Gulf, if possible? A wild
spot to which picnickers and campers can
betake them, when all the country is civil
lied to farms?
No, it is not premature in planning step
No. 2 before we have taken step No. 1.
Our land is still unsettled, but considering
the boundless possibilities here, this de-
ve1opment will be realized almost before
you know it. 1t will come like magic. Yor
will rub your eyes to see if you are awake
Let's keep some land to play on while the
keeping's good.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
By the gathering together in st.
Augustine of the members of the
Coast Circuit Association of the AS
ISOLATED Press there was once more
emphasized the wonderful work be-
ing done in the world by the Asso-
ciated Press in the matter of the
gathering of news from all parts of
the globe. Yesterdays meeting was
held for the purpose Of comparing
notes. In attendance were leading
newspaper men from important cities
of the Southeastern States, men of
broad ideas and prominent in the
| newspaper field. Meeting with them
were the general superintendent of
! the Southern territory, Arthur w.
Copp of Washington, and the division
superintendent in Atlanta, S. l..
Thatcher. The scope of the Asso-
ciated Press service, especially IN this
territory, was under discussion and
plans were made for still further
improving this service, if that be pos
sible. There are now eight daily
newspapers in Florida using the alb
breviated press service, while OF
course the large dalies in Jackson
vile, Tampa and Pensacola use the
full service. There are in the state
three or four winter publications IS
sued daily during the season, anc
this will bring the Florida total OF
| Associated Press users up to more
than a dozen. This speaks volumes
| for the Hews-gathering organization
Judging from the discussions during
the sessions in st. Augustine the
whole aim and object is to place al
the disposal of the public the bes1
efforts of the biggest and brainies
men in the newspaper profession il
the gathering and presentation of thu
important events of the day.-St
Augustine Record.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24
Change of Tactics-

Out here the Catholics are an awful
bad lot, but in Pensacola they are not
so bad, according to the statement
of Mr.. Cats in a speech there the
other day. The difference is this.
There is not a single Catholic in
Holmes county that we know of and
Mr.. Cats finds it quite to his advan-
tage to abuse tAea. But in Pensa-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24
Rural Credits.

Rural Credits.
The more we look into this rural
credits act, the more firmly con
WINGED we become that it is the one
great piece of legislation that has
ever been put over for the benefit Of
the farmer. If Senator Fletcher
never does anything else, his work or
this measure has stamped him as
statesman and a benefactor Of hu.
manity.-Lakeland Telegram.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24

Benson, socialist candidate, says the rail
readers were 'gold-bricked" because the
Adamson bill won't raise their pay. We
thought everybody outside of Hughes and
Wall street understood that what the
brotherhoods demanded was an eight-hour
day.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24

In American politics the Third party al
ways plays the part of the Innocent By
stander
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24
Cats Standing.

Cats Standing.
1t is significant that we hear very
little of Mr.. Cats standing in his
former home. His admirers make
much of the fact that he killed a ne
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24

When some men meet an obstacle in their
path they hunt for the shade of it and lie
down in it.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24

In some places it is said there's an auto
mobile for each forty persons; but the forty
are enough to occasionally crowd the street
cars.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24

aays and subdnes exctabity rritab, nervous
exhaustion and other distressing symptoms commonly attendant
upon functional and organic diseases of the feminine organs
The Prescription induces refreshing sleep and relieves
mental anxiety and dependency Known everywhere as the
standard remedy for the diseases of women Your
dealer in medicines sells it in liquid sugar-coated tablet
FORM you send fifty onecent stamps Dr. Pierce
for trial box of Favorite Prescription Tablets
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24

When man says two can live as cheaplv
as one, it means he is not married, but
thinking about it.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24

Womens skirts keep pace with Mime.
Grundy's eyebrows.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24

The man who fears the future is the man
who forgets the present.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24

cola, where there are large number
of Catholic voters, he changes his
opinion and pays them this tribute:
'"The Catholics are not going to sup
port Knott. When we know the Cath
olics better and they know US better
we will love each other more" 1t
seems all that is necessary for Cats
to change his opinion is to change
his ocation.-Bonifay Advertiser.
Good Move
One of the best moves that has
been made by the board of county
commissioners in connection with
the building of roads in this county
in long time was the step taken at
their meeting Thursday, when they
issued call for bids for the con-
struction of a public road from the
east end of the Blackwater bridge to
the Okaloosa county line. The COM
| mendable part of this action is the
| fact that the bids are to be based
upon the construction of road &C
cording to government specifications
and that the party or parties to whom
this contract shall be let will oe COM
PEELED to give a good d sufficient
bond guaranteeing the fulfllment of
| his or their contract. While we have
no fight to make upon the men who
have been constructing roads in this
county in the past, it is fact that
much of this work has been in the
nature of patchwork, and that the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24

If this high price wave continues people
will mortgage their autos to buy food!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24

Doctor PeTces Pleasant Pellets Regulate and LnUgorate
Stomach Lioer asd BoUes Suga7-coated Tiny Granules
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-24

George AIDE is going to vote for
Hughes. George always would have
his little joke.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-01

lance. and when no one was about he
threw a kiss. A week OF that brought
the little nurse into a white heat of
rage, and when he suddenly popped
into speaking distance with her one
day she lost no time in telling him her
mind.
Go right away. don't like you! she
snapped at him, and she moved away
with a red face. conscious that he was
grinning a little. Abominable teasei
she scolGed. How she longed to shake
him. rs she watched him cross the
street from the hospital that night.
Strange how she watched him every
night.
Hello. honey. no said next night.
when she came out OF room 1G with
her arms full.
She htl just been thinking Of him,
and she looked up with n smile that
was ton brilliant TO be anything but
genuine. Macs face lost It's bantering
look and he stopped and kissed the up
turned face.
You darlingi he said huskily
But the little nurse was petrifed
with horror. Had lie thought she was
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-01

how anyone with the splendid blood
Of my stately grandfather in her veins
could be such n snob.
II mentally resolved not TO stay
with Aunt Rachel one day.
And as for someone in Mourning
l did not intend to wear mourning.
wearing mourning is not an OK.
preston of grief. but the following
OF n foolish fashion.
ut Is rather an impertinence
think, to foist grief on strangers. You
know you always feel a pang when
you see a woman swatched In black.
And, by the way. Margie, did you ev.
er realize that 1t Is usually women who
make this exhibition OF themselves.
Men at most content themselves with
a black tie or something unobstrusive.
There was a girl at school per.
feet little triCk-who was always cov-
cred with heavy black crepe for her
grandfather or her uncle or a cousin,
or some one else equally distant in
relationship and affection.
I'VE used 10 call her the SETTLING
pot for she was always so black and
apparently cold without and always
boiling over with her great spirits
inside.
"Of course, Margie. ! did not think
OF this at the time. The only idea
that came In 10 my grief.stricken mind
was that I would not make my grief
the by-word OF all the friends and
strangers who knew my father.
Little did | think that when all
was settled | would not even have
money to buy q black dress"
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glad TO see him? Did he dare to think
she hal wanted to see him?
Oh, how dare you? IL Her
thoughts trailed off into nothingness,
and SHE made her escape into her room
and had n good weep for very rage.
How dare he? Horrid thing! He took
advantage. Ill never, never, never
But she did not say what she would
never do. After a brief blank silence,
she put her hand up high and went
on with her work.
For two days, she refused to look
at Mac. who kept glancing sideways
at her With n rather subdued air. His
step was not so jauntly when he left
the hospital. The little nurse noticed
that when she pecred out at him from
behind the curtain the third day. There
was some satisfaction In that. But 1t
was getting tiresOme, this not speak.
Ing to Mac. And after all. perhaps
well. perhaps she had been too Sc.
we're. She hated TO give in, but being
angry vas very wearing. Pride was
rather tiresOme, especially when she
wanted to be friends with Mac.
Miss Arthur, Mac was standing be.
fore her in the doorway when she
came out OF n room next evening.
There was grim determination in his
face, and the little nurse got panicky.
Oh. for anything to stave this reck.
oning of!
Oh, no! Oh, no, no! she stammered.
and would lavo fed. He turned
quickly, and caught his finger in the
dooriamb.
Jove! he muttered forcefully, as he
rescued his hand and examined II. 1t
panied him considerably, and his face
was drawn up In half whistle. II would
have been relief to let out q whoop
but n had to be quiet In a hospital.
Consequently he merely made an aw.
full face, which considerably Brighten.
ed the little nurse.
Oh. Mac. I've hurt you! How did
l do 1t? Do let me see 1t, please do!
Now, Mac. naturally a willy young
man, saw his advantage at once, and
drew his face up into a still more ex.
cruciating scowl.
Joye! he said again. pretending that
the pain made him oblivious OF her
presence
Dear Mac, do let me see It. I'll band.
ago 1t. I'm so sorry, Mac, dear. The
little nurse was so truly distressed
that she did not care what she said.
Not out here. come on into this en-.
PITY room. Jove, but It pains! Are
you very sorry?
oh, yes, so sorry!
Shame! thought Mac 10 himself.
but it's got to be done! He raised
a panied face to her sorrow stricken
one. Would you be sorry II my hand
had to be amputated.
oh, Mac! And she buried her head
on his arm In tears.
Would you marry a man with only
one hand?
The little nurse nodded her head,
choking with sobs, and Mac cheerful.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-01
HEALTH HINTS
CANCER

The general impression that cancer
Is en- absolutely hopeless disease and
that surgery Is u futile means OF cure
Is often expressed by the not to we'll
informed or the unfortunate!
WHATS the useg 1t always re.
turns These expressions are fire,
quently heardEfrom cancer victims. In
fact. Il had long been believed even by
good surgeons that d recurrence wa,
as the name implies d return or the
cancer afterit had been completely re.
moved.
The present and more hopeful be
lief, and undoubtedly it Is the correct
one, is that the original malignant
growth was not entirely removed. In
other words. the recurrence is d defin-
tie and direct continuation Of the orig.
inaly growth OF which at least d micro.
scopic part was not removed.
When the original growth Is remov.
ed completely there Is no danger OF
recurrence. In modern operations for
cancer in order that the removal may
be complete or that no tissue con
tanning the dangerous microscopic
cancerfcells may remain, the organsIof
parts in which the growth Is located
are removed as widely as anatomical
relations will allow.
In the early stages cancer Is q
strictly local disease and the sur.
rounding tissues only become inyoly.
ed as the disease progresses.
II the growth IS discovered and re.
moved very soon after its inception
the operation can hardly be classed
even as dangerous"
II through ignorance or fear, one
procrastinates and does not permit
operation until the growth has spread
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-01
THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
A Medical Treatise.
Uopyright, 1916, by the Mcclu
BY .. 3, c. YOUNG.

-L
Uopyright, 1916, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The little nurse was coming down
the hallway with a tray for her patient
In room 16. II was about four O'Clock,
and. OF course, Mac Thompson was
standing near, with his hands In his
pockets and his hat on the back of
his head, waiting for her. Beside
him stood Bill Fields, who immediate.
~ brought his heels together and bow.
ed profoundly when he saw her COM
Ing.
Hello, Miss Arthur, said Mac. with
q most ingratlating smile. Bill swept
the floor In another graceful saluta-
ton.
HowIdo you do? said the little nurse
primlyt and marched on with her tray.
ALLOW me, said Mas. as he pushed
open the door.
Thank you, Mr.. Thompson. And she
whisked past him into the room.
Didn''ss she do that nicely? growled
Mac. And here / have wasted a per.
fectly good fifteen minutes to see her.
and she knows II too.
Don't be discouraged, Charlie; try
again. Coming to cl%assmeeting? No?
Well In OFF. Bill disappeared down
the hall, and Mac sauntered up and
down and waited for his tormentor 10
reappear.
Out she whiskcd and was proceed.
ing to pass him with another sweet
and lpreoccupied smile when he caught
her apron.
No, you don't, fair lady.
Let me go this instant, Mac. Let
30 my apron. ! Just wish you medi.
cal students wouldn't come b0thering
me when I'm busy.
Hey? Plural? Which ones have
been bothering you? Give me their
names. Ill see to them directly. I'm
the only medical student licensed to
bother you. Mac took out his note
book and pen with o flourish and look.
ed at lherltn a business.like way.
She had q laugh. Mac, you ridicu.
lous thing, you'll never be sensible.
But, seriously now, you are interrupt.
Ing me In my work. l wish You would
30 away. She screwed her face up in
10 o frdwn.
I've got my orders. Farewell, cruel
young woman. And thea he turned
right about and walked stlny down the
hall.
Miss Arthur was so startled at his
move that she watched him In silence.
She had nj recovered from her sur.
prise when he reached the door. Then
he turned around with a grin and kiss.
cd his hand to her. She wheeled, an.
gered with herself for watching him,
and swept Off with a fierce little frown
which had turned into a smile by the
time she had reached her destination.
This happened to be the window. She
stood In the shadow of the curtain and
watched him depart. He looked up,
but the little nurse was careful this
time that she was not caught nap.
ping
What a boy! she said scornfully,
with q smile at the corner OF her
mouth.
For the next week. the boy merely
waved his hand at her from a dis.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-01
CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE ::

sThey kept me under opiates until
the day OF the funeral. Aunt Rachel
arranged everything. Dad was brought
back to the home and he and mother
were placed In one grave.
y "Upsin my room, for l was too Ill
and weak to go downstairs, l heard
the sound of the solemn music and
the droning Of the minister's voice
avery time anyone opened my door.
AT last I could stand 1t no longer
hndtI asked Sarah to lock 1t.
Aunt Rachel thought I was crazy
that i did not want to see my dear
cIdldadland my darling mother In their
last resting places. She did not know
that after everyone had gone to bed
but my faithful Sarah, who had asked
TO keep vigil. / came down the stairs
the night before the funeral and took
leave ofEthem.
From my fathers letter, I sup.
posed that ! was well provided for,
intact, I had not thought anything
sbout what was coming to me. 1t was
too much taken up with the awful
rataclysm of the present.
II remember kissing them both,
once for myself and once for each
other, and then l went up stairs to
my room and for the first time In
many days, In some strange way, l
felt Q little !comforted.
Sarah, however, seemed to feel
that ] needed some more Of the sleep.
ing potion and obediently l took It.
did not come back to consciousness
until ] heard the moving Of chairs and
subdued voices that told me the last
service over my dead had begun.
After all was over, l could hear
Aunt Rachel asking someone II ! was
we'll enough to see her.
THE sooner we get everything ov-
or and ind out Just where Paula
stands, the better I heard her say.
"a don't think she is quite able
70 talk about her affairs yet said q
kindly voice that / recognized as IL
dear old octor-the n that had been
With my mother when I was born.
"tThere won't be a dollar for her
and ] can hardly see what she will do.
She has never done even the least
personal thing for herself.
ut viii be almost impossible TO
have her with me as both my daugh.
ters aretto come out this winter. When
anyone secs Paula it will bring the
old scandal back.
lord Carewe Is to be over here
this winter. His family entertained
he q great deal in, England. or course
We viii, have to pay him some atten.
saon., $50. :,
do you know, Margie, a ghost Of
o smile broke through my pain stiff
fened; lips as j heard that. 1t was
so like selfish Aunt Rachel. / had
often wondered how she could have
my Of the blood OF my gentle mother
IN her veins.
OF course, she was only q half SIS
ter-they had different mothers-but
esen % that 1 could not understand
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-01

TUE delightful "Uncle Remus sto.
ries' Of the Southland, with selec.
lions from the interesting stories of
Thomas Nelson Page, Ruth McNery
Stuart. James Lane Allen and other
Southern writers, will make up the pro.
gram to be given by Mrs. Josephine
Chiffon, monodramist, on the fourth
day Of the Chautauqua. Mrs. Chiffon
wal born in the South, and her imper.
sonations Of the negro dialect are con.
sidered perfect.
Mrs. Chiffon is a beautiful type Of
Southern womanhood. with a striking
personality and n voice Of exceptional
carrying power which possesses tile
same versatility that II evidenced in
her faculty for im%personatIon.
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lHow's This !

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j. ]. CHENEY q CO.. rsisse. o.
We. ne snaerisnsd, have tnswa. .. :.
PERFECTLY honorable In MI husipcss tr4nsacf1g1a
Nana. nnsnsially! able 20 cary out any obussttene
s@f. bank OF coMNrHcn.
Toledo. 0hla. ..
Halls catarrh Cure d taken internally, acting
directly Eupon tho blood and mucous surfates r
the kyrtetn. TesthnonislsB ssnt frss. rfics,W
cents per bottle. Sold by al prurEilts.
Take Halls Family Pills fot ecnstipstioa@
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grinned over her head and winked.

~ grinned over her head and wtnkedI
his eye at the window.
oh, but you would rather have q
good article than q damaged one.
/ love you anyway, Mac.
Then its alright grille, for I didn't
hurt my hand at all said Mac cheer.
fully, printing another kiss on the as
tonished face OF the little nurse. She
was 50 relieyedsth that she kissed him In
return.
Mac, where are you? came Bits
voice from the hall outside.
Here.
Coming to class .meeting2 said Bin
putting his head inside the door.
What the deuce are you doing IN,
here? Eh2{Weil III sbe==Congratula:
tionsi Bill vanished discretly.
A few minutes later Mac came out
OF the hospital with jauntly step.
He waved his hand at the little nurse,
who openely stood at the window and
smiled.
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fNIssl NARlE:pEARI

FSIIoo tTSlNRIE FEART
Inspired by the interest oil her faith.
err, Admiral Robert Peary, in aviation,
Miss Peary is Supplying flying and will
take a course In aerial navigation
when she finishes preliminary work.