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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-14

haps half our size. | have before me
the rules ana regulations of the Ma
rion city water works.
The fat rate in Marion for dwell
ings is 81 a year. In Pensacola it is
$40 and up. according TO size of house.
THAT is the ordinance rate but the
water company has a faucet rate
where one faucet may be had for IS
a year,
Bath tub in Marion costs 81 a year
and in Pensacola So year.
Additional bath tubs in Marion
cost 81 a year and in Pensacola Sc a
year.
Closets in Marion $3.50 for first and
81 for additional; ana in Pensacola 81
a year
Meter rates in Marion, maximum,
Is cents a thousand gallons; Pensa-
cola so cents thousand gallons.
Minimum rates in Marion. cents q
thousand gallons: Pensasola 80 cents
a thousand gallons. These meter
rates apply to residences.
Here We have city half our size
furnishing water at less than half our
rates. trust that Mr. Bingham will
be satisfied with this comparison. If
he is not | will find "a couple of dozen
more of the same kind for him.
Municipal Ownership.
Mr. Bingham takes up the question
of municipal ownership and says that
books have been written on both
sides of the question. Those written
in favor of municipal ownership are
written by theorists" and "cranks"
and those against it by capitalists.
suppose the capitalists are patriotic
rhilanthropists, safe and sound" of
the sight unseen" variety who have
no theories and are strictly level head
ed. If he does not insinuate as much
as that then what does he insinuate?
Does no one write on municipal own
erShip except theorists" and
'cranks?" Does he mean to say that
municipal ownership is simply a the
DRY when it has been a demonstrated
fact long before he was born?
Wants Explanation.
If MIR. Bingham is so wise on this
municipal question will he be kind
enough TO explain to the public few
things?
If the city of Atlanta furnishes its
citizens with water at ten cents a
thousano gallons why will it not be
good for the city OF Pensacola to do
the same thing?
Are the people of Atlanta "cranks"
because they furnish private users
with water at ten cents a thousand
gallons instead of charging fifty cents
as does the Pensacola water COM
pany?
Or are they "cranks" because they
do not give the job TO some private
corporation to enrich il at the expense
Of the public?
The municipal water plant of At
lanta has made the city net profit
of three millions. Why will 1t not be
a good thing for Pensacola TO get a
municipal plant and also make a
profit?
If private water companies make
millions out of water why is 1t not a
good thing for municipalities?
In Atlanta the water is pumped 254
feet from a river into reservoirs
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-14

Editor Pensacola Journal:
trust that my hardness in writ
ing will not cause any one to think
that / have been either disabled or
shut up On the contrary 1 am very
much alive. but with printing my new
magazine. building an addition to M,
house, making pictures, drawing plans
for new water works, attending TO
a large water works correspondence
watching the progress Of the city's III
terest in the public thOrOughfares
about the House that Jim Built"
am kept rather busy and as business
comes before pleasure l am apt C
neglect writing for the paper some
times. trust this explanation will eX-
cuse me to the many journal readers
who have been disappointed in noc
seeing an earlier erply.
Mr.. Bineham's Interview.
note that Mr. Bingham, who de-
Clared in his maiden eftor, that he
would not read Bliss-on-WateF" any
more or have any more controversy
with him as a participant, finds, mis-
way into print in Thursdays jour
nal, in which he says the thing that
object TO is that he. a non-professional
newspaper writer, should attack me.
] am glad 10 inform Mr. Bingham that
he has been grossly misinformed and
on the contrary / was much pleased
with his letter. Furthermore | shall
be glad TO have him continue his at
tscks and to have the water company
and all Of its friends TO join him. Al
! ask is an equal chance at reply.
On the Wrong Side.
In my former letter complimented
Mr. Bingham by paying further atteI-
tion to his letter and stating that his
letter deserved it because he was a
very CLOSE business man." This
compliment had no strings TO it nor
was it meant to apply in any sarcas-
tic way. / meant just exactly what |
said and the compliment was given
with just as good will and free grace
as it could possibly be deserving.
OF course. Mr.. Bingham's letter did
not show any business acumen and
the way l punctured his rambling
statements and showed the ''prepos-
ferrous proposition" of his figures did
not help the matter, but the public
must bear in mind that Mr.. Bingham
is entirely out of his element in the
discussion of water works for his
letter shows cOnclusively that he has
not the slightest information on the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-14
a Good NIGHTS Rest.

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-14
DIFFERENCES
IN sERVIA SETTLED

Belgrade, Servia. Feb. 13.-In conse-
quenee Of settlement of the differen-
ces between the court and the cabinet
over the subject of the government
campaign, the entire cabinet has con-
sented TO remain in Office. Both sec
tions of the radicals passed vote of
confidence in the present premier.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-14

subject.
Mr. Bingham simply made a bad
blunder. probably through friendship.
in attempting to defend something of
which he knew nothing, especially be-
fore he knew whether it was defend-
able OF not. The trouble with Mr.
Bingham is twO-fold: First he has
no information on the water works
question. and secondly he is trying )
defend something that cannot be sue.
cessfully defended. The surprise with
almost everybody was that he plunged
into the question without any prepara-
ton.
Successful Controversy.
have had quarter Of a century'S
experience in the journalistic field and
l say with considerable pride that
have never been beaten in a contro-
versy. Early in life | made it a rule
TO arrange myself on the side of facts
instead of following the popular idea
Of trying TO arrange facts on my side.
When | have the facts | stand ready
TO welcome the attacks Of all who wish
TO oppose.
What Bliss Has Against Pitt.
Mr.. Bingham insinuated in his letter
and his interview that ] hold some
malice. or hatred or envy, or some
thing of the kind against Mr.. Pitt and
do not want TO give him square
dear because he has gotten rich. All
this is simply whipping the devil
around the stump, or beating around
IL ~
These charges are entirely without
foundation of fact and have nothing
whatever to do with the controversy.
On the contrary, !, in my letter, have
insisted that Mr.. Pitts rights be re-
spected and that the city fulfill every
obligation that il owes 10 Mr. Pitt. it
is not this that is troubling either
Mr.. Bingham or the water company.
The point that is prodding them in the
tender flesh is that | am insisting on
Mr.. Pitt giving the city and the public
square DEAL"
That is the proposition that ] have
up against Mr.. Pitt and he viii find 1t
pretty tough one.
Another Comparison.
Mr.. Bingham complains in his inter
view that | pick out cities several
times as large as Pensacola in making
my comparisons. / rather expected
this complaint for when there was
trouble with the water company three
years ago Mr.. James NJ. Johnson COM
pared Pensacola with Atlanta and Mr.
Fit promptly put forward the argu-
ment that the comparison was unfair
because of the difference in size. |
felt sure that the this argument would
be made again so | confess that |
have purposely held back the records
of little cities.
Now. for the accommodation Of Mr..
Bingham | will compare Pensacola
with Marion, Indiana, a city of per-
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Yrs. Rosa Prsndenthal Monnsh.
'PEclALTY DISEASES OF WOMEN.

SPECIALITY DISEASES OF WOMEN.
Twenty-Five years successful ex.
perience. Graduate of German ana
American Hospitals and Colleges. Can
accommodate a limited number OF
strictly flrst-class lady patients In my
home. Offices and residence, $40
Peachtree street. cor. Forrest Ave,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-14
Mr.. BLISS REPLIES TO
Mr.. BINGHAM'S INTERVIEW

Mr.. 5INeHAM's CON-
MENTs AND COMPLAINTS IN A
VERY POINTED MANNER AND
PRODUCES SOME MORE FIG
uREs ON WATER WORKS SUB
JEcT.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-14

Ions for private uses. and has only
about one-fourth the expense Ior
pumpage. Then what are the pronts
of the Pensacola Water Company?
If municipal ownership be such
bad thing as men of Mr. Bingham S
school would have us believe why
rot let out the fire department TO
private corporation? And the police
department? And the street paying.
and sewerage. anCi all public works?
And the executive departme
Please tell us why such distinctive
line should be drawn between these
and the ownership of a public water
works.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-14

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-14
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When a child 1 had very severe at
tack of Diphtheria, which came near prov
ing fatal. Upon recovery the glands of the
neck were very much enlarged, and after
the free use of iodine, the right one was
reduced to its normal size, but the left
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Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-01-05
Al Apimal Story For
Little Folks
Mary~oHer Little Lamb

You have all heard OF Mary, haven't
your ! mean the Mary that had the
little lamb. or course you have, and !
am going 20 tell you a story about her
and her lamb that you have never
heard before.
Well, once upon a time Mary thought
that she would 80 into the fields and
catch some OF the beautiful butterflies
that were fitting about from flower q
flower She had net that her bis
brother had made FOR her, and with
this she tried 20 capture the pretty
creatures that sailed about I'm the air
among the flowers
But. mercy me. they were all so shy
they never allowed her TO get within
reach OF them
Il do believe that bad lamb is fright
cnlng the butterflies away" cried
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CUT A WIDE SWATH

Huntington, West va, Dec 80.
After "a career Of meteoric brill
hancy. socially and otherwise.
Lieutenant" FRANK = Albright
L. = A. WAS arrested here today.
pursuant TO an order Of the Score
tary OF War and taken 90 the bar
racks at Columbus. Ohio. 90 await
court martial ou the charge Of
inuersousting an officer for the
purpose of committing fraud
Albright is a mystery Where
uo Ina from ia unknown Dr
re,tly after the close of the war he
the PHILIPPINES he drlfted into
parkersburg as "a member Of the
recruiting fo.ce at that point and
there passed himself OIL AS a lieu
teuaci. snl Was accepted 30 the
most exclusive circles Of the ultra
fashionable He established him
self AS AN entertainer IT no mean
ability. and proving the good fell
Low in every sense OF the Nord WAS
taken into the most exclusive s1-
cisl club. composed of the young
m,u of that city Dinner parties
card parties. launch and driving
nsrties followed fast upoa each
other aud his Invitations were ca
gerry sought
During the last six months of
lis stay in Parkersburg he became
"a mher Of the County Club. At
this stage there appeared ou the
scene a beautiful Southern girl,
whose home is In Tennessee, and
she won the heart Of the lieuten-
ant, When the leaves began e
fail the girl of the southland wea
ing upon her sleeve the heart OF
the gay army man, wendell her
way into tho land of sunshine and
howers. Theu came the crash
Checks marked "No funds, be
gan to be placed in the hands Of
Cnustables for collection. Notes
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-01-05

JAPANESE TORPEDO BOAT IN WINTER OFF
PORT ARTHUR
filed with floating ice, the perils of the
undertaking can hardly be overesti-
mated.
Vice Admiral ito, who commanded
at Wenaiwei, tells of boats crew
that persisted rather than admit It's
failure TO duty TO which It had been
assigned. 1t was in February, and the
cold was intense. In the midst or
storm and darkness the crew set out
on it's errand, but never returned. and
the men were found frozen i'm the boat.
when Ito's torpedo hotilla entered
the harbot of Weihaiwei, on the night
Of Feb. 6, 1893, boat No. . deserted the
lotilla and went on search on her
own account She reached the Chi
nese ships unobserved and discharged
n torpedo nc the Ting Nuen, sinking
her. She was pursued 10y gunboats
and her engine room was riddled, four
engineers being killed The boat was
helpless and the crew prepared to
commit suicide rather than fall into
the hands Of the Chinese. Fortunate
", they were rescued by another boat
OF their hotilla before the Chinese
reached them. Such are the men whs
man tho mikado's fleets.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-01-05

with signatures obtained under
false pretense7 began to turn up,
but o. all this Albright pleaded
failure of moneys, long since due,
o. arrive.
Finally the back pay claimed
by him from t1e Government
came aud many Of his debts were
settled Then be went TO Ports.
mouth. q.
Albright is charged With not
only impers1uuting an officer, for
fraudulent purposes, but with OBJ
tanning The endorsement Of a pro-
m.uent business man on note
for 500
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Tale Of d Martyr.
NAIss soPHRoN1A,JENNIE MOD
"M DIE

NAIss soPHRoNlA, JENNIE MOD
" DIE
Il y Studied hygsenlct twaddle
TIN she got Il iul her NOODLE
That she couldn live bon food. .
And she used 10 sit and ponder
on tho happy over Wonder.
Where the hosts angelic wander
And ou such Things sine would brood.
Nothing not by ART diFcst,1
Miss Sophrouia molostcd.
And She got herself infested
with the ccroalitis fad
TIL the little wit created
IN her skull cv3poruted.
And her common sense was slated
To go slumping Co the bad
She ate hay and wheat and barley.
She chew,d soap nuts small and gnarlyi
with "a steak she meier would parlcy;
Nor with solid stuff like that
But she stuck with grim persistence Z
To her prcdigcst existence.
And she fought with firm resistance
All temptation Co get fat
So In course OF time she grew to
BE a part Of what she's chew to-
Ready oats she ate at Z.O-
And Aseptic Bran az 8;
Al Just she'd eat her dinner
OF Dust Corn uh3t was winner
~ she kept 0u growing thinner
She asDptID'z.i the more
We'll this tale must hav, au ending.
And it Us uo use pretending
That tho end we are intending
j. "a triumph for IL amt
Miss S0phronia Jennie Noodle.
with her hNEloric twaddle.
Through eternity will tuddle
As prcdigested saint.
baltimore News
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-01-05
WAR ON DIVORCE.

4 dispatch from Rome states
that Pope Plus counsels all Catho
lie journals 10 have "a sympathetic
attitude toward the new movement
in tine Anglican church to restrict
the obtaining Of divorces. His
Holiness urges that the general
effect of convincing mankind Of
the necossity of law maintain
ing the iudissoiubility Of the mar
riage tie would be greatly to pro-
mote the happiness of the human
race
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Mr. wv j Fletcher, druggist in Vic
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Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-01-05

VICE ADMIRAL HEHArCHI TOGO, THE JAPA-
NEsE NELSON.
maud of the second class cruiser Nan
iva, British built ship OF 1850 tons.
This little ship saw more fighting than
any other vessel In the Japanese navy,
and Togo then won for himself his
title "thc fighting admiral
When the troopship Kowshing re-
fused 10 surrender, Togo warned the
Europeans 10 leave her, then diScharg-
ed a torpedo and opened fire with his
guns. The torpedo hit the vessel. and
she sank u half an hour.
Most Of the damage TO the Russian
fleet at Port Arthur was inflicted by
torpedo boats. war vessels which I'M
I'll now have not been in high favor
with naval authorities. although the
Japs made good use OF them in the
capture Of Wcihaiwci from the Chinese
ten years ago.
Service ON these torpedo boats is the
most trying and dangerous work that
falls TO the lot Of the sailor. Besides
being poor sea boats. they are entirely
unprotected 10y anything resembling
armor. and their sides may be- pierced
by rifle bullet
when il is considered that in the re-
cent assaults ON the Russian ships at
Port Arthur the sea- and harbor were
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-01-05


Mary, stamping her pretty little foot
on the ground. 81 shall just punish
him severely for it."
But the lamb saw that she was angry
and ran away ms fast as be could, with
Mary right nj his heels.
You would never have thought that
a little girl could run so fast, and 1t
was unfortunate for her that she did.
for suddenly the lamb came TO pool
OF water, and he stopped right still as
suddenly as he could.
What happened to Maryl She went
heels over head over the top OF the
lamb and plunged up TO her waist In
the pool OF water.
OF course she got wet to the skin.
but II taught me a lesson" she said
the next day. 81 shouldn't have want
ed TO punish that dear little lamb OF
mine"
And she gave him n real tight hug
and made up.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-26

smiled, arranged his legs comfortably,
wondered what she was thinking Of at
this moment, and fell asleep. It was
sign, OF a good constitution and de-
Gently white conscience And thus they
found him in the morning. They
TOUCHED his arm, and he awoke with
smile, the truest indication of man s
amiability. At first he was puzzled as
he looked blinkingly from his jailers
to his surroundings and then back at
his jailers. Then it all returned to
him, and he laughed. Now the law, as
represented and upheld by it's petty Of
ticers, possesses a dignity that is in
stantly ruffed by the sound of laughter
from a prisoner; and Mr.. Robert was
roughly told to shut up and that he d
soon laugh on the other side Of his
mouth.
.All right, officers, all right; only
funny side of things" Warburton stood
up and shook himself, and picked up his
white hat. They eyed him intelligently.
In the morning light the young fellow
didn't appear to be such a rascal 1t
was plainly evident that he had not
been drunk the preceding night; for
his eyes were not shot with red veins
nor did his lips lack their usual healthy
moisture. The officer who had taken
him in charge, being shrewd and
trained observer, noted the white hands,
soft and well-kept. He shook his head.
Look here, me lad, you re no groom,
not by several years. Now, what tn
devil was We up to, anyway9'
IN not saying word, sir,'' smiled