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are selfish brutes.
"One of them actually took his wife
back with him because he said he wanted
some one to wake him up in the morning
and many Of them drag them away on one
excuse or another.
One girl. miserably i'll, not hearing from
her man when he promised to write in
sisted on going up town to see what the
trouble was. She found he had teen off
on spree, spent all the rent money and
the landlord was about to evict them Her
return. made at the expense of her health.
was the means of averting disaster.
One Of the husl anis came down and in
sisted upon taking home both wife and
child, the latter seriously i'll. but recover
ing under the tonic effect of the home.
I'm lonesome and I want the kid
was all he would vauchsafe.
Argument was tried in vain He had
the law on his side. 1t was pointed out
that if he took the child away he could not
bring him back. Still he insisted and car
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| that ever happened to him, an even when
he took his last sickness, an the doctor told
him he couldn't live more than another
day. he give look out o. the winder an
| says
well, I'm thankful for that" he says,
fer the signs is that hard an long an
soakin' rain is goin' to set in next week,
an I'd bate like Sam Hill to have anybody
disappointed in not gittin' to my funeral ;
he says.
$50 when Cousin Dusinberry see how
thankful the eel was for what he had done
for it, he remembered Aunt Sally Becken-
darter's Uncle Jerusalem G. Jaggers an
named the eel after him. 1t didn't seem
to set the eel back none, an as time passed
along he got to be considerable of help to
Cousin Dusinberry around the place, fer
the way he could hustle chickens out o. the
garden an skeer stray dogs away that come
nosin' around the sheep was standin' les
son to watchdogs an the hired man.
An he At shy O. water. He'd foilar
Cousin Dusinberry anywhere round the
farm except when he we.; to the pond
Jerusalem g. drawed the line at that.
Seemed as il he remembered how consarn
nigh he come to gcttin' billed there durin'
that hot spell O. weather. an he didn't
want to have nothin' more to do with it,
"Then tho time came when Cousin D,lsin-
berry's chickens began to be took out o.
the coop every night or so, an he sot trap
fer coons. He didn't cit no coons, an
the chickens kept on goin',
Then he sot Jerusalem G.. Jaggers on
watch in the cOpp ono pipht Navt ,,,rp
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an 10 feel the pleasing fact bite yo,;r innart!.
I'm sorry now didn't fetch Uncle Davio
Beckendarter along with me, cause whel
/ go back an tell him abou: it he'll pine
an when Uncle David takes to pinn' he
don't come home at night till the tavern
shets up, an as Aunt Sally waits up fer him
an Is leetle mite flexible an continuous
as to tongue an lays down the Law to Uncle
David 80 that the wayfarin man. though
purity dura def an fur away. may hear, I
don't git my reg lar run o sleep. But --
"But nothin!" calculated Farmer Green.
"Them fingers of Pabulum vanduaer.
How'd he lose EN-? And where be they
now?"
"The consolation Of man in doubt, +"
said the Pochuck man. ais in KNOWN tina.
If he knowed it all he mowt he took up by
his felier citizens an sent to Congress,
which unfortunate possibility he conse-
kently escapes. Now. IA to them fingers
o. Pabulum Vanduzer, the way he hap
pened to lose 'em kin tell you, but where
they be now, great coincidence to widders!
It'd he hard to tell.
"The last | knowcd of EN- calc'latin'
from sarcumstantial evidence, which ap-
parently want weak, they was lodged
in the nav Of Jerusalem G. Jaggers. Yes
Jerusalem G. Jaggcrs chawed them three
fingers often Pabuum. an they was in his
NAV the last knowed of EN-.
Jerusalem G. Jaggers was Cousin Dusin-
berry Cronk's pet eel that he had SGT to
watch his chicken coop one evcnin' in
June"
The Pochuck chronicler paused. Farmer
L.
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HESTER, y. Y, July 1T was one OF
~ very hottest of the recent hot days.
Nv .ne IN 'r'ury in the Thermometer on the
~s post in front Of the Rowland House
e' aotlnG as if it had gr,ldge against
we up end of the glass tube it was in and
was pound to climb up there and knock
It's head Of
;. 'n""oN' III" landlord had just telephoned
rr"'or Ice house for some more ice
'aFn"r Kill Leonard, who lives down
ur lD NooHn Pond Mountain, Farmer De
e., 'r" Of Jolly Farm, and Farmer
I"y h'nt"r Of Hartlscra bile were there
.,' app I" be wanting good deal Of ginger
=, ana nnss with ice in EN- when who
t t''ul come along but the man who un-
lm @i| insists that he belongs to tho
""' ana Wales OF Pochuck.
''r' ~ got to thinkin'," said he, sitting
."n "'.' smiling blandly on the landlord
tna the "-t, that Jest as like as NOT vo,,
r.l' ''or here d he considcrin' that
.'" was hot, an SO ] sot out to come
c. t." encourage you n little, an mehbc
boa.' F"Ar TinGs, by recailn' fer YOU
ln, h., II '"'" 10 pass that Pabulum vanduzer
'tr"o fingers"
n inner ''rcca wialicd at his fellow tllers
,o,r w." sou and the landlord, He had a
p oo. "va, and he said to the reminiscent
t,,A '' W three fingers, did he? Three
"s'fS o kShat?"
,,d fa7ncr Green winked some moro
10 40 fian]i, ''
s0ud moanin' that as an invite
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of the more commonplace word in Use
among certain class"
In retired group an orphan recited this
history to one Of the visitors who inquired
regarding the parents
Mother died, oh, long ago, and father
had lungs. then got broken. and now
| amt any father"
The Seabreeze Hospital was founded
after the model of similar hospitals
long established in England and Franco.
The purpose of the experiment is to provo
that it is possible by salt air treatment and
of surgical tuberculosis
Side by side with the crippled children,
the hospital patients, are those who are
being cared for at Seabrueze for certain
weeks during the summer, two, three. or
four, even. Many of the temporary pa
tents are merely anemic, victims of bad
food and air, of the usual tenement con-
ditions.
With these children come the mothers
for the New York Association for Improv-
ing the Condition of the Poor realizes that
little real good can be obtained by family
separations and if one child is sick tho
mother and the rest-two, three, four, five,
six or in some cases even more-a taken
along.
Everything about the big buildings
dining rooms dormitorics the playroom
for the rainy days, corridors, sitting rooms
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THE FERRY TO sHUT-EYE-TowN.

THE FERRY TO sHrT-EYE-TowN.
individually as we'll as collectively. Little
Mary. fairhaired blue-eyed. looking not
unlike big china doll. with pink checked
apron and bib, is pointed out.
You would not think" says one Of the
nurses. her black eyes dancing with fun,
that Mary was down here for insomnia
We'll, just watch her"
Watch her you do. Presently Mary,
who has tiny foot and leg in one Of the
braces used for the tubercular joints, falls
asleep into her soup plate. She is shaken
vigorously, eats few mouthfuls and top
pies over again to be again, recovered, and
limp and dazed to obey instructions in
regard to her dinner.
All through the afternoon from different
points Of vantage Mary is seen asleep;
1t may be on the weighing machine. where
she supports herself with one limp hand
while tits ascertained whether she has gained
asmuch as she should have during the week;
1t may be on the banana cart, as the little
cart on rollers on which the children propel
themselves about is called. or on the sand
while she stands upright to have her well
loot buried by one of her p'aymates; OBJ
Evious to the storm and stress of life, little
Mary slumbers on.
She Is icerad at by the other little patients,
hut without wrinkle Of caro- on her four
y'ar.old faca Mary takes her own method
Of getting well
The rabbi i another object of interest.
he Is first seen siding upstairs like a crab,
his 'ane foot forboding tho usual mode Of
locomo,lon, He is so goodnaturcd that
ne larry radiates enthusiasm.
he ha- a new blue blouse, which he proudly
EXHIBITS, and hi re-! hair j. n'atched in color
by hi sunhurRed face. He asks shYly if
inc Visitors have seen tho soups and when a
negative shake Of the head is given offers
" escort them there. Just before they
Start tho doctor shakes a warning finger
Ct him.
gnrS' you'll be well enough to be sent
noIne presently. he saws.
Inc rabbi" forgets the visitors and his
en-lhlpoSed duty If escort and clings con-
!ahIVely - tho doctor. The little wizened
lace, with tho old look that the crippled
cmld invariably wears, is turned beseech-
nsy UPWARD. The doctor is Obliged to
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chickens.
SO you see that if the weather hadn't
never been no hotter than you felers thinks
1t is now it wouldn't "a come to pass that
Pabuum VanduzeT lost them three fingers,
an there wouldn't "a been no need O. my
comm over here to sort o. cheer you up
by tellin' you about it.
But then, consa IN it, ri have to throw
you back in the dumps agin, arter all, fer
o course you'll want to know what be-
come Of Jerusalem G. Jaggers. There
come big rain one time an made food
in the creek that washed the bridge away.
Cousin Dusinberry throwed log across
fer footbridge till they could build the
bridge up agin. He had chore over to
Uncle David Beckendarter's an had to
cross the creek on the log to git there.
Jerusalem G. followed him as usual.
but in crossin' the log he lost his footin'
an tumbed into the creek Cousin Dusin-
berry jumped in to give him n lift but
the eel went down the third time and
drownded before Cousin Dusinberry could
git to him.
Shady, the landlord. took a look at the
thermometer, shook his head and sat down.
But that's the way it como to pass that
said the man from over rcchuck way
with peculiar emphasis on the three
fingers"
Farmer Seeley Hunter of liardscrahbo
increased his legs and mopped his face,
movements that we're apparently hopeful to
the Pochuck member, for he smiled and
said with naive suggestveness:
Three fingers!"
Farmer Hunter recrossed his legs, and
turning to Farmer Bill Leonard. who lves
down opposite Goose Pond Mountain. hs
said:
Bill, it's sinful and distressing shame
the way that gray boss of yours has got
the heaves,"
The man from over Pochuck way unused =,
moment,
Seems that it's hotter weather here than
thought fer" said he, then, getting IN 10
60 Ter it's turned the milk o. human kind
ness to a curdle sourer than week old
h,lttermilk!"
iaen he went.
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carriage Of a well to do woman, friend
Of mine. who did not believe the story I
told her, simply laughed at the very idea
of such a condition Of things and looked
on me as a victim of imposture. I per-
suaded her to go with u.s. ?,
"We drove to the tenement, had the
crippled girl lifted into the carriage and
started for drive into the outskirts OF the
city. After a little we came to a long
avenue Of trees and turned to say some.
thing to the invalid and found she had
quietly tainted away. the sight Of the trees
moving their leaves and branches having
scared her into Inconsistencies, for che
had actually no idea what il meant.
Imagine a state Of affairs like that II
people only knew the dcso!ation of thass
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telling her experiences to philanthropist
L have never come across any thing quite
sopathetic in New York as did in Chicago.
There was one crippled girl there who had
never been out Of q certain district in the
slums. just moved from one street to
another. from one miserable tenement to
another.
"She had never seen bit OF green ex-
cept the few spears Of grass in the cutters.
and determined to take her for one good
look at the real country. I borrowed the
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pitiful lives they would not be content to
send certain sum Of money every now and
then. They would come and see what
is needed and bring with them great deal
of human sympathy. for we can't have too
much of that"
The last look at Seabreeze takes in the
sandy foreground where a small girl who
has swallowed a cent is surrounded by an
admiring crowd. who are suggesting in the
peculiar to the East Side in such an emer
gency.
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ried his point.

ried his point
"A week later he cams begging US to
take back the kid, who had lost all the
health he had partially gained. The au-
thorities, sorry as they were for the child
had to stand by their word-to weaken
meant that the whole tenement district
round about would know of it and would
follow the example Of the father whenever
drink or onesomeness oppressed the mas
culine feelings"
There are two beautiful young girls,
Russian by nationality, Nihilists by pro-
fession and Japanese by sentiment. They
are casping hands and murmuring ap-
proval OF the latest slant eyed victory
in the Orient.
Near them . worker in settlements is
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is simply furnished, with an eye for lame
backs and tired arms Flowers are every
where.
"You would be astonshed," says Miss
Thomson. "how they gather up little stray
bits of information here to utilize later on.
A first it is so hard to make them under.
stand the necessity for fresh air at night
the open windows and doors. They wan
everything shut up, but they see the goo
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The chlldren's home at Seabreeze, Coney
1.,and i different from the usudi chiidrcn'5
ssosido home. because it is first of all in
tended a1 means of testing the sea air
cure for uibercular patients. Tho expert
nen,s went on all last winter. Now the
results a RI seen, All the children have been
benefited in greater or less degree.
Interesting studies the children are.
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reassure him with comforting clasp.

rea,s're nun WIN comforting clasp.
II was only fool;ng, old man" and .bsn
he adds to the visitors "You see how thew
feel"
Soups are provided in plenty. To the
unintiated it may be necessary to explain
that soups are swings. They are the de-
light Of the children.
big girl whose siie is stifrened with
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gentlemen to take care Of the ladies, don't
your"
Another child is showing new gown, all
made Of green calico with staring strips Of
white.
Mother brang it," she explains to her
playmate.
They are very careful when they are
putting on airs" says Miss Thomson the
superintendent, "to say brang' instead
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When they see the change. the little
crying baby laughing and the wife cheerful
instead Of depressed or gr,imbling, why
they say: Stay as long as you like; I'll
look out for myself But some of them
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Dig ElrI Whose site Is stiffened with
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-11-29

The Journal hastens 10 make apollo.
gies TO Jacksonville for an uninten-
uonaI mderesumation Of that city's
building progress. as explained in the
following from the Times Union:
IN its headlines the Pensacola Jour
nal announces with a flourish that
over I'VE hundred houses have been
erected in Jacksonville since the fire
OF May 1901 The story over which
these headlines are placed shows that
over i've thousand have been erected
since that time. Jacksonville is build.
Ing twice as many houses every year
as the headlines Of The Journal indi
Gated. for more than four years and
a half
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The Gainesville Sun has Just issued
an industrial edition that is an excep-
tionally handsome publication Tt is
a credit to Harry McCreary and a
credit TO Gainesville and ought TO re-
sulL In great GOOD 90 both.
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a new roam OF GRAFT.
Savannah News


Is there no limit 20 graft2 Does it
perVBde lifc from the cradle to the
grave. like the taring Does the hand
of the CRATER reach out and take toll
when the infant On the cradle needs
squills and soothing syrup. and reach
out again Tor rake-off when The
requiem has been rendered and The
clods thrown ON the comng Such
would seem % be the case according
% the assertion of Rev. DR.. G. L.
Pratt in bis pulpit In New York a few
uays ago. He said he knew of phv-
sicians who received rebates from
druggists t0 whom their prescriptions
we're directed; and not only that but
pfohts were offered to ministers. ply
icians and nurses by undertakers to
WON they should send business. o.
otherwise burials.
Ilr- Prau read letter he had ne.
ceired from an undertaking firm ex.
planning 800 burial certificate"
that had been sent TO him for his own
use and saving further that ne miant
expect discount on any business that
be put into the hands of the firm In
consideration for the present of the
burial certificate and the promise of
discounts. the preacher was expected
20 remember, whenever the occasion
arose. That he had a friend ia the am.
ueftaklng business. Dr. Pratt read
out the name of the frm which which
Pc had received the letter.
A newspaper reporter called upon
me nrm 10 ascertain further facts
with relation to the natter man
connected with the establishment
readily acknowledged the correctness
or The letter. and said that a similer
one. together with a S1O0 burial Ger.
uhcate-which amounted to 500 in.
s-rance against funeral expenses
Nsth a promise of discounts. has been
sent To practically every peacher doc.
lof. hospital officer and nurse In New
YORK city A few of them had been
sent back, be said, but the great ma.
lorlt9 OF them had been retained and
1e urm had received several letters
asking Tor further particulars regard
ing the discounts. whether they woul5
Pc paid in cash or by other manner
ne representative of the updertaL.
ing hrm seemed to regard the Dronosi.
uon. as quite legitimate and cerfainlv
20 the advantage of preachers and
nurses with small incomes. The cor.
llncaies reminded them that I'm tho
course or time they would have to die
ana that by a little judicious sugges-
Ton they could have their funeral ev.
Penses Dorne by the undertaken.
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THANKSGIVING TURKEvs

Chickens and eggs Can On OF phone
Ed N. P0oley, 917 E jackson st.
Phone llzl. nOV23-1WF
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this latest evidence Of enterprise is
strictly in Keeping with it's well known
record.
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CLOTHING IS NEEDED
FOR THE WORTHY POOR

AS the cold weather approaches
numerous appeals are made to The
Salvation Army for clothing of every
description, and any article of tbiR
nature viii be thankfully received ana
donors assured that it viii be bestowed
only upon the worthy poor. Clothing
for women and children is especially
needed. II those able to assist will
notify Captain Norris. the officer in
charge Of the local Salvation ARMY
post any articles donated will be glad
~ called Tor. 12nov
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IN Love WIN PenssooI7.

Captain J. Ed OBrien was present
and In a few wen cAosen remarks
stated that a report had been given
credence in certain directions that
be had moved his residence
from Pensacola, permanently: that
such a statement was totally withou,
foundation in fact; that he loved Pen
sacola, its Institutions ana its people:
that he Is temporarily a resident of
another city for business reasons
only; that it is his purpose to retain
his citizenship in Pensacola as long
as he lives. and that If at any time
and I'm any manner he can ever be of
service to his fellow citizens of Pen
sacola. it win be esteemed by him as
q favor # they viii command him.
Capt O'Brien also said that while
in Washington whenever he could be
OF assistance TO Senator Mallory or
Representative Lamar in Pensacola's
interests ne would always be glad to
do 50.
The following new members were
unanimously elected. t0-wit: Messrs.
John s. Beard, F. w Marsh and r. S.
Bernard. the last named representing
the Mayes Printing Company.
The meeting then adjourned
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ANNOUNCEMENT

My patrons and the public in Eener
al win please take note Of the fact that
I am now located in the New Star
Laundry building, East Garden street
All orders for plumbing work and con.
tracing may be left there and will re.
ceiVe prompt attention.
c. II. TURNER
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SOMETHING GOOD

Tongue and Sounds and Halibut
Fins in pals, Gold Band Bloaters
Blood-Red Salmon in chunks Genuine
Cod Fish.
MARINE GROCERY CO..
Phone 725. 604, sos, sos S. Palafox
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REMOVAL NOTICE.

THE PENSACOLA ELECTRIC cos
INCREASING BUSINESS HAS NE.
CESSlTATED LARGER QUARTERS,
AND THEY WILL ACCORDINGLY
MOVE FROM THEIR PRESENT
QUARTERS ON DECEMBER 1. 10
No. 205 S. BAYLEN. RING PHONE
$40 WHEN YOU NEED ELEcTRL
CAL WORK DONE.
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After the eovernorshin.

There ere several candidates trying
90 place the votes Of Florida on the
anxious seat in their aspirations
I9r the next gOvernOrship, but so far
We have heard of no one going crazy
over the apathy OF any of the bees
I'M these several bonnasr-Jackson-
vile FlOridian
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WHAT JOURNAL WANT ADS. WILL DO.

1le Fensacoa Journal Pensacola
advertisement VIII
oeen running for the I'VE DAYS once have all
- received more than twenty-five
ollss more There of those answering whom
hl9N personally and nom which get a good man
Eor quick and satisfactory the thing
Donselang your management past record with
best wishes for The
truly
....
AdVertisinr ass avr