The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-14
Florida Facts and Fancies


ter landing a large shark yesterday
afternoon at Fort Pierce he was Sc
yerely bitten by the sharp he caught
Messrs. c. J. Hopkins ana Dan Curry
went out in a small boat vest erdov
prepared to catch large game. They
We're fishing near the shore when the
shark took the bait. After playing
the monster for a time the men fnat
il hauled it to shore and had it liz
shallow water when it made the sud
den attack. 1Ir. Curry had stepped
out OF the boat TO drag the fish -
high land when it, by a greet ef'-~'
turned and seized him by the right
leg, decorating it terribly. Tie s-e...,
was left on the shore while M. Gu.
~ was hurried away for medical treat
ment He IS resting well. st. Az
gustine Record
An Interesting Spectacle.
Five canoes, apparently heavily lad
en-, and containing A solitary red skin
each, formed an interesting spectacle
to q number of visitors on the termi-
nal dock this morning, as they passe1
down the bay to the loot of 18th
street, where they landed. The ca
noes followed in single file, about IS
yards apart and were pOled by the
stern and drove them along with that
art and speed capable in no other man
but an Indian.-Miama Metropolis
The Summer Is over.
The long, hot summer is over; the
glory Of autumn is near at hand; cot
ton will soon be rolling in to turn the
money loose in the channels of trade;
al forms Of energy and enterprise will
quicken; the crops are good; prices
promise to be right; we have escaped
disaster by food, fire or epidemic;
everybody is hopeful and planning for
q busy and prosperous fall and win
ter; no candidates in sight to worry
Us and politics forgotten; and under
such circumstances when the outside
world wants to know, whats the
matter with Florida?" we all reply in
cheerful chorus. She's all right
SUwanee Democrat.
Fleet Of Indian Canoes.
A feet of Indian canoes landed at
the foot of Twelfth street yesterday
afternoon. They were loaded down
with gator hides, deer skins and othef
meTchantable products found in the
Everglades. The waters are now too
high in that section to admit Of hunt
ing, and the Seminoles are taking al
vantage of the occasion to bring their
catches to market and load up for the
wet season.--Miami Record.
The New Vagrancy Law.
The new vagracy law is being Wig
orOusly enforced in some Of the cities
Of the state, and if its enforcement |
was made general, as it should be, it'll
would be a mighty help to the cause
Of industry in Florida and greatly de-
crease the crime record. 1t is as natl
ural for vagabond idleness to breed
crime as it is for filth to breed YER
Democrat.
Poor Season for Bees on East Coast.
The Fort Pierce Tribune in report
ing recently that l. o. Poppleton, (
whose Bookkeeping is somewhat of a
mature, was transferring
his bees to their winter quarters az
Staurt, says, the season has been the
poorest in many years" This we be-
heve is true of the whole east coast
section Of the state, and it might. in
fact, be termed the climax Of a series
Of bad seasons, for 1t would seem i'm
possible for any conditions to produce
3 worse one.
We entered upon this series Of poor
seasons some three OF four years ago
and in this vicinity, at least, it has
been necessary to preserve the bees.
Prior to this one, however, there has
Usually been yield enough from some
source to help in holding the bees to.
5ether through the season, but this
-ear there has been either no nectcr
n the various honey producing flow
RS. or there have been heavy rains
Turing the period of bloom which
washed it out and destroyed it. when
present, so that the bees nave been
teadily running behind
Most OF the bees in this locality
AVE already starved and the balance